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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160141065 | POROUS SUBSTRATE ELECTRODE BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The object of the present invention is to provide an electrode member with the hydrogel substrate, capable of producing a high-voltage pulse. Further, the other object of the present invention is to provide an electrode member which is not broken due to a deformation of the hydrogel. The object can be solved by a porous substrate electrode member characterized in that an electrode is bound to a porous body by an adhesion layer of an electrically conducting polymer, and the electrode is at least one selected from a group consisting of a metallic electrode, a stretch electrode, a carbon electrode, and a composite electrode thereof. | 05-19-2016 |
20160130683 | WROUGHT MATERIAL COMPRISING Cu-Al-Mn-BASED ALLOY EXCELLENT IN STRESS CORROSION RESISTANCE AND USE THEREOF - A wrought material containing a Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy, in which an existence frequency of a coincidence grain boundary with a Σ value of 3 or less is 35% or more but 75% or less, and which has a recrystallized microstructure substantially formed from a β single phase; and the use thereof. | 05-12-2016 |
20160115542 | BIOMARKER OF Nrf2 ACTIVATION - Provided is FGF21 that is a metabolism-related biomarker reflecting the activation of Nrf2 in vivo. Also provided are a method for monitoring a response of a subject to which an Nrf2 activator is administered, said method comprising a step for measuring the FGF21 level, at a point during or after the administration of the Nrf2 activator, in a biosample that is derived from the subject, wherein an increase in the FGF21 level indicates a positive response to the administration of the Nrf2 activator, etc. According to the present invention, a metabolism-related biomarker that reflects the activation of Nrf2 in vivo is provided. | 04-28-2016 |
20160115233 | HIGH FUNCTIONAL BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY | 04-28-2016 |
20160104714 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a semiconductor integrated circuit that uses a novel vertical MOS transistor that is free of interference between cells, that enables the short-channel effect to be minimized, that does not have hot electron injection, and that does not require the formation of shallow junction. Also provided is a method of producing the semiconductor integrated circuit. A memory cell | 04-14-2016 |
20160100922 | INTAKE DEVICE - Due to the low suction strength or an unsuitable positional relationship or distance between the suction feed and the oral cavity, conventional extra-oral intake devices exhibit the problem of not being able to fully suck particulate matter and droplets from teeth, shavings from repair products, saliva, bacteria, blood, rinse water, tooth surface cleaning agents, etc., that are dispersed to outside the oral cavity during practice. In order to improve suction strength, the present invention provides an intake device that is equipped with a protruding airflow-regulating member, the top of which is oriented in the direction in which the fluid flows into the opening part of the suction feed, and that can efficiently suck dispersed particulate matter and droplets within a wide range. | 04-14-2016 |
20160035498 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRODE MATERIAL THEREFOR - An electrode material for electricity storage devices includes: an active material including at least one of quinone having a halogen group and hydroquinone having a halogen group; and a porous body supporting the active material. | 02-04-2016 |
20160017484 | CARBON FILM FORMATION METHOD, AND CARBON FILM - A carbon film formation method according to an exemplary embodiment includes supplying an aromatic hydrocarbon gas having a methyl group into a processing chamber that accommodates a workpiece; generating plasma of a noble gas in a plasma generating chamber that is isolated from the processing chamber by a shielding unit; supplying particles in the plasma into the processing chamber through an opening in the shielding unit; and irradiating the particles to the aromatic hydrocarbon gas to form a carbon film having a π-conjugated ring structure or a π-conjugated chain structure on the workpiece. | 01-21-2016 |
20160002247 | 8-SUBSTITUTED IMIDAZOPYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE HAVING AUTOTAXIN INHIBITORY ACTIVITY - A compound of formula (I) wherein variables are as defined herein having an autotaxin inhibitory effect and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. | 01-07-2016 |
20150366851 | OSTEOPONTIN PRODUCTION INHIBITOR CONTAINING DICTYOPYRONE DERIVATIVE OR DIHYDRODICTYOPYRONE DERIVATIVE AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - Disclosed herein is an osteopontin production inhibitor capable of preventing a disease resulting from increased production of osteopontin. | 12-24-2015 |
20150366456 | PULSE WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT METHOD - The present invention provides a pulse wave velocity measurement method and system as well as an imaging device available for everyday use by general users at low cost with measurement accuracy less affected by posture or the like. The present invention simultaneously images different parts of a human body in a non-contact state by a single visible light camera and acquires continuous time series image data. Then, the present invention detects each pulse wave from the image data in the different parts of the human body based on a temporal change in pixel value of the different parts of the human body, and then calculates a pulse wave velocity of the human body based on a time difference between the pulse waves in the different parts of the human body. | 12-24-2015 |
20150361119 | COMPOUND HAVING LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLSERINE RECEPTOR FUNCTION MODULATION ACTIVITY - The object of the present invention is to provide a compound having a lysophosphatidylserine receptor function modulation activity or a salt thereof. | 12-17-2015 |
20150346360 | CRYSTAL MATERIAL, RADIATION DETECTOR, IMAGING APPARATUS, NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - A crystal material represented by a general formula (1): (Gd | 12-03-2015 |
20150333046 | INTEGRATED DEVICE - An integrated device with high insulation tolerance is provided. A groove having an inclined side surface is provided between adjacent devices. When a side where an electronic circuit or MEMS device is mounted is a front surface, the groove becomes narrower from the front surface to a back surface because of the inclined surface. A mold material (insulating material) is disposed inside the groove, so that the plurality of devices are mechanically joined together, being electrically insulated from one another. A line member that establishes an electrical conduction between the adjacent devices is formed to lie along the side surface and the bottom surface of the groove. To lead the line out to the backside, the bottom surface of the groove has a hole, so that the line member is exposed to the backside from the hole. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331233 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus for efficiently performing scanning with light by efficiently increasing amplitude of an emission end of an optical fiber is provided. The optical scanning apparatus includes an optical fiber that guides illumination light emitted from a light source so that the illumination light is emitted from the emission end, a magnetic body fixed to the optical fiber, and a magnetic field generating unit changing a magnetic field to act on the magnetic body to displace a position of the emission end in a radial direction by magnetic force, and the magnetic field generating unit includes a plurality of coils for individually generating magnetic fields acting on the magnetic body at positions separate from each other in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber, and the magnetic fields acting on the magnetic body can be individually adjusted at the positions. | 11-19-2015 |
20150322156 | FRAGMENT OF HUMANIZED ANTI-EGFR ANTIBODY SUBSTITUTED-LYSINE VARIABLE FRAGMENT AND USE THEREOF - The purpose of the present invention is to provide fragments of humanized anti-EGFR antibody substituted-lysine light-chain or heavy-chain variable regions, and single-chain antibodies, etc, comprising the same, having sufficient binding activity (affinity) with target cells, and having the ability to undergo various site-specific and uniform chemical modifications. The present invention pertains to a humanized variable region on the light-chain or heavy-chain of antibody 528 against human epidermal cell growth factor receptor 1 (Her-1), said variable region comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 4, wherein fragments of humanized anti-EGFR antibody lysine-substituted light-chain variable regions are formed by substituting a different amino acid for all of the lysine residues, or all of the lysine residues except for the lysine residue(s) of one specified moiety. | 11-12-2015 |
20150307852 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING USEFUL SUBSTANCE IN WHICH HIGH-DENSITY CULTURED STRAIN OF FILAMENTOUS FUNGI IS USED - An object to be achieved by the present invention is to culture a filamentous fungus at a high density, thereby enabling mass production of a useful substance. The present invention provides a method of producing a substance, including the steps of: culturing a mutant filamentous fungus with no expression of α-1,3-glucan to allow the filamentous fungus to produce a substance; and collecting the resulting substance. | 10-29-2015 |
20150299565 | SILICATE PHOSPHOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided are a blue phosphor and a method of easily producing the phosphor, the phosphor being excited at a wavelength of about 400 nm, which is an emission wavelength of a near-ultraviolet LED, to emit high-intensity light and having a small change of emission intensity due to a change of an excitation wavelength. The phosphor is silicate phosphor that is represented by a composition formula of Ba | 10-22-2015 |
20150296160 | LINEAR IMAGE SENSOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - A logical gate circuit ( | 10-15-2015 |
20150293121 | METHOD FOR TESTING FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WITH CYCLOPHILIN A - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel examination method for a cardiovascular disease. As means for achieving the object, provided is an examination method for a cardiovascular disease, the method including the steps of: measuring a concentration of cyclophilin A protein in a human blood sample; and determining a probability of development of a cardiovascular disease based on the measured concentration of cyclophilin A protein. | 10-15-2015 |
20150291048 | PARKING ASSIST SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND CONTACTLESS POWER RECEIVING DEVICE - A parking assist system for a vehicle includes a target position setting unit setting a vehicle target parking position on the basis of a coil type and position of a power transmitting unit. When the coil type is a composite coil having a configuration such that an annular coil wound to surround a first axis and a solenoid coil wound to surround a second axis intersecting with the first axis are serially connected, the target position setting unit sets the target parking position such that a center of a power receiving unit mounted on the vehicle is located at a predetermined distance from the first axis along the second axis. The solenoid coil is set at a position with respect to the annular coil such that the first axis extends through a side face center portion of the solenoid coil. | 10-15-2015 |
20150282709 | BRAIN ELECTRODE SYSTEM - A brain electrode system comprises: a brain electrode body which is placed in the cranium and has an electrode which detects a brain wave signal and a first coil through which an electric current corresponding to the brain wave signal flows; and a communication unit which is disposed on the scalp, has a second coil which magnetically connects with the first coil and in which an induced electromotive force occurs due to a change in the current that flows through the first coil and receives the brain wave signal with the second coil. | 10-08-2015 |
20150265375 | DENTAL VIBRATION APPLICATION METHOD AND DENTAL VIBRATION APPLICATION DEVICE - The present application discloses a vibration application method including a stage for contacting a contact portion with at least one tooth, and a stage for causing the contact portion to vibrate so as to impart displacement of 0.04 μm or more to the contact portion. The difference between the maximum value and minimum value of a vibrational load during the time the contact portion is vibrating may be 3 gf to 10 gf. The stage for contacting the contact portion with the at least one tooth may include a stage for contacting the contact portion with an orthodontic appliance attached to the at least one tooth. | 09-24-2015 |
20150248939 | MAGNETIC-DOMAIN-WALL-DISPLACEMENT MEMORY CELL AND INITIALIZING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a magnetic domain wall displacement memory cell, including a recording layer including a magnetic film, the recording layer including: a magnetization reversal region in which magnetization is reversible; and first and second magnetization fixed regions that supply a spin-polarized electron to the magnetization reversal region. The magnetic domain wall displacement memory cell is configured so that a first region in which magnetization reversal occurs due to a first current flowing in a direction parallel to a film surface of the recording layer and a first magnetic field component in the direction parallel to the film surface of the recording layer is formed, and a second region in which no magnetization reversal occurs is formed. | 09-03-2015 |
20150235703 | NONVOLATILE CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - Provided is a nonvolatile content addressable memory. Each word circuit includes a plurality of segments having an order relation. Each of the segments includes one or more memory cells. Each of the memory cells includes a nonvolatile storage element. Each of the segments includes a power switch for turning on/off a power of a memory cell of the segment. During stand-by, all the power switches are turned off, and, in search operation, the power switch is turned on as necessary for each of the segments. | 08-20-2015 |
20150228622 | CHIP SUPPORT SUBSTRATE, CHIP SUPPORT METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, ASSEMBLY DEVICE, AND FABRICATION METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The present invention relates to a chip support substrate including a lyophilic region | 08-13-2015 |
20150225826 | Cu-Al-Mn-BASED ALLOY EXHIBITING STABLE SUPERELASTICITY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A Cu—Al—Mn-based alloy having superelastic characteristics and having a recrystallized texture substantially formed of a β single phase, in which 70% or more of crystal grains is within a range of 0° to 50° in a deviation angle from <001> orientation of a crystalline orientation measured in a working direction by electron back-scatter diffraction patterning. | 08-13-2015 |
20150225593 | METHOD FOR SMOOTHING A PERFLUORO ALKOXY ALKANE FILM SURFACE - Method for increasing the smoothness of the free surface area of a PFA film, provided on a component by sequentially exposing it to a temperature higher than its melting temperature so as to melt at least the free surface area, lowering the temperature to solidify the melted portion, remelting the free surface area by exposing it to a temperature of at least the PFA melting temperature and again lowering the temperature. The PFA film may be provided on Al | 08-13-2015 |
20150214015 | FILM FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF FORMING LOW-PERMITTIVITY FILM, SiCO FILM, AND DAMASCENE INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE - In a film forming apparatus according to an embodiment, a processing container defines a space including a plasma generation chamber and a processing chamber disposed under the plasma generation chamber. A first gas supply system supplies noble gas to the plasma generation chamber. The plasma generation chamber is sealed by a dielectric window. An antenna supplies a microwave to the plasma generation chamber via the dielectric window. A second gas supply system supplies a precursor gas to the processing chamber. A shield portion is disposed between the plasma generation chamber and the processing chamber. The shield portion includes a plurality of openings providing communication between the plasma generation chamber and the processing chamber, and has ultraviolet ray shielding property. In this film forming apparatus, the pressure in the plasma generation chamber is set greater than the pressure in the processing chamber by a factor of 4 or more. | 07-30-2015 |
20150211709 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A lighting device ( | 07-30-2015 |
20150200354 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A semiconductor device includes: a first magnetic layer ( | 07-16-2015 |
20150200312 | Semiconductor Film and Semiconductor Element - The present invention relates to an application liquid for forming a semiconductor film, the application liquid comprising: an inorganic semiconductor particle; and a compound having a relative permittivity of 2 or more or a compound having reducing power against the inorganic semiconductor particle; a method for producing a semiconductor film comprising a step of applying the application liquid; a semiconductor film and a semiconductor element comprising the semiconductor film; and a method for producing the semiconductor element. | 07-16-2015 |
20150196600 | PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL THAT INDUCES REPAIR AND REGENERATION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel medical application for use in regenerative medicine that uses pluripotent stem cells (Muse cells). The present invention provides a cell preparation for treating myocardial infarction, and particularly serious massive myocardial infarction and heart failure associated therewith, that contains pluripotent stem cells positive for SSEA-3 isolated from biological mesenchymal tissue or cultured mesenchymal cells. The cell preparation of the present invention is based on a cardiac tissue regeneration mechanism by which Muse cells are made to selectively accumulate in damaged myocardial tissue and differentiate into cardiac muscle in that tissue as a result of intravenous administration of Muse cells to a subject presenting with the aforementioned disorders. | 07-16-2015 |
20150194436 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a semiconductor integrated circuit that uses a novel vertical MOS transistor that is free of interference between cells, that enables the short-channel effect to be minimized, that does not have hot electron injection, and that does not require the formation of shallow junction. Also provided is a method of producing the semiconductor integrated circuit. A memory cell | 07-09-2015 |
20150193588 | HEALTH INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND HEALTH INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A health information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes an accumulation unit, an analysis unit, and an estimation unit. The accumulation unit that stores genome information and biological information and behavior information being continuously collected, which are health information of each user, that correspond to a plurality of users. The analysis unit that analyzes the stored health information corresponding to the plurality of users. The estimation unit that estimates a future health risk of a predetermined user by using a result of the analysis and the health information of the predetermined user. | 07-09-2015 |
20150192585 | METHOD OF EXAMINING MAMMARY GLAND DISEASE - The object of the present invention is to provide an early mastitis detection method that can detect mastitis easily and quickly when compared to the prior methods and also a biomarker to be used with the method. | 07-09-2015 |
20150179788 | ACCUMULATION-MODE MOSFET AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an accumulation-mode MOSFET. The accumulation-mode MOSFET has a tunnel electron emission portion and a thermionic emission portion which are provided in a source region portion. | 06-25-2015 |
20150179417 | PLASMA MONITORING METHOD AND PLASMA MONITORING SYSTEM - A plasma monitoring method using a sensor, the sensor having a substrate; a first electrode, the first electrode being a conductive electrode and formed on the substrate while being isolated from the substrate; an insulating film formed on the first electrode; a contact hole formed in the insulating film and having a depth from a surface of the insulating film to the first electrode; and a second electrode, the second electrode being a conductive electrode, formed on the surface of the insulating film, and faced to plasma during a plasma process, the plasma monitoring method including measuring and monitoring potentials of the first electrode and the second electrode or a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode during the plasma process is disclosed. A plasma monitoring system carrying out the plasma monitoring method is also disclosed. | 06-25-2015 |
20150175713 | LH-TYPE BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY - Provided are a novel diabody type bispecific antibody, the function of which as a bispecific antibody is improved to provide a higher additional value, such as cost saving caused by a reduction in dose, to a drug; and a method for producing the same. A humanized diabody type bispecific antibody (LH-diabody type bispecific antibody) characterized in that an L-chain is located in the N-terminal side in each polypeptide (LH type); a humanized high-functional bispecific antibody which contains said LH diabody type bispecific antibody; a nucleic acid molecule encoding both of two kinds of single-stranded polypeptides constituting said bispecific antibody; and a method for producing said antibody which comprises culturing a host cell having been transformed by an expression vector containing said nucleic acid molecule. | 06-25-2015 |
20150157778 | MAGNETIC DRIVING PUMP DEVICE - A magnetic driving pump device includes: an impeller; driven bodies integrally rotating together with the impeller and including permanent magnets; a drive unit including a magnet body on which a permanent magnet is placed such that when the drive unit rotates around a predetermined axis, different magnetic poles alternately appear on an outer periphery of the drive unit; and a rotation actuator rotating the magnet body around its axis. The magnet body is arranged side-by-side with respect to the driven bodies in a state that an axis of the magnet body is oriented to a direction which is not at right angles with respect to a rotation center of the impeller, and the impeller is rotated through the driven bodies by rotating the magnet body by the rotation actuator. | 06-11-2015 |
20150155636 | DUAL ANTENNA SYSTEM - A disclosed dual antenna system includes a receiving antenna which includes a first surface orthogonal to an incident wave, the first surface being a first antenna aperture, and a transmitting antenna which includes a second surface parallel to a reflection direction which is a transmission direction, the second surface being a second antenna aperture. A portion of a structure of the transmitting antenna is shared by the receiving antenna. | 06-04-2015 |
20150140690 | ETCHING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCT - There is provided an etching method for a semiconductor product. The semiconductor product having, on a substrate, an SiO | 05-21-2015 |
20150138877 | NONVOLATILE LOGIC GATE DEVICE - A nonvolatile logic gate device is configured to include a resistive network of a memory structure in which at least three nonvolatile resistive elements are connected, a reference resistive network as a reference resistance providing a tolerance of the memory structure to a resistance value of the resistive network of the memory structure, a writing part operable to selectively write or rewrite a value of each of the nonvolatile resistive elements in the resistive network into a maximum or a minimum corresponding to a logical value to be read when data are stored into the resistive network, and a logic circuit structure operable to use, as a logical value of the memory structure, a value obtained by comparison between the resistance value of the resistive network and the resistance value of the reference resistive network. | 05-21-2015 |
20150110309 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER AND PACKAGE MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided an acoustic transducer including an electrode substrate having a plurality of holes formed therein and having a first electrode thereon, a diaphragm disposed so as to face the electrode substrate and having a second electrode thereon to form an electric field in a space between the diaphragm and the electrode substrate, and a plurality of protrusions formed on the diaphragm and having the second electrode to form electric fields in the plurality of holes. | 04-23-2015 |
20150109853 | MAGNETORESISTANCE EFFECT ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC MEMORY - A magnetoresistance effect element including a recording layer of high thermal stability to perform perpendicular magnetic recording within a film surface, and a magnetic memory using the element. The element includes: a first ferromagnetic layer of an invariable magnetization direction; a second ferromagnetic layer of a variable magnetization direction; a first non-magnetic layer between the first and second ferromagnetic layers; current supply terminals connected to the first and second ferromagnetic layers; a non-magnetic coupling layer on a surface of the second ferromagnetic layer opposite the first non-magnetic layer; a third ferromagnetic layer of a variable magnetization direction on a surface of the non-magnetic coupling layer opposite the second ferromagnetic layer; and a second non-magnetic layer on a surface of the third ferromagnetic layer opposite the non-magnetic coupling layer. The second and third ferromagnetic layers have the same magnetization direction and are reversed in magnetization by spin injection with a current. | 04-23-2015 |
20150109842 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A semiconductor storage device | 04-23-2015 |
20150084013 | ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND CMIS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided with an organic semiconductor element. The organic semiconductor element has a source electrode portion, a drain electrode portion, an active layer region of an organic semiconductor, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode portion. The source electrode portion has a multilayer structure where layers are arranged in order of a work function from a lowermost layer region in contact with the active layer region to an uppermost layer region. A work function of a material of the lowermost layer region is closer to a work function of a material of the active layer region than a work function of a material of the uppermost layer region. The lowermost region is made of lanthanum boride (LaB | 03-26-2015 |
20150083223 | FULLERENE DERIVATIVE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FULLERENE DERIVATIVE AND SOLAR CELL - A fullerene derivative represented by the following formula (1): | 03-26-2015 |
20150054075 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There is provided a semiconductor device. An n-type transistor is formed on a (551) surface of a silicon substrate. A silicide layer region in contact with a diffusion region (heavily doped region) of the n-type transistor has a thickness not more than 5 nm. A metal layer region in contact with the silicide layer has a thickness of 25 nm (inclusive) to 400 nm (inclusive). A barrier height between the silicide layer region and the diffusion region has a minimum value in this thickness relationship. | 02-26-2015 |
20150048239 | PHOTODIODE ARRAY FOR SPECTROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS AND SPECTROMETRIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A plurality of photodiodes arrayed in a one-dimensional form are divided into a plurality of groups. The structure of an antireflection coating is changed for each group so that all the surfaces of the photodiodes belonging to each group are covered with an antireflection coating having a transmittance characteristic which shows a maximum transmittance within a range of wavelengths of light to be received by those photodiodes. In particular, a SiO | 02-19-2015 |
20150041983 | SEMICONDUCTOR-DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided are a semiconductor device and semiconductor-device manufacturing method that make it possible to improve the contact between an insulating film and a wiring member and the reliability thereof. This method for manufacturing a semiconductor device ( | 02-12-2015 |
20150039268 | CAVITATING JET PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION METHOD AND CAVITATING JET PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION DEVICE, CAVITATING JET ESTIMATION ERROR CALCULATION METHOD AND CAVITATING JET ESTIMATION ERROR CALCULATION DEVICE, CAVITATING JET PERFORMANCE EVALUATION METHOD AND CAVITATING JET PERFORMANCE EVALUATION DEVICE AND CAVITATING JET PERFORMANCE CALCULATION FORMULA SPECIFICATION DEVICE - Equation (1) for calculating estimated cavitating jet performance E is set, a power index n(σ) of a term x | 02-05-2015 |
20150023862 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL - A first object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently growing a nitride single crystal even under low pressure conditions. The present invention relates to a method for producing a nitride single crystal, comprising growing a nitride crystal on the surface of a seed crystal having a hexagonal crystal structure by setting a pressure in a reaction vessel having the seed crystal, a nitrogen-containing solvent, a mineralizer containing a fluorine atom, and a raw material placed therein to 5 to 200 MPa and performing control so that the nitrogen-containing solvent is in at least either a supercritical state or a subcritical state. | 01-22-2015 |
20140377621 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery charged and discharged even after dissolution. The active material in the cathode body and/or the anode body is a liquid, or the active material undergoes phase transition into a liquid is provided. The secondary battery ( | 12-25-2014 |
20140368110 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a plasma processing apparatus which can improve density uniformity of plasma excited by a high frequency wave as in the VHF frequency band for a substrate having a large size. The plasma processing apparatus includes a waveguide member defining a waveguide, a coaxial tube supplying electromagnetic energy from a predetermined power supply position in the longitudinal direction of the waveguide into the waveguide, first and second electrodes for electric field formation disposed so as to face a plasma formation space, and a coil member disposed in the waveguide so as to generate a voltage by electromagnetic induction due to a magnetic field and also electrically connected to the first and second electrodes. | 12-18-2014 |
20140367699 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The method for fabricating a semiconductor device is to fabricate a semiconductor device including GaN (gallium nitride) that composes a semiconductor layer and includes a step of forming a gate insulating film. In the step, at least one film selected from the group consisting of a SiO | 12-18-2014 |
20140355330 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit that does not involve increase in power consumption or decrease in switching probability that occur when a latch circuit using STT-MTJ device, etc. of the prior art is operated at high speed is provided. The integrated circuit | 12-04-2014 |
20140340961 | TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT AND RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY USING SAME - Provided is a tunnel magnetoresistive effect element such that a high TMR ratio and a low write current can be realized, and the thermal stability factor (E/k | 11-20-2014 |
20140335288 | PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a plasma processing apparatus which can improve density uniformity of plasma excited by a high frequency wave as in the VHF frequency band and reduce production costs by downsizing for a substrate having a large size. The plasma processing apparatus includes a waveguide member defining a waveguide, first and second electrodes disposed so as to face a plasma formation space, defining the waveguide in cooperation with the waveguide member, and electrically connected to the waveguide member; a coaxial tube supplying electromagnetic energy into the waveguide; a dielectric plate disposed in the waveguide and extending in a longitudinal direction; and first and second conductors disposed, in the waveguide, on at least one side of the waveguide in a width direction with respect to the dielectric plate, extending along the dielectric plate, and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334513 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND APPARATUS USING NON-LINEAR OPTICAL EFFECT - Provided is a semiconductor laser device which can generate an ultra-short pulse light. A semiconductor laser device disclosed herein includes a semiconductor laser unit that performs a gain-switching operation using a relaxation oscillation mechanism to generate a first pulse and a following component of the first pulse, and a filter that processes an output from the semiconductor laser unit by removing a signal in a wavelength bandwidth generated due to at least the following portion in a wavelength bandwidth broadened by chirping. The filter is configured as a short pass filter which passes a short-wavelength component. Further, an apparatus using non-linear optical effect which uses the semiconductor laser device is also provided. | 11-13-2014 |
20140315024 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALKALI METAL NIOBATE PARTICLES, AND ALKALI METAL NIOBATE PARTICLES - Disclosed are a method of producing fine particulate alkali metal niobate in a liquid phase system, wherein the size and shape of the particulate alkali metal niobate can be controlled; and fine particulate alkali metal niobate having a controlled shape and size. One of specifically disclosed is a method of producing a substantially rectangular cuboid particulate alkali metal niobate represented by MNbO | 10-23-2014 |
20140314859 | AGENT FOR EVADING IMMUNE RESPONSE - It has been found that modification of surfaces of nanoparticles with a RolA protein decreases an immunostimulation activity of the nanoparticles on myeloid dendritic cells and also decreases phagocytosis of the nanoparticles by macrophages. The present invention provides nanoparticles being modified with a biological molecule and having an immune-response evasion function. | 10-23-2014 |
20140312399 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A gate insulating film of a conventional semiconductor device is subjected to dielectric breakdown at a low electric field strength and thus its service life is short. This is because since the size of the asperity of at least one of a semiconductor layer-side interface and an electrode-side interface is large and, an electric field applied to the gate insulating film is locally concentrated and has a variation in its strength. This problem is solved by specifying the sizes of the asperities of both interfaces of the gate insulating film. | 10-23-2014 |
20140306344 | WIRING STRUCTURE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING WIRING STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There is provided with a wiring structure. The wiring stracture has a damascene wiring structure including a metal wiring. The metal wiring is provided in direct contact with an upper surface of a barrier film (SiC(O, N) film) containing silicon (Si), carbon (C), and at least one of oxygen (O) and nitrogen (N) as constituent components. | 10-16-2014 |
20140291288 | METHOD FOR ETCHING FILM HAVING TRANSITION METAL - Provided is a method of etching a transition metal-containing film using a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a processing container configured to define a processing chamber and a plasma generation chamber; and a shielding unit provided between the processing chamber and the plasma generation chamber and formed with a plurality of openings to communicate the processing chamber and the plasma generation chamber with each other. The shielding unit has a shielding property against ultraviolet rays. The method includes: supplying neutral particles of oxygen atoms to the processing chamber in which a workpiece is accommodated by generating plasma of a first gas containing oxygen in the plasma generation chamber; supplying a second gas to complex a transition metal oxidized while supplying the neutral particles of oxygen to the processing chamber; and supplying neutral particles of rare gas atoms to the processing chamber by generating plasma of a rare gas. | 10-02-2014 |
20140256065 | ETCHING METHOD - There is provided an etching method. A temperature at a plurality of predetermined positions on an upper surface of an Si substrate is measured during the etching processing. The etching processing includes supplying an etching solution to the upper surface of the Si substrate. An exothermic reaction occurs in the etching processing. The upper surface is heated or cooled depending on the measured value. | 09-11-2014 |
20140255966 | Method for Fabricating Stable-Isotope-Labeled Target Peptide Fragment in Mass Spectrometry - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a stable isotope-labeled target peptide fragment in mass spectrometry, which achieves inexpensive and convenient production. As a solution to attain the object, the stable isotope-labeled target peptide fragment in mass spectrometry is produced using a method comprising the steps of: expressing a DNA conjugate in a system having a stable isotope-labeled amino acid to thereby prepare a stable isotope-labeled protein, wherein the DNA conjugate comprises: a tandemly linked DNA in which two or more DNAs encoding one or more types of target peptide fragments are linked in tandem; and a DNA encoding a peptide fragment for concentration measurement; subjecting the stable isotope-labeled protein to fragmentation treatment with trypsin to prepare a stable isotope-labeled peptide fragment for concentration measurement and stable isotope-labeled target peptide fragments; quantifying the stable isotope-labeled peptide fragment for concentration measurement using a liquid chromatograph-tandem mass spectrometer (LC/MS/MS); and calculating the concentration of the stable isotope-labeled target peptide fragment of each type from the quantification value of the stable isotope-labeled peptide fragment for concentration measurement. | 09-11-2014 |
20140252436 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There is provided a semiconductor device with basic electronic elements in a three-dimensional structure. The semiconductor device has a source region and a drain region each of which includes an electrode and a silicide region, and is formed with a plurality of different crystal planes. The silicide regions on different crystal planes of the source region and the drain region have different thicknesses. | 09-11-2014 |
20140235821 | NOVEL PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-3-KINASE INHIBITOR AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION - A substance contains a phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor including a depsipeptide-class compound represented by formula (1), or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof that combines a PI3K inhibitory effect and an HDAC inhibitory effect to provide an anti-cancer pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of an intractable cancer. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234722 | Si/C COMPOSITE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRODE - The present invention provides composite material in which Si and carbon are combined so as to form an unprecedented structure; method for fabricating the same; and negative electrode material for lithium-ion batteries ensuring high charge-discharge capacity and high cycle performance. By heating an aggregate of Si nanoparticles and using a source gas containing carbon, a carbon layer is formed on each of the Si particles. Walls | 08-21-2014 |
20140230876 | LAYERED PRODUCT FOR MAGNETIC ELEMENT, THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT HAVING LAYERED PRODUCT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A magnetic element according to the present invention is formed of a layered product having a magnetic insulator film formed on a substrate including a material having no crystal structure. The magnetic insulator film has a columnar crystal structure. | 08-21-2014 |
20140220598 | BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE DETECTION METHOD - The present invention provides a biological substance detection method for specifically detecting a biological substance from a pathological specimen, by which method, when immunostaining using a fluorescent label and staining for morphological observation using a staining agent for morphological observation are simultaneously performed, the results of fluorescence observation and immunostaining can be assessed properly even if the fluorescent label and/or the staining agent is/are deteriorated by irradiation with an excitation light. The biological substance detection method according to the present invention is characterized in that the brightness retention rate of an immunostained part is in a range of 80% to 120% in relation to the brightness retention rate of apart stained for morphological observation when the fluorescent label used for the immunostaining is observed. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220458 | MAGNESIUM FUEL CELL - The invention provides magnesium fuel cells which can prevent the self-discharge of negative electrode materials and can produce electricity stably for a long term. A magnesium fuel cell includes a negative electrode material including a magnesium alloy, and an electrolytic solution for eluting magnesium ions from the negative electrode material. The magnesium alloy contains aluminum and calcium. The electrolytic solution is preferably an aqueous sodium chloride solution, an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, an aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution, an aqueous sodium percarbonate solution, or a mixture including two or more of these solutions. | 08-07-2014 |
20140212889 | METHOD FOR STAINING TISSUE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a tissue staining method that makes it possible to observe both information on the morphology of a tissue and information on a biological substance such as an antigen molecule to be detected on a single section and in a single view field. The present invention provides a tissue staining method, including carrying out (A) a HE (hematoxylin-eosin) staining, and (B) a histochemical staining, serially on a single tissue section, wherein the histochemical staining is defined as a histochemical technique for detecting a biological substance to be detected in a tissue in a visible manner by use of a binding reaction between the biological substance to be detected and a probe biological substance capable of binding specifically to the biological substance to be detected. | 07-31-2014 |
20140205862 | Magnetoresistance Effect Element and Magnetic Memory - Provided are a magneto resistive effect element with a stable magnetization direction perpendicular to a film plane and with a controlled magnetoresistance ratio, and a magnetic memory using the magneto resistive effect element. Ferromagnetic layers | 07-24-2014 |
20140205840 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL AND AUTOCLAVE FOR USE IN THE METHOD - There is provided a novel method for producing a nitride single crystal with both a rapid crystal growth rate and high crystal quality, as well as a novel autoclave that can be used in the method. The invention provides a method for producing a Ga-containing nitride single crystal by an ammonothermal method, comprising introducing at least a starting material, an acidic mineralizer and ammonia into an autoclave, and then growing a Ga-containing nitride single crystal under conditions wherein the temperature (T1) at the single crystal growth site is 600° C. to 850° C., the temperature (T1) at the single crystal growth site and the temperature (T2) at the starting material feeder site are in the relationship T1>T2, and the pressure in the autoclave is 40 MPa to 250 MPa, as well as an autoclave that can be used in the method. | 07-24-2014 |
20140205492 | COPPER ALLOY WIRE ROD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A copper alloy wire rod according to the present invention includes a copper parent phase and short fiber-shaped composite phases which are dispersed in the copper parent phase and which contain Cu | 07-24-2014 |
20140203211 | Scintillator - An afterglow property of cesium iodide: thallium (CsI:Tl), in which CsI is a host material and doped with thallium, is improved. It is possible to improve the afterglow property of a scintillator by doping a crystal material including CsI (cesium iodide), as a host material, and thallium (Tl), as a luminescent center, with bismuth (Bi). | 07-24-2014 |
20140193283 | GAS EXHAUST PUMP SYSTEM AND GAS EXHAUST METHOD - There is provided a gas exhaust pump system capable of suppressing the inclusion of a seal gas into a process gas. The gas exhaust pump system has a main and sub pumps. The main pump has a screw rotor, a rotating shaft, a holding unit, a lubricating oil supply path, a seal housing for covering a periphery of a non-held portion by the holding unit with a predetermined gap formed with an outer periphery of the rotating shaft, a seal member interposed between the rotating shaft and the seal housing, a seal gas supply path for supplying a seal gas to the gap, and a seal gas exhaust path for exhausting the seal gas from the gap to the outside of the main pump. The sub pump is configured to reduce a pressure in the seal gas exhaust path. | 07-10-2014 |
20140190596 | COPPER ALLOY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COPPER ALLOY - Disclosed is a beryllium-free copper alloy having high strength, high electric conductivity and good bending workability and a method of manufacturing the copper alloy. Provided is a copper alloy having a composition represented by the composition formula by atom %: Cu100-a-b-c(Zr, Hf)a(Cr, Ni, Mn, Ta)b(Ti, Al)c [wherein 2.5≦a≦4.0, 0.1 | 07-10-2014 |
20140186162 | ROTATION MECHANISM FOR GAS EXHAUST PUMP, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, GAS EXHAUST PUMP HAVING ROTATION MECHANISM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - In a gas exhaust pump, there is provided a rotation mechanism that can ensure safe rotation and can greatly reduce the usage of a seal gas. A rotation mechanism of the present invention is formed of a rotating shaft and a seal housing. Between the rotating shaft and the seal housing, there is provided a predetermined gap. On at least one of an outer surface of the rotating shaft and an inner surface of the seal housing, there is provided a PFA film. As to a PFA film on a surface of at least one of the rotating shaft and the seal housing, after coating with PFA the wall surface of the rotation mechanism member defining at least the gap, followed by melting and remelting processes, the PFA film is formed to have a high smoothness on its free surface. | 07-03-2014 |
20140182645 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION METHOD - Provided is a thermoelectric conversion element capable of converting both a temperature gradient in an in-plane direction and a temperature gradient in a direction perpendicular to plane into electric power at the same time. The thermoelectric conversion element includes: a substrate; a magnetic film provided on the substrate and formed of a polycrystalline magnetic insulator material that is magnetizable in a predetermined direction having a component parallel to a film surface; and electrodes provided to the magnetic film and made of a material having a spin orbit interaction. The thermoelectric conversion element is configured to be capable of outputting a temperature gradient perpendicular to a surface of the magnetic film as a potential difference in a surface of one of the electrodes and outputting a temperature gradient parallel to the surface of the magnetic film as a potential difference between the electrodes. | 07-03-2014 |
20140163417 | FLUID INJECTION DEVICE - A fluid injection device includes: a pulse generation section that includes a fluid chamber whose volume is changeable, and an inlet flow passage and an outlet flow passage that are connected to the fluid chamber; a first connection flow passage connected to the outlet flow passage, having an end portion; a second connection flow passage connected to the inlet flow passage; a fluid injection opening formed at the end portion of the first connection flow passage, having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the outlet flow passage; a connection flow passage tube including the first connection flow passage and having rigidity adequate to transmit pulses of fluid flowing from the fluid chamber to the fluid injection opening; and a pressure generation section that supplies fluid to the inlet flow passage. | 06-12-2014 |
20140161600 | STATOR FOR GAS EXHAUST PUMP, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PUMP HAVING THE STATOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ASSEMBLING METHOD OF THE SAME - There is provided a stator that can ensure safe rotation even if a width of a gap between a screw rotor and a stator is particularly smaller than that of a conventional one and can greatly increase a pumping performance of a pump. A stator of the present invention is formed of a metal and a PFA film is provided on an inner wall surface of a top end surface of a screw rotor. After coating the inner wall surface with PFA, followed by melting and remelting processes, the PFA film is formed to have a high smoothness. The stator is placed with a gap between the inner wall surface and the top end surface. If the PFA film of the present invention is provided in a predetermined manner, the width of the gap can be made significantly smaller than that of a conventional one. | 06-12-2014 |
20140147327 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ALLOY CONTAINING TRANSITION METAL CARBIDE, TUNGSTEN ALLOY CONTAINING TRANSITION METAL CARBIDE, AND ALLOY MANUFACTURED BY SAID METHOD - The present invention relates to the development of an alloy material with significantly improved low-temperature brittleness, recrystallization brittleness, and irradiation brittleness by the introduction of a recrystallization microstructure into an alloy, particularly a tungsten material, to significantly strengthen a weak grain boundary of the recrystallization microstructure. The present invention comprises the steps of: mechanically alloying at least one species selected from a group-IVA, VA, or VIA transition metal carbide and a metallic raw material; sintering base powders obtained through the mechanically alloying step, by using a hot isostatic press; and performing plastic deformation of at least 60% on the alloy obtained through the sintering step, at a strain rate between 10 | 05-29-2014 |
20140145279 | MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC MEMORY - The present invention relates to a magnetoresistive element including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a first nonmagnetic layer, a third magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer includes a magnetic film of Mn | 05-29-2014 |
20140137670 | DYNAMIC QUANTITY SENSOR AND DYNAMIC QUANTITY SENSOR SYSTEM - A dynamic quantity sensor includes a force receiving portion, a first movable portion that rotates in a first rotational direction around a first rotational axis according to dynamic quantity in a first direction that the force receiving portion receives, and rotates in the first rotational direction around the first rotational axis according to dynamic quantity in a second direction different from the first direction that the force receiving portion receives; and a second movable portion that rotates in a second rotational direction around a second rotational axis according to the dynamic quantity in the first direction that the force receiving portion receives, and rotates in an opposite direction to the second rotational direction around the second rotational axis according to the dynamic quantity in the second direction that the force receiving portion receives. | 05-22-2014 |
20140135266 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING FIBROSIS - A pharmaceutical composition for preventing fibrosis, treating fibrosis, and/or preventing the progression of fibrosis contains stanniocalcin 1 (STC1) as an active ingredient; or a pharmaceutical composition for preventing pulmonary fibrosis, treating pulmonary fibrosis, and/or preventing the progression of pulmonary fibrosis contains STC1 as an active ingredient. A method for treating, preventing or suppressing progression of fibrosis using the above pharmaceutical composition. The fibrosis may be pulmonary fibrosis. | 05-15-2014 |
20140131785 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a channel layer protruding from a substrate and having protrusions extending from a sidewall thereof. Floating gates surrounding the channel layer are provided between the protrusions. Control gates surrounding the floating gates are stacked along the channel layer. Interlayer insulating layers are interposed between the control gates stacked along the channel layer. A level difference exists between a lateral surface of each of the floating gates, and a lateral surface of each of the protrusions. | 05-15-2014 |
20140130201 | FERTILITY RESTORER GENE AND FERTILITY RESTORATION METHOD FOR CW-TYPE MALE STERILE CYTOPLASM OF RICE - Mainly provided is a technique for directly identifying the genotype at locus Rf17 based on the specific base sequence data thereof. Also provided is a technique for artificially constructing a fertility-restored line. A method of restoring the fertility of CW-type cytoplasmic male sterile rice by inhibiting or reducing the expression of a gene comprising the base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:2 in the above-described rice, and a method for determining the presence or absence of gene Rf17, which is a fertility restorer gene for CW-type cytoplasmic male sterility, comprising identifying a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the base at the 1812 position of the base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 in the rice to be examined. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127031 | SCREW ROTOR FOR EXHAUST PUMP, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, GAS EXHAUST PUMP HAVING SCREW ROTOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ASSEMBLY METHOD OF THE SAME - There is provided a screw rotor that can ensure safe rotation and can greatly increase a pumping performance of a pump. The screw rotor is placed with a gap between a top end surface of a tooth of a screw portion and an inner wall surface of a stator. A PFA film is provided on the top end surface. If the PFA film of the present invention is provided in a predetermined manner, the width of a gap between a free surface of the PFA film and the inner wall surface of the stator can be made significantly smaller than that of a conventional one, so that the pumping performance is greatly improved. After coating at least the top end surface of the screw rotor with PFA, followed by melting and remelting processes, the PFA film is formed to have a high smoothness on its free surface. | 05-08-2014 |
20140116502 | QUANTUM NANODOTS, TWO-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM NANODOT ARRAY AS WELL AS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A quantum nanodot | 05-01-2014 |
20140104997 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A magnetic recording medium is disclosed in which, on a non-magnetic substrate | 04-17-2014 |
20140103246 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALKALI METAL NIOBATE PARTICLES, AND ALKALI METAL NIOBATE PARTICLES - Disclosed are a method of producing fine particulate alkali metal niobate in a liquid phase system, wherein the size and shape of particles of the fine particulate alkali metal niobate can be controlled; and fine particulate alkali metal niobate having a controlled shape and size. Specifically disclosed are a method of producing particulate sodium-potassium niobate represented by the formula (1): Na | 04-17-2014 |
20140097510 | PHOTODIODE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, PHOTODIODE ARRAY, SPECTROPHOTOMETER AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - Provided is a photodiode having a high-concentration layer on its surface, in which the high-concentration layer is formed so that the thickness of a non-depleted region is larger than the roughness of an interface between silicon and an insulator layer, and is smaller than a penetration depth of ultraviolet light. | 04-10-2014 |
20140097509 | MAGNETIC MEMORY ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC MEMORY - A disclosed magnetic memory element includes: a magnetization free layer formed of a ferromagnetic substance having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; a response layer provided so as to be opposed to the magnetization free layer and formed of a ferromagnetic substance having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; a non-magnetic layer provided so as to be opposed to the response layer on a side opposite to the magnetization free layer and formed of a non-magnetic substance; and a reference layer provided so as to be opposed to the non-magnetic layer on a side opposite to the response layer and formed of a ferromagnetic substance having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The magnetization free layer includes a first magnetization fixed region and a second magnetization fixed region which have magnetization fixed in directions antiparallel to each other, and a magnetization free region in which a magnetization direction is variable. | 04-10-2014 |
20140085023 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FERROMAGNETIC PARTICLES, ANISOTROPIC MAGNET, BONDED MAGNET AND COMPACTED MAGNET - The present invention relates to ferromagnetic particles capable of exhibiting a high purity and excellent magnetic properties from the industrial viewpoints and a process for producing the ferromagnetic particles, and also provides an anisotropic magnet, a bonded magnet and a compacted magnet which are obtained by using the ferromagnetic particles. The ferromagnetic particles comprising an Fe | 03-27-2014 |
20140079086 | LASER DIODE, OPTICAL DISK DEVICE AND OPTICAL PICKUP - A laser diode capable of performing self-pulsation operation, and capable of sufficiently reducing the coherence of laser light and stably obtaining low-noise laser light is provided. The laser diode includes: a laser chip including at least one laser stripe which extends in a resonator length direction between a first end surface and a second end surface opposed to each other, in which the laser stripe includes a gain region and a saturable absorption region in the resonator length direction, and the width of the laser stripe in the saturable absorption region is larger than the width of the laser stripe in the gain region. | 03-20-2014 |
20140059255 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND SENSE PRESENTATION METHOD - An input device includes an operation portion configured to receive an input operation made by a user, a vibration portion configured to vibrate the operation portion, a detection portion configured to detect the input operation, and a controller configured to determine a vibration condition of the vibration portion based on the input operation detected by the detection portion and present an elastic sense to the user by driving the vibration portion under the determined vibration condition. | 02-27-2014 |
20140045680 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METALLIC GLASS NANOWIRE, METALLIC GLASS NANOWIRE MANUFACTURED THEREBY, AND CATALYST CONTAINING METALLIC GLASS NANOWIRE - Provided is a method for easily manufacturing large volumes of a metallic glass nanowire with an extremely small diameter. This metallic glass nanowire manufacturing method is characterized in that a melted metallic glass or a master alloy thereof is gas-atomized in a supercooled state. | 02-13-2014 |
20140045140 | DEVICE FOR CLEANING ORAL CAVITY AND METHOD FOR CLEANING ORAL CAVITY - A device for cleaning oral cavity and a method for cleaning oral cavity capable of cleaning stains such as plaque, tartar, and the like even in a narrow portion such as a clearance between teeth, a clearance between implants, and the like. A cover includes a jetting orifice and a discharge orifice and covers a tooth by leaving a clearance between the tooth and the cover so that the clearance can hold water. A jetting unit is mounted in the jetting orifice and includes a flow path communicating with the clearance between the tooth and the cover. The jetting unit is configured to generate cavitation bubbles. The flow path includes a small diameter part and an enlarged part. A discharge unit discharges water in the clearance between the tooth and the cover from the discharge orifice. | 02-13-2014 |
20140042123 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A plasma processing apparatus which can improve density uniformity of plasma excited by a high frequency wave (such as in the VHF frequency band) for a substrate having a large size. The plasma processing apparatus includes a waveguide member defining a waveguide, a coaxial tube supplying electromagnetic energy from a predetermined power supply position in the longitudinal direction of the waveguide into the waveguide, and a plurality of electrodes for electric field formation, to which the electromagnetic energy is supplied through the waveguide and which is disposed so as to face a plasma formation space, the plurality of electrodes are being arranged in the longitudinal direction of the waveguide, and each of the plurality of electrodes extends in the width direction of the waveguide. | 02-13-2014 |
20140021355 | SCINTILLATOR, RADIATION DETECTOR, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIATION - The present invention aims at providing a scintillator for high temperature environments which has satisfactory light emission characteristics under high temperature environments; and a method for measuring radiation under high temperature environments. The scintillator for high temperature environments comprises a colquiriite-type crystal represented by the chemical formula LiM | 01-23-2014 |
20140001398 | FERROMAGNETIC PARTICLES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ANISOTROPIC MAGNET, BONDED MAGNET AND COMPACTED MAGNET | 01-02-2014 |
20130335015 | CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE, CONTACTLESS POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, AND CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM - A power transmitting device includes: a power transmitting unit being able to contactlessly transmit electric power to a power receiving unit of a power receiving device; and a guide unit changing a guide position of the power receiving device at power reception of the power receiving device on the basis of a type of the power receiving unit. The guide unit may when the types of the power receiving and transmitting units are the same, set a position of the power receiving unit, at which center positions of the power receiving and transmitting units coincide with each other, for the guide position, and, when the types of the power receiving and transmitting units are different, set a position of the power receiving unit, at which the center positions of the power receiving and transmitting units deviate from each other, for the guide position. | 12-19-2013 |
20130327946 | Scintillator for Neutron Detection, and Neutron Radiation Detector - A novel scintillator for neutron detection is capable of increasing the probability of inducing a nuclear reaction using epithermal neutrons having higher energy than thermal neutrons as a result of increasing thickness in the direction of incidence of neutron radiation. A scintillator for neutron detection includes a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal containing europium, containing 0.0025 mol % or more and less than 0.05 mol % europium, containing 0.80 atom/nm | 12-12-2013 |
20130320477 | METHOD OF ETCHING OF SOI SUBSTRATE, AND BACK-ILLUMINATED PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE ON SOI SUBSTRATE AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A method of etching capable of rapidly and flatly performing wet etching on a Si substrate using fluonitric acid represented by HF(a)HNO | 12-05-2013 |
20130320217 | NEUTRON DETECTION DEVICE - The present invention is a neutron detection device comprising a neutron detection scintillator composed of a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal, and a silicon photodiode, characterized in that the single crystal contains only Eu as a lanthanoid and contains 0.80 atom/nm | 12-05-2013 |
20130312802 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERTER ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THERMOELECTRIC CONVERTER ELEMENT, AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a low-cost thermoelectric converter element having high productivity and excellent conversion efficiency. A thermoelectric converter element according to the present invention includes a substrate | 11-28-2013 |
20130309828 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a semiconductor device manufacturing method, comprising forming a first sacrificial layer that contacts at least a portion of a first semiconductor layer and has a higher solid solubility for impurities included in the first semiconductor layer than the first semiconductor layer; annealing the first sacrificial layer and the first semiconductor layer; removing the first sacrificial layer through a wet process; after removing the first sacrificial layer, performing at least one of forming an insulating layer that covers at least a portion of the first semiconductor layer and etching a portion of the first semiconductor layer; and forming an electrode layer that is electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer. | 11-21-2013 |
20130308023 | SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A transistor ( | 11-21-2013 |
20130307063 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF GaN-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a method of manufacturing a gallium-nitride-based semiconductor device, comprising forming a first semiconductor layer of a gallium-nitride-based semiconductor; and forming a recessed portion by dry etching a portion of the first semiconductor layer via a microwave plasma process using a bromine-based gas. | 11-21-2013 |
20130300070 | Metal Gasket - An annular metal gasket for sealing a space between members by being pressed in the vertical direction in a state of being mounted between the members, the metal gasket comprising an annular outer ring having a substantially C-shaped cross-section and having a circumferential-direction opening formed therein, and an annular inner ring fitted inside the outer ring. The inner ring is formed so as to have a polygonal cross-section. Bend parts having an inner angle larger than 180° are formed between the upper corner part and the inner- and outer-circumference-side corner parts; and between the lower corner part and the inner- and outer-circumference-side corner parts. | 11-14-2013 |
20130295461 | NANOPOROUS CERAMIC COMPOSITE METAL - Since pseudo-capacitance transition metal oxides (for example, MnO | 11-07-2013 |
20130292700 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for fabricating a semiconductor device including GaN (gallium nitride) that composes a semiconductor layer and includes forming a gate insulating film, in which at least one film selected from the group of a SiO | 11-07-2013 |
20130288398 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT - [Object] To provide a method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetization-type magnetic element, which does not need a step of depositing MgO. | 10-31-2013 |
20130284325 | NANOCRYSTAL-CONTAINING TITANIUM ALLOY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - An alloy having an α′ martensite which is a processing starting structure is hot worked. The alloy is heated at a temperature increase rate of 50 to 800° C./sec, and strain is given at not less than 0.5 by a processing strain rate of from 0.01 to 10/sec in a case of a temperature range of 700 to 800° C., or by a processing strain rate of 0.1 to 10/sec in a case of a temperature range of 800° C. to 1000° C. By generating equiaxial crystals having average crystal particle diameters of less than 1000 nm through the above processes, a titanium alloy having high strength and high fatigue resistant property can be obtained, in which hardness is less than 400 HV, tensile strength is not less than 1200 MPa, and static strength and dynamic strength are superior. | 10-31-2013 |
20130281714 | MACROLIDE COMPOUND HAVING ANTICANCER EFFECT - The present invention relates to a macrolide compound expected to have a cell growth-inhibiting activity and a novel anticancer drug utilizing the compound. Specifically, the invention relates to a compound represented by Formula (I) or (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and relates to a cell growth inhibitor and an anticancer drug each containing the compound or the salt as an active ingredient. | 10-24-2013 |
20130277716 | TERAHERTZ ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE CONVERSION DEVICE - The purpose of the present invention is to improve the efficiency of conversion between terahertz electromagnetic wave energy and direct current energy via plasma waves in a terahertz electromagnetic wave conversion device with a field effect transistor structure. This invention has an HEMT structure having a substrate, an electron transit layer, an electron supply layer, a source and a drain, and includes a first and second group of gates. The gate length of each finger of the first group of gates is narrower than the gate length of each finger of the second group of gates, and each finger of each group of gates is disposed between the source and the drain on the same cycle. A first and second distance from each finger of the first group of gates to two fingers of the second group of gates adjacent to each finger are unequal lengths. | 10-24-2013 |
20130274726 | OPTICAL FIBER AND AN UNDERWATER SHOCKWAVE GENERATING DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - Provided are an optical fiber which has good laser beam condensation efficiency and is highly resilient, and a shockwave generating device employing same. An optical fiber ( | 10-17-2013 |
20130274446 | FRAGMENT OF HUMANIZED ANTI-EGFR ANTIBODY SUBSTITUTED-LYSINE VARIABLE FRAGMENT AND USE THEREOF - The purpose of the present invention is to provide fragments of humanized anti-EGFR antibody substituted-lysine light-chain or heavy-chain variable regions, and single-chain antibodies, etc, comprising the same, having sufficient binding activity (affinity) with target cells, and having the ability to undergo various site-specific and uniform chemical modifications. The present invention pertains to a humanized variable region on the light-chain or heavy-chain of antibody 528 against human epidermal cell growth factor receptor 1 (Her-1), said variable region comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 4, wherein fragments of humanized anti-EGFR antibody lysine-substituted light-chain variable regions are formed by substituting a different amino acid for all of the lysine residues, or all of the lysine residues except for the lysine residue(s) of one specified moiety. | 10-17-2013 |
20130266920 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A new information processing device for presenting information and allowing a user to input sound in relation to the presented information is provided. An information processing device | 10-10-2013 |
20130266120 | SPECTROSCOPIC APPARATUS - To cover a wide wavelength bandwidth, a spectroscopic apparatus uses three varied line spacing concave diffraction gratings G | 10-10-2013 |
20130261508 | ULTRASOUND TREATMENT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When a user designates a treatment range on a diagnostic image, a switch ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130257573 | FERROMAGNETIC PARTICLES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, ANISOTROPIC MAGNET AND BONDED MAGNET - The present invention relates to ferromagnetic particles comprising an Fe | 10-03-2013 |
20130236939 | METHOD OF ORGANIC ACID FERMENTATION BY RUMEN FLUID USING CELLULOSE-CONTAINING WASTE MATTER - The present application provides a method for producing organic acid, such as acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, or another high-quality raw material designed for methane fermentation and obtained by converting waste paper and other forms of cellulose-based biomass to organic acid, wherein said method comprising a step for reacting rumen fluid collected from a ruminant animal with cellulose-containing waste matter. This method provides the effective use of cellulose-containing waste matter, which is a high-quality fermentation resource. | 09-12-2013 |
20130236108 | OBJECT OR SHAPE INFORMATION REPRESENTATION METHOD - An information representation method for representing an object or a shape includes: dividing a contour shape of an entirety or a part of the object or the shape into one or a plurality of curves; and representing the contour shape of the object or the shape by parameters including a degree of curvature and a positional relationship of each curve obtained by the dividing. Therefore, there is provided an information representation method for an object or a shape, which is capable of robust object recognition against a change in image by geometric transformations and occlusions. | 09-12-2013 |
20130230866 | Method for Determining Effectiveness of Medicine Containing Antibody as Component - Protein recognized by an antibody used as an active ingredient of an antibody medicine such as trastuzumab or an antibody used for targeting a target site of an active ingredient is highly accurately quantitatively determined by employing a quantitative tissue staining method of biological tissues, thereby providing a method for determining therapeutic effectiveness of a medicine containing such an antibody as a component. The effectiveness of a medicine containing an antibody as a component is determined by employing a tissue staining method comprising the steps of: labeling the antibody in the medicine containing an antibody as a component with a fluorescent material and contacting the thus fluorescence-labeled antibody with a tissue sample; obtaining a fluorescence image by irradiating, with excitation light, a tissue site contacted with the antibody; obtaining an autofluorescence image in the same field of view and at the same focus as in the fluorescence image in a close region on a shorter wavelength side or a longer wavelength side of an acquisition wavelength region of fluorescence emitted by the fluorescent material; obtaining a corrected fluorescence image by performing image processing for removing fluorescence brightness of the autofluorescence image from fluorescence brightness of the fluorescence image; counting the number of cells in the tissue site contacted with the antibody; measuring average fluorescence brightness per fluorescent particle; and calculating the number of fluorescent particles per cell. | 09-05-2013 |
20130226281 | Co-BASED ALLOY FOR LIVING BODY AND STENT - Provided is a Co-based alloy for a living body based on Co—Cr—W—Fe, including a composition of Cr: 5% by mass to 30% by mass, W: 5% by mass to 20% by mass, Fe: 1% by mass to 15% by mass, Co as the remainder, and unavoidable impurities. In this alloy, when the content of W is 5% by mass to 10% by mass, the content of Fe can be set to be in a range of 1% by mass to 5% by mass, and when the content of W is 11% by mass to 20% by mass, the content of Fe can be set to be in a range of 3% by mass to 15% by mass. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221227 | RADIATION DETECTOR - Provided is a radiation detector with improved n/γ discrimination and usable even under high counting rate conditions with a reduced load on a signal-processing system. The detector capable of distinguishing neutron and gamma-ray events includes: a scintillator; an optical filter; a first photodetector to which a first part of light emitted from the scintillator is introduced via the optical filter; and a second photodetector to which a second part of light emitted from the scintillator is introduced not via the optical filter, wherein, for a set of two wavelengths A and (A+B) nm, the scintillator emits at least a light of A nm and a light of (A+B) nm when irradiated by gamma-ray, and emits a light of A nm and does not emit a light of (A+B) nm when irradiated by neutrons; and the optical filter blocks the light of A nm and transmits the light of (A+B) nm. | 08-29-2013 |
20130219132 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus | 08-22-2013 |
20130214203 | METAL FLUORIDE CRYSTAL AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - [Problems to be Solved] To provide a neutron scintillator which shows a large amount of luminescence in response to neutrons and which is excellent in neutron detection efficiency and n/γ discrimination ability; and a metal fluoride crystal suitable for the neutron scintillator. | 08-22-2013 |
20130206996 | NEUTRON DETECTOR - Provided is a scintillation neutron detector capable of measuring neutrons with precision even under a high amount of γ rays as background noise and excellent in neutron counting precision, the scintillation neutron detector comprising a neutron scintillator crystal containing | 08-15-2013 |
20130206287 | CO-BASED ALLOY - A Co-based alloy containing not less than 0.001 mass % and less than 0.100 mass % of C, not less than 9.0 mass % and less than 20.0 mass % of Cr, not less than 2.0 mass % and less than 5.0 mass % of Al, not less than 13.0 mass % and less than 20.0 mass % of W, and not less than 39.0 mass % and less than 55.0 mass % of Ni, with the remainder being made up by Co and unavoidable impurities, wherein the contents of Mo, Nb, Ti and Ta which are included in the unavoidable impurities are as follows: Mo<0.010 mass %, Nb<0.010 mass %, Ti<0.010 mass %, and Ta<0.010 mass %. | 08-15-2013 |
20130203082 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CANCER ONSET OR CANCER ONSET RISK - A highly accurate and quantitative method for determining cancer onset or cancer onset risk by a quantitative tissue staining method in biological tissues using an antibody capable of recognizing a cancer growth regulatory factor or cancer metastasis regulatory factor such as PAR1 antibody, which inhibits the cancer cell mobility and infiltration is provided. Cancer onset or cancer onset risk is determined using the tissue staining method comprising the steps of: labeling an antibody which recognizes a cancer growth regulatory factor or cancer metastasis regulatory factor with a fluorescent material, and contacting the fluorescent-labeled antibody with a tissue sample; irradiating a tissue site in contact with the antibody with excitation light to acquire a fluorescence image; acquiring an autofluorescence image in a vicinity region of a short wavelength side or long wavelength side of an acquisition region of fluorescence wavelength emitted by the fluorescent material, in the same field of vision and in the same focal point as those of the fluorescence image; acquiring a corrected fluorescence image by image processing to eliminate a fluorescent brightness of the autofluorescence image from the fluorescent brightness of the fluorescence image; counting the number of cells at the tissue site in contact with the antibody; measuring a mean fluorescent brightness of a single fluorescent particle; and calculating the number of fluorescent particles per cell. | 08-08-2013 |
20130189423 | Film-forming material and method for predicting film-forming material - Disclosed is a method for prediction of a film material such as a raw material for organic EL. In the method, a film material having an evaporation rate (V (%)) represented by the formula below can be predicted based on the values of the constant (Ko) and the activation energy (Ea). V=(Ko/P)×e | 07-25-2013 |
20130187170 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM NITRIDE CRYSTALS - Provided is a method for producing inexpensive and high-quality aluminum nitride crystals. Gas containing N atoms is introduced into a melt of a Ga—Al alloy, whereby aluminum nitride crystals are made to epitaxially grow on a seed crystal substrate in the melt of the Ga—Al alloy. A growth temperature of aluminum nitride crystals is set at not less than 1000 degrees C. and not more than 1500 degrees C., thereby allowing GaN to be decomposed into Ga metal and nitrogen gas. | 07-25-2013 |
20130183509 | METAL FLUORIDE EUTECTIC AND NEUTRON SCINTILLATOR - [Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in neutron detection efficiency and n/γ discrimination ability, and a metal fluoride eutectic preferred for the neutron scintillator are provided. | 07-18-2013 |
20130172543 | METHOD FOR OXIDIZING ALCOHOLS - A method for oxidizing an alcohol, wherein oxidation is performed in the presence of a compound represented by the following formula (I) and a bulk oxidant, which enables efficient oxidation of secondary alcohols as well as primary alcohols, and can attain high reaction efficiency even when air is used as a bulk oxidant. | 07-04-2013 |
20130170028 | SCREEN AND PROJECTION SYSTEM - A screen in which observation distance may be adjusted while maintaining image brightness and a projection system using the screen. In a light control layer of a screen, a first angle region that determines a diffusion distribution of a reflected light is different according to the screen position in a control direction in which light diffusion control is performed. Accordingly, a diffusion distribution of image light emitted from a screen surface is adjusted to be tilted downward by an upper end and upward by a lower end according to the screen position. Thus, for example, a size of a diffused angle range is maintained to be 30°, and a direction in which the image light is diffusion-emitted corresponds to an assumed position of an observer. The projection image can be observed while maintaining brightness of an image and the observation distance can be adjusted to be short. | 07-04-2013 |
20130168561 | METAL FLUORIDE EUTECTIC, NEUTRON SCINTILLATOR AND NEUTRON IMAGING DEVICE - [Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in detection efficiency for neutrons, an S/N ratio, and n/γ discrimination ability, and a eutectic preferred for the neutron scintillator are provided. | 07-04-2013 |
20130168351 | SLIDE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A slide member includes a substrate that is made of a metal material and has a sliding surface with a plurality of microdimples formed therein. Each of the microdimple has a circular opening, the microdimples are arranged in regular intervals in a hexagonal close-packed configuration, and the area ratio of the openings of all the microdimples to the entire sliding surface is in the range of 50 to 80%. | 07-04-2013 |
20130164160 | MAGNETIC PUMP - Disclosed is a magnetic pump such that it is possible to wirelessly monitor and control the operating state of a pump from a location separated from the pump. Specifically disclosed is a magnetic pump provided with a pump main body equipped with a pump case having an inlet and an outlet, and an impeller stored within the pump case in a rotatable manner and linked to a magnetic means, a rotating magnetic field generating means separated from the pump main body and for imparting a rotating magnetic field to the magnetic means; and a means for detecting the potential difference between the rotating magnetic field and the magnetic field produced by the magnetic means and imparted outward. | 06-27-2013 |
20130161519 | COLQUIRIITE-TYPE CRYSTAL, SCINTILLATOR FOR NEUTRON DETECTION AND NEUTRON DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] A colquiriite-type crystal preferred for a scintillator for neutron detection, which has high sensitivity to neutron and which is reduced in background noise attributed to γ rays; a scintillator for neutron detection which comprises this crystal; and a neutron detector are provided. | 06-27-2013 |
20130157895 | TISSUE STAINING METHOD, TISSUE EVALUATION METHOD AND BIOSUBSTANCE DETECTION METHOD - A tissue staining method which comprises: staining a tissue with a staining reagent wherein a biosubstance recognition site is bonded to particles carrying multiple fluorescent substances accumulated therein; in the stained tissue, counting fluorescent points or measuring fluorescent brightness; and evaluating the expression level of a biosubstance, which matches the biosubstance recognition site, in the aforesaid tissue on the basis of the number of the fluorescent points or fluorescent brightness that was measured. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157287 | BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE DETECTION METHOD - A biological substance detection method for detecting a biological substance specifically in a pathological specimen, comprising a step of immunologically staining the pathological specimen using a fluorescent label, a step of staining the pathological specimen with a staining reagent for morphology observation purposes (eosin) to observe the morphology of the pathological specimen, a step of irradiating the stained pathological specimen, with excited light to cause the emission of a fluorescent and detecting the biological substance in the pathological specimen. In the step of immunologically staining the pathological specimen, a special fluorescent particle for which the excitation wavelength appears in a region that is different from the excitation wavelength region of eosin is used as the fluorescent label. | 06-20-2013 |
20130153859 | SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLY - A semiconductor nanoparticle assembly including semiconductor nanoparticles having a core/shell structure, and wherein the semiconductor nanoparticles are bonded by means of amide bonds. | 06-20-2013 |
20130140984 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A plasma processing apparatus can excite uniform plasma on a large substrate. The plasma processing apparatus | 06-06-2013 |
20130131461 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM ELECTRODE UNIT FOR SMALL ANIMALS AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USING THE SAME - The electroencephalogram electrode unit for small animals includes a base that covers the scalp or brain surface of a small animal and has a plurality of through holes and a plurality of electrodes. Each of the plurality of electrodes is inserted into each of the plurality of through holes, and each of the plurality of electrodes is equipped with an insulating tube, an electrode section disposed within the tube, an extraction conducting wire that is connected to the electrode section and extracts the EEG signal to outside, and a paste that is filled within the tube. The tube is installed in the through hole in a manner of standing upright from the scalp or brain surface, and the electrode section is formed in the form of a wire and is disposed, in a manner of standing upright from the scalp or brain surface, within the paste filled within the tube. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131320 | HIGHLY-FUNCTIONAL MUTANT OF HUMANIZED ANTI-EGFR ANTIBODY VARIABLE REGION | 05-23-2013 |
20130130230 | PROTEIN-ENCLOSED CARBON NANOTUBE FILM, AND SENSOR AND POWER-GENERATING DEVICE EACH EQUIPPED WITH THE CARBON NANOTUBE FILM AS ELECTRODE - The present invention answers the demands of power generating device and biosensor development and provides a flexible, free-standing type protein containing carbon nanotube film, and a sensor and power generating device each equipped with the carbon nanotube film as an electrode. According to the present invention a carbon nanotube free standing film is provided including a carbon nanotube aggregate formed by aggregating a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and a plurality of enzymes included between the plurality of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotube film may include a different protein to the enzyme and may include a surfactant agent between the plurality of carbon nanotubes. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129832 | COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AMELIORANT - A cognitive impairment ameliorant is provided that is useful for the prevention or treatment of cognitive impairment, and particularly Alzheimer's disease. The cognitive impairment ameliorant contains royal jelly as an active ingredient thereof. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129255 | SIGNAL-PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH SIGNAL-PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - A signal-processing device, which processes transparent images each expressed by transparent superimposition of a target such as an affected part and a background, includes a transparent image acquiring unit that acquires the transparent images each including the target at a plurality of times; a calculating unit that calculates a component of the transparent image originating from the target and a component of the transparent image originating from the background at a given time t among the plurality of times in association with estimated values of at least one of a distribution originating from the target and a distribution originating from the background and that evaluates consistency with the transparent images; and an updating unit that updates the estimated values of at least one of a distribution originating from the target and a distribution originating from the background at the time t based on the evaluation result. | 05-23-2013 |
20130126220 | POROUS STRUCTURE PROVIDED WITH A PATTERN THAT IS COMPOSED OF CONDUCTIVE POLYMER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A porous structure ( | 05-23-2013 |
20130119452 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a semiconductor integrated circuit that uses a novel vertical MOS transistor that is free of interference between cells, that enables the short-channel effect to be minimized, that does not have hot electron injection, and that does not require the formation of shallow junction. Also provided is a method of producing the semiconductor integrated circuit. A memory cell | 05-16-2013 |
20130112885 | PHOSWICH THERMAL NEUTRON DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] A phoswich radiation detector, which can easily discriminate between detection signals on gamma rays and thermal neutrons, and which can selectively acquire signals on thermal neutrons, is provided. | 05-09-2013 |
20130112352 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber produced from a metal; a susceptor configured to mount a substrate; an electromagnetic wave source that supplies an electromagnetic wave; one or more dielectric member provided at an inner wall of the processing chamber, and configured to transmit the electromagnetic wave into an inside of the processing chamber; one or more metal electrode, wherein each metal electrode is installed on a bottom surface of each dielectric member such that a part of the each dielectric member is exposed to the inside of the processing chamber; and a surface wave propagating section which is a metal surface facing the susceptor, the surface wave propagating section being installed adjacent to the dielectric member and being exposed to the inside of the processing chamber. The surface wave propagating section and a bottom surface of the metal electrode are positioned on the same plane. | 05-09-2013 |
20130102834 | SLIDE DEVICE, MECHANICAL SEAL, ROTARY DEVICE, PUMP AND AUXILIARY ARTIFICIAL HEART SYSTEM - Provided is a slide device which can reduce a frictional force more than a conventional slide device when used in an aqueous liquid containing a blood component. In a slide device which includes: a fixed-side slide member having a slide surface; and a rotary-side slide member having a slide surface, the slide device being used in an aqueous liquid containing a blood component in a state where the slide surface of the fixed-side slide member and the slide surface of the rotary-side slide member face each other in an opposed manner, at least one of the fixed-side slide member and the rotary-side slide member is formed of a member which is made of a material which contains silicon and has hydrate of silicon oxide on the slide surface thereof. | 04-25-2013 |
20130096028 | CELL CAPABLE OF EXPRESSING TSLP CONSTANTLY AND AT HIGH LEVEL, AND METHOD FOR SCREENING FOR TSLP MODULATOR UTILIZING THE CELL - The present invention relates to a mouse epithelial cell line constantly producing TSLP and use thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for screening for a TSLP modulator using a mouse epithelial cell line (KCHM-1) constantly producing TSLP, and a method for producing wild-type TSLP using the cell line. | 04-18-2013 |
20130084059 | VAPORIZER - A vaporizer, capable of stabilizing the behavior of pressure inside the vaporizer, includes a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, a heating device that heats the inside of the chamber, a partition wall structure | 04-04-2013 |
20130079707 | FLUID INJECTION DEVICE - A fluid injection device includes: a pulse generation section that includes a fluid chamber whose volume is changeable, and an inlet flow passage and an outlet flow passage that are connected to the fluid chamber; a first connection flow passage connected to the outlet flow passage, having an end portion; a second connection flow passage connected to the inlet flow passage; a fluid injection opening formed at the end portion of the first connection flow passage, having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the outlet flow passage; a connection flow passage tube including the first connection flow passage and having rigidity adequate to transmit pulses of fluid flowing from the fluid chamber to the fluid injection opening; and a pressure generation section that supplies fluid to the inlet flow passage. | 03-28-2013 |
20130073771 | ASYNCHRONOUS PROTOCOL CONVERTER - An asynchronous protocol converter, which is capable of flexibly carrying out communications between tens of IP cores in an asynchronous protocol Network-on-Chip system, and which is multiple input multiple output is provided. In an LSI ( | 03-21-2013 |
20130065226 | METHOD OF DETERMINING DOSE AND ADMINISTRATION OF STATIN - The object of the present invention is to provide a method of determining the dose and/or administration of statins to a patient suffering from a cardiovascular disease. | 03-14-2013 |
20130063205 | PROTECTION RELAY DEVICE AND PROTECTION RELAY METHOD - A protection relay device includes: an analog-to-digital converter that samples an analog signal inputted from an analog input unit and converts the analog signal into digital data; a variable filter that filters and outputs the digital data, the variable filter having a filter coefficient that is varied by external control; and an adaptive controller that variably controls the filter coefficient of the variable filter so that a difference between the digital data filtered by the variable filter and a target signal decreases. | 03-14-2013 |
20130059951 | HIGH HEAT-RESISTANT POLYGERMANE COMPOUND WITH SULFUR-CONTAINING ORGANIC GROUP - There is provided a polygermane compound forming a film having a high refractive index and thermal stability, and containing a sulfur atom-containing organic group as a group bonded to a germanium atom. A polygermane compound comprising a sulfur atom-containing organic group as a group bonded to a germanium atom, in which the sulfur atom-containing organic group is a group of Formula [1]: | 03-07-2013 |
20130058887 | ALDEHYDE-REMOVING COMPOSITION - An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for removing aldehyde. Specifically, the present invention relates to an aldehyde-removing composition comprising a microorganism belonging to the genus | 03-07-2013 |
20130043402 | NEUTRON SCINTILLATOR AND NEUTRON DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in neutron detection efficiency and n/γ discrimination ability, and a neutron detector using the neutron scintillator are provided. | 02-21-2013 |
20130022427 | METALLIC GLASS FASTENING SCREW - A metallic glass fastening screw that is not susceptible to loosening, and is capable of implementing fastening with high strength and reliability. In processing a screw thread and a screw groove of a screw, amorphous bulk metallic glass is form-rolled at glass transition temperature or less of the bulk metallic glass serving as a member to be processed. The bulk metallic glass has a plastic strain property introduced by plastic working such as form rolling, to improve ductility. A relationship of d>0.022×D is set so that a depth from a bottom of the screw groove in the region where the plastic strain is introduced is d and an outside diameter of the screw is D, to relax stress concentration of tensile stress generated in a region at the bottom of the screw groove due to tension (axial force) applied to the screw in fastening. | 01-24-2013 |
20120320666 | Magnetoresistive Element and Magnetic Memory - There is provided a magnetoresistive element whose magnetization direction is stable in a direction perpendicular to the film surface and whose magnetoresistance ratio is controlled, as well as magnetic memory using such a magnetoresistive element. By having the material of a ferromagnetic layer forming the magnetoresistive element comprise a ferromagnetic material containing at least one type of | 12-20-2012 |
20120318751 | BALLAST WATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT, A BALLAST WATER DETOXIFYING TREATMENT SYSTEM USING THE SAME, AND A METHOD FOR TREATING THE BALLAST WATER - The present invention provides ballast water treatment equipment which can decompose fungicide included in ballast water and reduce the amount of use of fungicide adsorbing material by passing through the ballast water. | 12-20-2012 |
20120308949 | SLIDING DEVICE AND SLIDING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In a sliding device, a first base member and a second base member are slid relative to each other. A hard carbon film is disposed on at least one of a first surface of the first base member and a second surface of the second base member opposed to the first surface of the first base member. Further, an intermediate layer is disposed between the hard carbon film and the one of the first surface of the first base member and the second surface of the second base member. The intermediate layer is made of a compound containing silicon and oxygen. | 12-06-2012 |
20120301787 | VANADIUM BATTERY - A solid vanadium rechargeable battery, including; a first vanadium compound containing vanadium, whose oxidation number changes between 2 and 3 due to oxidation and reduction reactions, or solid vanadium salt or complex salt including such vanadium, and a surface that becomes a negative electrode; a second vanadium compound containing vanadium, whose oxidation number changes between 5 and 4 due to reduction and oxidation reactions, or solid vanadium salt or complex salt including such vanadium, and a surface that becomes a positive electrode; and a separator sandwiched between the first and the second vanadium compounds for selectively allowing ions to pass through, is provided. | 11-29-2012 |
20120300543 | MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS WITH PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIZATION AND MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY - In magnetic tunnel junctions manufactured with use of a ferromagnetic material having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, a difference in record retention time depending on stored information due to an imbalance in thermal stability between a parallel state and an anti-parallel state of magnetization, which correspond to bit information, is alleviated. A reference layer and a recording layer which constitute a magnetic tunnel junction are made different in area from each other so as to correct the difference in record retention time corresponding to stored information. | 11-29-2012 |
20120295129 | METAL MEMBER MANUFACTURING METHOD AND METAL MEMBER - A metallic material containing both a second constituent and a third constituent having positive and negative heats of mixing relative to a first constituent, respectively, and including a compound, an alloy or a nonequilibrium alloy having a melting point that is higher than the solidifying point of a metal bath made of the first constituent is placed in the metal bath. The metal bath is controlled to a temperature lower than a minimum value of a liquidus temperature within a range of compositional variations in which the amount of the third constituent in the metallic material decreases down to a point where the metallic material becomes substantially the second constituent so that the third constituent is selectively dissolved into the metal bath. | 11-22-2012 |
20120292508 | X-Ray Detection System - An X-ray detection system has an electron beam irradiation portion, a diffraction grating, a splitter for distributing the direction of propagation of the diffracted X-rays such that an imaging plane for the diffracted X-rays is assigned to plural positions spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the direction of energy dispersion of the diffracted X-rays, and image sensors different in energy sensitivity disposed respectively at the positions to which the imaging plane is assigned. | 11-22-2012 |
20120289393 | Method for Producing Ulta-Low-Expansion Glass | 11-15-2012 |
20120282318 | SHEET FOR CORNEAL TRANSPLANTS - The present invention relates to a sheet for corneal transplants comprising corneal endothelial cells on a gelatin hydrogel, which is obtainable by seeding and culturing corneal endothelial cells on a gelatin hydrogel coated with collagen. The sheet of the present invention is extremely useful as a sheet for corneal transplants not only for its biocompatibility and biodegradability, but also for its high transparency. | 11-08-2012 |
20120281726 | BI-SECTION SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a bi-section semiconductor laser device includes the steps of (A) forming a stacked structure obtained by stacking, on a substrate in sequence, a first compound semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a compound semiconductor layer that constitutes a light-emitting region and a saturable absorption region, and a second compound semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type; (B) forming a belt-shaped second electrode on the second compound semiconductor layer; (C) forming a ridge structure by etching at least part of the second compound semiconductor layer using the second electrode as an etching mask; and (D) forming a resist layer for forming a separating groove in the second electrode and then forming the separating groove in the second electrode by wet etching so that the separating groove separates the second electrode into a first portion and a second portion. | 11-08-2012 |
20120276303 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR METAL OXIDE FILM - A method of manufacturing a metal oxide film is disclosed. The method includes the steps of soaking a substrate on which the metal oxide film is formed in a precursor solution for forming the metal oxide film; and irradiating and scanning a light, the light being collected at an interface between the substrate and the precursor solution, wherein the light is transmitted through the precursor solution, and the metal oxide film is formed on the substrate. | 11-01-2012 |
20120269796 | Method for Enhancing Pancreatic Beta Cell Proliferation, Increasing Serum Insulin Concentration, Decreasing Blood Glucose Concentration And Treating And/Or Preventing Diabetes - By enhancing the function of ERK proteins in the liver, proliferation of pancreatic β cells is promoted, blood insulin concentration increased, blood glucose level decreased, and diabetes is prevented and/or treated. The methods for enhancing the function of ERK proteins in the liver are not particularly limited, and include various aspects such as enhancement of activity of MEK proteins, activation of endogenous MEK proteins, administration of an expression vector which expresses a gene encoding an active-form of MEK protein, and the like. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268814 | REFELCTIVE FRONT SCREEN - A screen which reflects light emitted from a projector includes a light diffusion layer through which light incident from a specific angular region is diffused and transmitted and through which light incident from the other angular region is transmitted straight; area pairs having a mirror forming area and a non-mirror forming area; a light transmissive layer having a back surface, on which the area pairs are disposed, and an opposite surface being bonded to a back side of the light diffusion layer; and a specular reflection film formed on a back surface of each mirror forming area. An inclination of the mirror forming area with respect to a normal line of the screen close to the projector becomes larger than the inclination of the mirror forming area far from the projector within a cross section perpendicular to the mirror forming areas inside the screen. | 10-25-2012 |
20120261658 | ZnO-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A ZnO-based semiconductor device includes an n type ZnO-based semiconductor layer, an aluminum oxide film formed on the n type ZnO-based semiconductor layer, and a palladium layer formed on the aluminum oxide film. With this configuration, the n type ZnO-based semiconductor layer and the palladium layer form a Schottky barrier structure. | 10-18-2012 |
20120254490 | TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEM - A touch sensor system includes buses, a plurality of touch sensor devices disposed on the buses, and an information integrating device that is connected to all the buses and integrates information from the touch sensor device. The touch sensor device includes a sensor unit and a signal processing unit that transmits a sensor data signal generated by processing an analog sensor signal to the information integrating device through the bus. The signal processing unit includes a digital converting unit, a threshold evaluating unit that gives a start permission of the signal process when a sensor value exceeds a preset threshold, an ID adding unit that adds a transmitter identification number to the sensor signal, and a data transmitting unit that outputs the sensor data signal to a signal line of the bus. Fast responses are made possible without increasing the amount of data and host processing load while including many touch sensor elements. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251871 | ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY - An all-solid-state battery includes: a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode layer on the positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode layer on the negative electrode current collector; and an electrolyte between the positive and negative electrodes. The electrolyte is made of a first solid-state electrolyte having lithium ionic conductivity. The positive electrode layer includes a base portion and an active material portion. The base portion is made of a second solid-state electrolyte having lithium ionic conductivity in a continuous phase. The active material portion is dispersed in the base portion, and includes a positive electrode active material. The first and second solid-state electrolytes are lithium ionic conductive material having a hydride solid-state electrolyte, respectively. | 10-04-2012 |
20120247961 | METAL OXIDE FILM, LAMINATE, METAL MEMBER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A metal oxide film suitable for protection of metals, composed mainly of aluminum. A metal oxide film includes a film of an oxide of a metal composed mainly of aluminum, having a thickness of 10 nm or greater, and exhibiting a moisture release rate from the film of 1E18 mol./cm | 10-04-2012 |
20120247226 | SHEET-LIKE TACTILE SENSOR SYSTEM - Provided are multiple normal stress detection sensor units capable of detecting a normal stress, and a sheet layer portion. The sheet layer portion includes an exterior sheet layer portion, a force detection sheet layer portion incorporating normal stress detection units, and an intermediary layer sandwiched between the exterior sheet layer portion and the force detection sheet layer portion. The exterior sheet layer portion and the force detection sheet layer portion include multiple protrusions protruding in directions opposed to each other, and are disposed such that the protrusions engage each other with the intermediary layer interposed therebetween. Each normal stress detection sensor unit includes a central portion detection sensor device disposed immediately below a central portion of the protrusion provided on the force detection sheet portion, and at least two edge detection sensor devices disposed immediately below edge portions of the protrusion provided on the force detection sheet portion. | 10-04-2012 |
20120241881 | MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC MEMORY - A magnetoresistive element according to an embodiment includes: a base layer; a first magnetic layer formed on the base layer, and including a first magnetic film having an axis of easy magnetization in a direction perpendicular to a film plane, the first magnetic film including Mn | 09-27-2012 |
20120241023 | CONTROL VALVE DEVICE - A control valve device develops opening/closing accuracy of a valve assembly. The valve head | 09-27-2012 |
20120240845 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF AN ALUMINUM NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL - Disclosed is a novel method wherein an aluminum nitride single crystal having good crystallinity is efficiently and easily manufactured. The method for produsing an aluminum nitride single crystal wherein nitrogen gas is circulated in the presence of a raw material gas generation source, which generates an aluminum gas or an aluminum oxide gas, and a carbon body, and then the aluminum nitride single crystal is grown under a heating condition; characterized in that,
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20120237431 | PRODUCTION METHOD, PRODUCTION VESSEL AND MEMBER FOR NITRIDE CRYSTAL - To provide a production method for a nitride crystal, where a nitride crystal can be prevented from precipitating in a portion other than on a seed crystal and the production efficiency of a gallium nitride single crystal grown on the seed crystal can be enhanced. In a method for producing a nitride crystal by an ammonothermal method in a vessel containing a mineralizer-containing solution, out of the surfaces of said vessel and a member provided in said vessel, at least a part of the portion coming into contact with said solution is constituted by a metal or alloy containing one or more atoms selected from the group consisting of tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W) and titanium (Ti), and has a surface roughness (Ra) of less than 1.80 μm. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236886 | LASER DIODE ELEMENT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A laser diode element assembly includes: a laser diode element; and a light reflector, in which the laser diode element includes (a) a laminate structure body configured by laminating, in order, a first compound semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type made of a GaN-based compound semiconductor, a third compound semiconductor layer made of a GaN-based compound semiconductor and including a light emission region, and a second compound semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type made of a GaN-based compound semiconductor, the second conductivity type being different from the first conductivity type, (b) a second electrode formed on the second compound semiconductor layer, and (c) a first electrode electrically connected to the first compound semiconductor layer, the laminate structure body includes a ridge stripe structure, and a minimum width W | 09-20-2012 |
20120232418 | SIGNAL EXTRACTING APPARATUS - A signal extracting apparatus is provided based on independent component analysis with reference for a single measured signal as a signal processing technique that allows stable and quick extraction of a target signal from single measured signal even in a high-noise environment with a high noise ratio against a target signal to be extracted. The signal extracting apparatus includes: a single-signal measuring unit to measure a measured signal as a single time-series signal containing a target signal obtained by measurement by a single channel; a reference signal creating unit ( | 09-13-2012 |
20120232346 | INSERTION DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE - An insertion device and an endoscope which are inserted and extracted through a small incision and have multiple functions. A device body has grip forceps as a treatment means. A first folding back section and a second folding back section are provided at a distal portion of the device body such that the first and second folding back sections are aligned in a row in the longitudinal direction of the device body. The first folding back section and the second folding back section respectively have image obtaining means. An operation means can move the first folding back section to a folded back position in which the first folding back section is folded back relative to the second folding back section, and can also move the second folding back section to a position in which the second folding back section is folded back relative to the device body. | 09-13-2012 |
20120219724 | METHOD FOR FORMING METAL OXIDE FILM, METHOD FOR FORMING MANGANESE OXIDE FILM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In a method for forming a metal oxide film, by which excellent adhesion between the film and Cu can be provided, a gas containing an organometallic compound is supplied to a base, and the metal oxide film is formed on the base. After forming the metal oxide film on the base by supplying the organometallic compound to the base, the metal oxide film is exposed to the oxygen-containing gas or oxygen-containing plasma in the final step of the process of forming the metal oxide film. | 08-30-2012 |
20120217638 | WIRING CONNECTION METHOD AND FUNCTIONAL DEVICE - By forming a metal layer | 08-30-2012 |
20120211465 | FLEX-RIGID PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A flex-rigid printed wiring board is provided which can retain flexibility of a flexible portion while increasing durability of the flexible portion against folding, and can ensure conduction in a rigid portion, and a method of manufacturing the printed wiring board. The flex-rigid printed wiring board includes a conductor layer provided on at least one face of a base film, one region of the wiring board containing the base film being a rigid region, an another region containing the base film being a flexible region. The average thickness “tf” of the conductor layer on the base film formed in the flexible region and the average thickness “tR” of the conductor layer on the base film formed in the rigid region satisfy the relationship of tf |
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20120208170 | VISUAL TRAINING DEVICE, VISUAL TRAINING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A visual training device includes a training image display unit that outputs a training image including a given first figure that appears at substantially irregular intervals of time at a particular position in a peripheral portion of a screen of a display, and an processed image output unit that superimposes the training image output from the training image display unit, on a video content received from an outside, and outputs a resulting image to the display. | 08-16-2012 |
20120201259 | SUBMOUNT, SUBMOUNT ASSEMBLY, AND SUBMOUNT ASSEMBLING METHOD - A submount having a structure and a configuration resistant to an increase in manufacturing cost and a reduction in yields or reliability, and including an oblique waveguide is provided. A submount having a first surface and allowing a semiconductor light-emitting element including a waveguide to be fixed on the first surface, the waveguide having an axis line inclined at θ | 08-09-2012 |
20120199921 | SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SENSOR DEVICE - Provided is a technique for packaging a sensor structure having a contact sensing surface and a signal processing LSI that processes a sensor signal. The sensor structure has the contact sensing surface and sensor electrodes. The signal processing integrated circuit is embedded in a semiconductor substrate. The sensor structure and the semiconductor substrate are bonded by a bonding layer, forming a sensor device as a single chip. The sensor electrodes and the integrated circuit are sealed inside the sensor device, and the sensor electrodes and external terminals of the integrated circuit are led out to the back surface of the semiconductor substrate through a side surface of the semiconductor substrate. | 08-09-2012 |
20120199254 | ALLOY COMPOSITION, FE-BASED NANO-CRYSTALLINE ALLOY AND FORMING METHOD OF THE SAME - An alloy composition of Fe | 08-09-2012 |