37th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100233574 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR FUEL CELL, ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR FUEL CELL,AND FUEL CELL USING THE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR FUEL CELL - Disclosed is a method for producing an electrode material for fuel cells, which electrode material has excellent electrochemical catalytic activity and uses a non-carbon conductive oxide carrier having high durability. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing an electrode material for fuel cells, which comprises the following steps. (1) A step wherein carriers mainly composed of tin oxide are dispersed in a solution containing a noble metal colloid, and the noble metal colloid is reduced so that the carriers are loaded with noble metal particles (2) A step wherein the carriers loaded with the noble metal particles are separated from the liquid and dried (3) A step wherein the dried carriers loaded with the noble metal particles are subjected to a heat treatment at a temperature of not less than 80° C. but not more than 250° C. in the presence of a reducing gas | 2010-09-16 |
20100233575 | QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USES - According to the invention there is provided a method of conduction including the steps of providing a quaternary ammonium compound, and causing the quaternary ammonium compound to conduct ionically. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233576 | INTERCONNECTOR FOR A HIGH-TEMPERATURE SOLID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL, METHOD OF PRODUCING A FUEL CELL, AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE SOLID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - An interconnector, or bipolar plate, for a high-temperature solid electrolyte fuel cell is composed of a sintered chromium alloy which has sintering pores and contains >90% by weight of Cr, from 3 to 8% by weight of Fe and optionally from 0.001 to 2% by weight of at least one element of the group of rare earth metals. The chromium alloy contains from 0.1 to 2% by weight of Al and the sintering pores are at least partially filled with an oxidic compound containing Al and Cr. The interconnector has a high impermeability to gas and dimensional stability. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233577 | Nano-material catalyst device - A catalyst member comprising a blended mixture of nano-scale metal particles compressed with larger metal particles and sintered to form a structurally stable member of any desired shape. The catalyst member can be used in one of many different applications; for example, as an electrode in a fuel cell or in an electrolysis device to generate hydrogen and oxygen. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233578 | Process for the Electrochemical Catalysts of Fuel Cells Based on Polymer Electrolytes - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of electrochemical catalysts of the polymer electrolytes-based fuel cells. With the process of the present invention, high catalyst activity while uniformly supporting a large amount of metal particles on a surface of a support can be achieved. Also, the present invention provides a process for the preparation of electrochemical catalysts of the polymer electrolytes-based fuel cells capable of using a small amount of toxic solvent without an additional high-temperature hydrogen annealing. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233579 | ZIRCONIUM OXIDE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to a pulverulent zirconium oxide containing metal oxides from the group consisting of scandium, yttrium, rare earths and mixtures thereof, processes for producing them and their use in fuel cells, in particular for the production of electrolyte substrates for ceramic fuel cells. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233580 | FLUORORUBBER COMPOSITION FOR CELL SEALS OF FUEL CELLS - It is an object of the present invention to provide a fluororubber composition for cell seals of fuel cells, which can improve quality, productivity, etc. of a cell seal of a fuel cell by crosslinking a burr formed by an air vent area in the molding process for producing a cell seal of a fuel cell and thereby preventing separation of a fuel cell gasket. The fluororubber composition for cell seals of fuel cells of the present invention comprises a peroxide-crosslinkable fluorine-containing rubber (A) having a fluorine content of not less than 64% by weight and having a crosslinking site derived from a bromine-containing and/or iodine-containing compound, an organic peroxide (B) in an amount of 0.3 to 6 parts by weight and a polyfunctional group monomer (C) in an amount of 1 to 10 parts by weight, said amount of each of the component (B) and the component (C) being based on 100 parts by weight of the fluorine-containing rubber (A), and is characterized in that the fluorine-containing rubber (A) contains one or more fluorine-containing olefins and one or more fluorine-containing dienes of 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and the total amount of the fluorine-containing dienes of 4 to 10 carbon atoms is in the range of 0.01 to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the fluorine-containing olefins. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233581 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DIAGNOSING ON-OFF VALVE - A fuel cell system having a fuel cell, a fuel supply flow path for allowing a fuel gas supplied from a fuel supply source to flow to the fuel cell, an on-off valve for regulating the state of the gas on the upstream side of the fuel supply flow path to supply it to the downstream side, failure detection means for detecting whether the on-off valve has a closure failure, a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure value of the fuel gas on the upstream side of the on-off valve, and determination condition setting means for setting, based on the pressure value detected by the pressure sensor, the conditions of determination of the closure failure of the on-off valve. The failure detection means determines whether the on-off valve has the closure failure, based on the closure failure determination conditions set by the determination condition setting means. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233582 | FUEL CARTRIDGE FOR FUEL CELLS - Liquid fuel received in a container can be injected manually in a safe, easy and convenient manner. In a fuel cell cartridge for fuel cells in which at a port portion ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100233583 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system of the present invention includes a fixing unit that fixes or releases hydrazine; a releasing liquid supplying unit that supplies a water-based releasing liquid for releasing hydrazine fixed in the fixing unit to the fixing unit; a fuel cell to which hydrazine released in the fixing unit is supplied as fuel; a sensing unit for detecting an amount of hydrazine supplied to the fuel cell; and a detection unit that detects an amount of hydrazine fixed in the fixing unit based on a predetermined theoretical hydrazine supply amount to the fuel cell and a hydrazine supply amount detected by the sensing unit. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233584 | Separator for Use in Fuel Cell and Manufacturing Method Therefor - A separator for use in a fuel cell has an iron-based hydrous oxide film formed on a passive film of a peripheral surface except a gas channel of a separator substrates of SUS by cathodic electrolysis treatment in an alkaline solution and further a resin layer of an electrodeposited water-soluble resin formed on the iron-based hydrous oxide film. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233585 | Nanowire-based membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells - The present invention discloses nanowires for use in a fuel cell comprising a metal catalyst deposited on a surface of the nanowires. A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell is disclosed which generally comprises a proton exchange membrane, an anode electrode, and a cathode electrode, wherein at least one or more of the anode electrode and cathode electrode comprise an interconnected network of the catalyst supported nanowires. Methods are also disclosed for preparing a membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell based upon an interconnected network of nanowires. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233586 | TUBE-TYPE FUEL CELL - It is an assignment to provide a fuel cell whose battery performance is high, whose gas sealing performance of fuel gas and oxidizing-agent gas can be improved by means of an opposite-end construction of a single cell | 2010-09-16 |
20100233587 | TITANIUM ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD OF TITANIUM ELECTRODE MATERIAL - It is an object of the present invention to provide a titanium electrode material which is low in cost and is excellent in electric conductivity, corrosion resistance and hydrogen absorption resistance, and a surface treatment method of a titanium electrode material. A titanium electrode material includes: on the surface of a titanium material including pure titanium or a titanium alloy, a titanium oxide layer having a thickness of 3 nm or more and 75 nm or less, and having an atomic concentration ratio of oxygen and titanium (O/Ti) at a site having the maximum oxygen concentration in the layer of 0.3 or more and 1.7 or less; and an alloy layer including at least one noble metal selected from Au, Pt, and Pd, and at least one non-noble metal selected from Zr, Nb, Ta, and Hf, having a content ratio of the noble metal and the non-noble metal of 35:65 to 95:5 by atomic ratio, and having a thickness of 2 nm or more, on the titanium oxide layer. The surface treatment method of a titanium electrode material includes a titanium oxide layer formation step, an alloy layer formation step, and a heat treatment step. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233588 | Phase Shift Mask with Enhanced Resolution and Method for Fabricating the Same - A method for fabricating a phase shift mask includes obtaining a layout of a mask region which sets up alight transmitting region; obtaining a layout of a phase shift region placed in a border portion of the mask region by disposing a shadow core region for light-shielding in a middle portion of the mask region; forming phase shift patterns following the layout of the phase shift region on a light transmitting substrate; and forming a shadow core layer pattern which exposes a portion of the substrate corresponding to the light transmitting region between the phase shift patterns and covering and light-shielding the portion of the substrate corresponding to the shadow core region, and a mask fabricated by the method. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233589 | Method for Manufacturing Photomask Using Self-assembled Molecule Layer - A method for fabricating a photomask using a self-assembled molecule layer, comprising: forming, on a transparent substrate, a stacked structure of a phase shift pattern and a light shielding pattern over the phase shift pattern, the stacked structure exposing a portion of a surface of the transparent substrate; exposing the phase shift pattern and a portion of the surface of the transparent substrate by removing a portion of the light shielding pattern; forming a self-assembled molecule layer allowing movement of electrons on the exposed surface of the transparent substrate; measuring a critical dimension of the phase shift pattern formed with the self-assembled molecule layer; neutralizing electrons applied during the measurement of the critical dimension with the self-assembled molecule layer allowing movement of electrons; and removing the self-assembled molecule layer. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233590 | Method for Manufacturing Photo Mask Using Fluorescence Layer - A method for fabricating a photo mask using a fluorescence layer, comprising: forming a fluorescence layer on a frame region of a light-transmitting substrate that defines a main cell region and the frame region; forming a phase-shift layer and a light-shielding layer on the light-transmitting substrate and the fluorescence layer; forming a light-shielding main pattern in the main cell region and a light-shielding frame pattern in the frame region by patterning the light-shielding layer; forming a phase-shift main pattern and a phase-shift frame pattern to expose a portion of a surface of the fluorescence layer on side walls thereof, by etching the phase-shift layer using the light-shielding main pattern and the light-shielding frame pattern as an etch mask; irradiating light from a light source on the light-transmitting substrate and detecting an intensity of fluorescence of a fluorescence layer residue emitted from the exposed surface of the fluorescence layer; and determining under-etch or over-etch using the detected fluorescence intensity as a reference fluorescence intensity. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233591 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PELLICLE, AND PELLICLE - There is provided a process for producing a pellicle, the process including a step of irradiating a pellicle film comprising a fluorine resin with UV light having a wavelength of no greater than 220 nm. There is also provided a preferred step of irradiating the pellicle film with UV light having a wavelength of no greater than 220 nm by means of at least one UV light source selected from a group consisting of a low-pressure mercury lamp, a deuterium lamp, a xenon excimer lamp, and ArF excimer laser light. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233592 | PHOTOMASK AND METHOD OF FORMING PHOTOMASK - A photomask includes a resolution pattern, and a non-resolution pattern. The non-resolution pattern has a center portion and first and second side portions. The first and second side portions are each greater in distance from the resolution pattern than the center portion. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233593 | REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A reflective photomask comprises a photomask substrate, a photomask pattern, formed on an upper surface of the photomask substrate, at least one alignment mark, formed on the upper surface of the photomask substrate, for aligning the reflective photomask with an exposure apparatus, and at least one fiducial mark, formed on a lower surface of the photomask substrate, for determining locations of defects in the photomask pattern. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233594 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR RETICLES USED IN MANUFACTURING OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - System and method for quality assurance for reticles used in manufacturing of integrated circuits. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for inspecting one or more blanks For example, the blanks are prepared to be used as reticles for manufacturing of integrated circuits. The method includes a step for providing a blank. For example, the blank includes an unknown level of impure particles. The method also includes a step for subjecting the blank to radiation at a first radiation level. The method additionally includes a step for receiving reflected radiation by the radiation source. Also, the method includes a step for determining a particle level based on at least the reflected radiation. Additionally, the method includes a step for determining whether to use the blank to produce a reticle. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233595 | POLYMER COMPOUND AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, PIGMENT DISPERSING AGENT, PIGMENT DISPERSION COMPOSITION, PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION, AND COLOR FILTER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a polymer compound represented by the following Formula (1) and a method for production thereof, a pigment dispersant, a pigment dispersion composition, and a photocurable composition respectively using the polymer compound, and a color filter and a method for production thereof [R | 2010-09-16 |
20100233596 | THIOURETHANE COMPOUND AND PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - It is an object of the present invention to provide a photopolymerization initiator composition having high sensitivity and excellent storage properties, a photosensitive composition containing the photopolymerization initiator composition, and a thiourethane compound preferable for the photopolymerization initiator composition. The thiourethane compound of the present invention has 2 to 6 units each of which contains a moiety represented by the following formula (i) and a moiety represented by the following formula (ii). | 2010-09-16 |
20100233597 | METHOD FOR SCHEDULING TRANSIENT DOCUMENT ERASE CYCLE - A method of handling documents which can be imaged and erased comprises entry of a scheduled time which a device such as a multipurpose imager and eraser has a low probability of being used. At the scheduled time, erasure of transient documents to be erased is initiated. A transient document to be erased is transported from a first transient document storage area to an erasure area where it is erased, then transported to a second, erased transient document storage area. Upon receipt of a user interrupt during the scheduled erasure, any partially erased transient document is returned to the first transient document storage area for later erasure. The method thus allows for more efficient use of equipment resources, for example in an office environment. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233598 | PATTERN CORRECTING APPARATUS, MASK-PATTERN FORMING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A mask-pattern correcting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pattern-shape variable mask, transmittance or reflectance of which can be changed; a light-receiving element unit that detects an optical image of a mask pattern formed by light irradiated on the pattern-shape variable mask; and a control unit that controls the pattern-shape variable mask to form a mask pattern according to a shape of a design layout and determines a correction amount of the mask pattern such that a difference between an optical image obtained by the light-receiving element unit and the design layout is within a predetermined range. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233599 | Lithographic Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method - A lithographic system includes a monitored lithographic projection apparatus arranged to project a patterned beam onto a substrate. A scatterometer measures a plurality of parameters of the pattern transferred to the substrate including at least one CD-profile parameter and at least one further parameter of the pattern transferred to the substrate which is indicative of a machine setting of the monitored lithographic projection apparatus. A matching system includes a database storing information representative of reference CD values and reference values for the further feature. A comparison arrangement compares the measured values with the corresponding stored values, a lithographic parameter calculation means calculating a corrected set of machine settings for the monitored lithographic apparatus dependent on the differences between the measured and reference values. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233600 | LEVEL SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A level sensor arrangement is useable for measuring a height of a surface of a substrate in a lithographic apparatus. The level sensor arrangement is provided with a light source emitting detection radiation towards the substrate, and a detector unit for measuring radiation reflected from the substrate in operation. The light source is arranged to emit detection radiation in a wavelength range in which a resist to be used for processing the substrate in the lithographic apparatus is sensitive. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233601 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor has at least an electroconductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer formed on or above the electroconductive substrate, wherein an outermost layer of the photoreceptor is a cured membrane of a composition containing at least one compound (a) having in a single molecule thereof a charge transporting skeleton and a chain polymerizable functional group, and at least one thermopolymerizable or photopolymerizable silicone polymeric radical polymerization initiator (b). | 2010-09-16 |
20100233602 | Electrophotographic Photoconductor - An electrophotographic photoconductor including a conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer formed on the conductive substrate, wherein the photosensitive layer contains at least a charge generation agent, a specific charge transfer agent and a specific antioxidant. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233603 | POLYCARBONATE POLYMER, COATING LIQUID, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE BODY - A polycarbonate polymer includes: a monomer unit represented by a formula (1A) below; and a monomer unit represented by a formula (2). A haze of a solution that is obtained by dissolving the polycarbonate polymer in THF (tetrahydrofuran) at a concentration of 10 mass % is 5% or less (according to JIS K7105, optical path length of 10 mm). | 2010-09-16 |
20100233604 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE-FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic image developing toner, includes: a block copolymer that contains: a block A that has a glass transition temperature of about 60° C. or more; and a crystalline block B that has a melting point of about 25° C. or more derived from an ethylenically unsaturated compound, wherein the block copolymer satisfies the following equations (1) to (3): | 2010-09-16 |
20100233605 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A toner for electrostatic charge image development has toner mother particles including a release agent, a colorant, and a binder resin including a crystalline resin, and an external additive to the toner mother particles including at least metatitanic acid and at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide and fluoropolymer particles, and the addition weight ratio of the metatitanic acid to the at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide and fluoropolymer particles is from 1:0.08 to 1:8.30 is provided. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233606 | Black Toner Formulation - A black toner formulation includes at least one non-black colorant selected from the group consisting of dyes, pigments, and combinations thereof. The black toner formulation has a total pigment loading of about 2 percent to less than or equal to about 9.5 percent by weight of total weight of the black toner formulation. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233607 | Toner for Developing Electrostatic Images and Process for Producing the Toner - A toner for developing electrostatic images which is obtained by melt mixing at least a binder resin and a coloring agent, forming a powder material by pulverizing the obtained mixture after cooling and removing rough particles and fine particles from the formed powder material by classification, wherein inorganic fine particles having a roundness of 1.00 to 1.30, an average of the diameter of primary particles of 0.05 to 0.45 μm and a ratio of a standard deviation to the average of the diameter of primary particles of 0.25 or smaller are added as an external additive, and a process for producing a toner for developing electrostatic images which comprises melt mixing at least a binder resin and a coloring agent, forming a powder material by pulverizing the obtained mixture after cooling, rounding the powder material by a heat treatment and adding the above inorganic fine particles to the rounded powder material. By using the toner, printed images of a high quality can be formed with an excellent transfer rate, suppressed contamination of the charge roller, minimal background and small consumption of the toner. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233608 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING CARRIER, PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic image developing carrier includes a ferrite particle that contains from about 1.0% by weight to about 14.0% by weight of elemental magnesium, wherein an average distribution ratio D of the elemental magnesium in the ferrite particle is from about 1.1 to about 2.0, wherein the average distribution ratio D is defined as an average value of D′ of at least 50 ferrite particles, wherein D′ is defined as W1/W2, wherein W1 is a weight ratio of elemental magnesium content Mg to elemental iron content Fe, Me/Fe, in a whole cross-section of the ferrite particle, and W2 is a weight ratio of elemental magnesium content Mg to elemental iron content Fe, Me/Fe, in a square, the two opposite vertices of which are located at two points on a diameter of a circle circumscribing the cross-section, each being half a radius distant from the center of the circumscribing circle. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233609 | TONER, DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to toner compositions containing: toner particles made of: binder resin; colorant; and a wax which is dispersed in the toner particles, where the toner composition satisfies relationship (2): B≦394−400A′ when 0.950 | 2010-09-16 |
20100233610 | POLYMER HAVING A SULFONIC GROUP OR A SULFONATE GROUP AND AN AMIDE GROUP AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A polymer is provided in which a sulfonic group or a derivative thereof is introduced. The polymer includes a unit represented by the following chemical formula (1): | 2010-09-16 |
20100233611 | TONER AND TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - There are provided a toner and a two-component developer effective to make exudation of a release agent easy during fixing and to prevent occurrence of high-temperature offset, in which both the preservation stability and the fixing property are improved at the same time. The capsule toner comprises a toner base particle and a resin layer formed of fine resin particles with which a surface of the toner base particle is coated. In the capsule toner, both of the following expressions are satisfied: | 2010-09-16 |
20100233612 | CARRIER FOR TWO-COMPONENT ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER USING THE CARRIER - A carrier for an electrophotographic developer in which a surface of a carrier core particle is coated with a silicone resin or a modified silicone resin, the coated resin containing a dioctyltin compound, and the silicon content and dioctyltin content in the coating resin satisfy the following expression, and an electrophtographic developer using the carrier. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233613 | CARRIER - A carrier which is capable of avoiding excess blocking of the carrier particles at the time of forming a covering layer and is excellent in durability, a developer containing the carrier, and a developer container containing the developer, as well as an image forming method and a process cartridge which use the developer are provided. A carrier including at least a core material particle and a covering layer, a surface of the core material particle being covered with the covering layer, wherein the covering layer contains a condensate which is obtained by condensation of a silicone resin having at least one of a silanol group and a functional group which can be converted to the silanol group by hydrolysis, using a titanium diisopropoxy bis(ethylaceto-acetate) catalyst. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233614 | LIQUID DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is a liquid developer containing toner particles and an insulating liquid containing an epoxy modified fatty acid alkyl ester. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233615 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A CARRIER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A DEVELOPER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY - A method of producing a carrier for electrophotography includes: covering a surface of a core particle with a coating layer including resin particles and a crosslinking resin in an uncrosslinked state present in spaces between the resin particles; and applying a mechanical impact from the outer surface of the coating layer before crosslinking of the crosslinking resin. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233616 | Method for producing plastic lens - Disclosed is a method for producing a plastic lens having reflow heat resistance at 260° C., which is characterized in that a photosensitive resin composition containing a specific resin and a photopolymerization initiator is molded into a lens shape. The resin is obtained by mining one or more compounds (a) selected from the group consisting of (CH | 2010-09-16 |
20100233617 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION AND COMPOUND FOR USE IN THE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION - A photosensitive composition includes: (A) a resin containing a repeating unit corresponding to a compound represented by the following formula (I); the resin being capable of producing an acid group upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation: | 2010-09-16 |
20100233618 | POLYIMIDE-BASED POLYMERS, COPOLYMERS THEREOF AND POSITIVE TYPE PHOTORESIST COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME - Polyimide-based polymers and copolymers thereof are provided. Further provided is a positive type photoresist composition comprising at least one of the polyimide-based polymers and copolymers thereof as a binder resin. The photoresist composition exhibits high resolution, high sensitivity, excellent film characteristics and improved mechanical properties, which are required for the formation of semiconductor buffer coatings. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233619 | NOVEL POLYIMIDE SILICONE, PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE NOVEL POLYIMIDE SILICONE, AND METHOD FOR PATTERN FORMATION - A polyimide silicone having in the molecule a phenolic hydroxy group in which a part or all of hydrogen atoms are substituted with an acid labile group is provided. The polyimide silicone comprises the unit represented by the formula (1): | 2010-09-16 |
20100233620 | Copolymer and photoresist composition including the same - A resist copolymer includes a repeating unit having the following Chemical Formula 1, a repeating unit having the following Chemical Formula 2, and a repeating unit having the following Chemical Formula 3: | 2010-09-16 |
20100233621 | PHOTOACID GENERATOR AND PHOTOREACTIVE COMPOSITION - An object of the present invention is to provide photoacid generator, which shows very high sensitivity in the near ultraviolet range of about 300 to 400 nm, and also can remarkably increase a reaction rate of a photoreactive composition using the same, and to provide a photoreactive composition which can initiate the reaction even by irradiation with near ultraviolet light within a short time and also can obtain a desired reaction product. More particularly, the present invention provides a dithienyl sulfide disulfonium salt represented by the formula (A1): | 2010-09-16 |
20100233622 | METHOD FOR FORMING FINE PATTERN IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing fine patterns of semiconductor devices using a double exposure patterning process for manufacturing the second photoresist patterns by simply exposing without an exposure mask. The method comprises the steps of: forming a first photoresist pattern on a semiconductor substrate on which a layer to be etched is formed; coating a composition for a mirror interlayer on the first photoresist pattern to form a mirror interlayer; forming a photoresist layer on the resultant; and forming a second photoresist pattern which is made by a scattered reflection of the mirror-interlayer and positioned between the first photoresist patterns, by exposing the photoresist layer to a light having energy which is lower than a threshold energy (E | 2010-09-16 |
20100233623 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN - A positive resist composition including:
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20100233624 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN - A positive resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits increased solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the component (A) including a polymeric compound (A1) having an acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting group in the structure thereof and including a structural unit (a0) having an —SO | 2010-09-16 |
20100233625 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION, METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN, AND POLYMERIC COMPOUND - A positive resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits increased solubility in an alkali developing solution under the action of acid, and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the base component (A) including a polymeric compound (A1) containing a structural unit (a0) having an aromatic group, a structural unit (a5) represented by general formula (a5-1) shown below, and a structural unit (a1) containing an acid-dissociable, dissolution-inhibiting group. In the formula (a5-1), R | 2010-09-16 |
20100233626 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN - A positive resist composition including a polymeric compound (A1) having a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a0-1) (R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a halogenated alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R | 2010-09-16 |
20100233627 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR FORMING RESIST PATTERN, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE FOR PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) a binder polymer with a weight-average molecular weight of 35000 to 65000, (B) a photopolymerizable compound with an ethylenically unsaturated bond and (C) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein component (B) includes (B1) a photopolymerizable compound with one ethylenically unsaturated bond, (B2) a photopolymerizable compound with two ethylenically unsaturated bonds and (B3) a photopolymerizable compound with three ethylenically unsaturated bonds, and the proportion of component (B3) with respect to the total of component (B) is 15 to 30 wt %. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233628 | COMPOUND AND CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION - A compound represented by the formula (I): | 2010-09-16 |
20100233629 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSTION, COMPOUND FOR USE IN THE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION - A photosensitive composition comprising: (A) a compound capable of generating a compound having a specific structure upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, a pattern forming method using the photosensitive composition, and a compound capable of generating a compound having a specific structure upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233630 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head that includes a flow path wall member which forms a wall of a flow path communicating with a discharge port for discharging a liquid and a substrate which forms the flow path in contact with the flow path wall member includes providing a first layer, which is made of a photosensitive resin on the substrate, for forming a pattern having a shape of the flow path, providing a second layer which is capable of absorbing light within a photosensitive wavelength range of the photosensitive resin and has a shape corresponding to the shape of the flow path, on the first layer so as to come into contact with the first layer, performing patterning of the first layer which includes exposure of the first layer with the light using the second layer as a mask, and forming the pattern from the first layer, providing a cover layer which is made of a photosensitive resin and serves as the flow path wall member so as to cover the second layer and the pattern, forming the discharge port on the cover layer by performing patterning of the cover layer which includes exposure of the cover layer with the light, and forming the flow path by removing the second layer and the pattern. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233631 | RECESSED PORTION FORMING METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIT-PROJECTION PRODUCT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT - A recessed portion forming method for forming a plurality of recessed portions in a thermally deformable heat mode recording material layer is provided, which method includes: a recessed portion forming step of applying condensed light emitted from an optical system including a light source, to the recording material layer to form the recessed portions; an inspection light illumination step of applying inspection light to the recessed portions during or after formation of the recessed portions in the recording material layer; a detection step of detecting a light quantity of the inspection light reflected or diffracted from the recessed portions; and an output regulation step of regulating an output of the light source based upon the light quantity so that the light quantity becomes a predetermined value. Methods for manufacturing a pit-projection product, a light emitting element, and an optical element, using this method are also provided. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233632 | SILICON-CONTAINING FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION, SILICON-CONTAINING FILM, AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD - A silicon-containing film-forming composition includes a polysiloxane and organic solvent. The polysiloxane includes a first structural unit, a second structural unit, and a third structural unit. The first structural unit is derived from a tetraalkoxysilane. The second structural unit is derived from a compound shown by a formula (1), wherein R | 2010-09-16 |
20100233633 | ENGINEERING BORON-RICH FILMS FOR LITHOGRAPHIC MASK APPLICATIONS - Methods for processing a substrate with a boron rich film are provided. A patterned layer of boron rich material is deposited on a substrate and can be used as an etch stop. By varying the chemical composition, the selectivity and etch rate of the boron rich material can be optimized for different etch chemistries. The boron rich materials can be deposited over a layer stack substrate in multiple layers and etched in a pattern. The exposed layer stack can then be etched with multiple etch chemistries. Each of the boron rich layers can have a different chemical composition that is optimized for the multiple etch chemistries. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233634 | Processing Liquid for Resist Substrate and Method of Processing Resist Substrate Using the Same - The present invention provides a resist substrate treating solution and a method for pattern formation using that treating solution, and thereby problems such as foreign substances on the substrate surface, pattern collapse and pattern roughness can be easily solved at the same time. The treating solution comprises water and an alkylene oxide adduct of a primary amine having a hydrocarbon group of 11 to 30 carbon atoms or of ammonia. The method for pattern formation according to the invention comprises a step of treating the developed pattern with that treating solution. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233635 | METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN AND COMPOSITION FOR FORMING OF ORGANIC THIN-FILM FOR USE THEREIN - A method for forming a pattern contains (1) a step of forming an underlayer film containing (A) a radiation-sensitive acid generator capable of generating an acid upon exposure to radiation rays or (B) a radiation-sensitive base generator capable of generating a base upon exposure to radiation rays on a substrate; (2) a step of irradiating the underlayer film with radiation rays through a mask with a predetermined pattern to obtain an exposed underlayer film portion having been selectively exposed through the predetermined pattern; (3) a step of forming (C) an organic thin film on the underlayer film so as to attain chemical bonding of the exposed underlayer film portion with the organic thin-film formed on the exposed underlayer film portion; and (4) a step of removing the organic thin film formed on areas of the underlayer film other than the exposed underlayer film portion. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233636 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - A measurement apparatus comprises: a light source; a first optical system configured to reflect a certain component of a light beam emitted by the light source by a final surface thereof and transmit a remaining component of the light beam; a reflecting surface configured to reflect the remaining component; an optical member configured to generate a first shearing interference fringe formed by the certain component, and a second shearing interference fringe formed by the remaining component; an image sensing unit configured to simultaneously sense the first and second shearing interference fringes generated by the optical member; and an arithmetic unit configured to calculate, a wavefront aberration of the first optical system and a wavefront aberration of the first optical system and an optical system to be measured, using data on the first and second shearing interference fringes, thereby calculating a wavefront aberration of the optical system to be measured. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233637 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS, DEVELOPING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A developing apparatus including a substrate holder that holds a substrate horizontally; means for atomizing a surface treatment liquid used to improve wettability of the substrate with a developer; a first spray nozzle that sprays the atomized surface treatment liquid onto the substrate; and a developer supply nozzle that supplies a developer onto the substrate to which the substrate treatment liquid has been sprayed. The surface tension of the atomized surface treatment liquid with respect to the substrate is lower than the surface tension of the surface treatment liquid with respect to the substrate. The atomization suppresses the fact that the surface treatment liquid gathers on a certain portion of the surface of the substrate. The surface treatment liquid can be easily supplied onto the entire surface of the substrate, and improve wettability of the substrate with the developer. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233638 | SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHOD, COATING AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS, COATING AND DEVELOPING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The substrate treatment apparatus includes a heating plate that heats the substrate prepared by coating a surface of the substrate with a resist and exposing the resist-coated substrate to light; a surface treatment liquid atomizing unit that atomizes a surface treatment liquid used to improve wettability of the substrate with a developer that is supplied onto the resist; a cooling unit that cools the substrate heated by the heating plate; and a surface treatment liquid supply unit that supplies the atomized surface treatment liquid onto the substrate for a portion of the period from the time when the substrate is heated until the cooling means terminates the cooling of the substrate. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233639 | BURNER FOR REDUCING WALL WEAR IN A MELTER - A combustion gas flow for an atmosphere of a melter includes a first gas flow at a first velocity introduced into the atmosphere, and a second gas flow at a second velocity less than the first velocity introduced into the atmosphere for entraining corrosive or condensable vapors in the atmosphere and shrouding and inhibiting the first gas flow from entraining condensable or corrosive vapors at a higher rate than the second gas flow. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233640 | Glycerin burning system - A glycerin burning system having a specialized atomizing burner capable of combusting a continuous feed of crude or pure glycerin. The burner preferably includes an impingement nozzle. The nozzle has an internal distributor which mixes two fluid feed streams (glycerin and air) and expels the fluid through an orifice. The distributor has channels which cause the air to swirl before mixing with the glycerin. An impingement pin is provided outside the orifice. The rapidly ejected glycerin/air mixture strikes a target surface on the impingement pin which transforms the mixture into a fine mist having a reduced velocity. The nozzle is located on the central axis of a turbulator which surrounds the atomized spray with rapidly revolving air. An outlet choke is provided on the combustion chamber to limit the speed of the flow so that steady combustion is maintained. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233641 | DEVICE FOR HEATING AIR DURING THE DUTY CYCLE OF A HEATING BOILER - Device for heating air during the duty cycle of a heating boiler fired in particular by solid fuel or biomass, composed of a conduit for supplying air to the furnace and a conduit for outflow the exhaust gas from the heating boiler into the flue. The device has the closed exhaust gas conduit ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100233642 | LOW NOx EMISSION INDUSTRIAL BURNER AND COMBUSTION PROCESS THEREOF | 2010-09-16 |
20100233643 | GAS BURNER - Gas burner provided with a plurality of concentric flame crowns, and comprising a first central burner to supply a peripheral flame ring, a second annular burner surrounding said central burner at a defined distance and able of supplying at least a respective peripheral ring, a burner body apt to be mounted on the surface of a cooking hob, a first gas inlet in communication with said body, a first vertical gas injector, said central burner being provided with a first chamber for the diffusion of the air/gas mixture, a second gas inlet in communication with said body, wherein said second annular burner is provided with two separate chambers for the diffusion of said mixture, wherein said second gas inlet is in communication with said two separate chambers through suitable injection and conveying means, which comprise two distinct injectors in communication with said second gas inlet, and two respective horizontal Venturi pipes each of which being able of supplying with said air/gas mixture a respective of said two diffusion chambers; these are physically separate and not in communication to each other. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233644 | ORTHODONTIC BRACKET HAVING AN ARCHWIRE CHANNEL AND ARCHWIRE RETAINING MECHANISM - An orthodontic bracket is disclosed having three archwire retention channels in the mesial-distal directions, a central channel and two side channels. The two side channels each include a pair of spaced apart inverted archwire retaining regions having a recess that opens generally towards the bracket base. Each such recess is for grasping or holding an archwire therein. Each of the side channels has an archwire retaining ridge extending gingivally-occlusally along the adjacent side of the bracket base between the two retaining regions of the channel. For each channel, its retaining ridge exerts a force on a portion of an archwire facing away from the archwire portion residing in the recesses of the retaining regions of the channel. The force on the archwire is directed toward the interiors of the recesses of the retaining regions for assisting in seating the archwire in the recesses. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233645 | EFFICIENT LASER AND FLUID CONDITIONING AND CUTTING SYSTEM - A fluid conditioning system is adapted to condition the fluid used in medical and dental cutting, irrigating, evacuating, cleaning, and drilling operations. The fluid may be conditioned by adding flavors, antiseptics and/or tooth whitening agents such as peroxide, medications, and pigments. In addition to the direct benefits obtained from introduction of these agents, the laser cutting properties may be varied from the selective introduction of the various agents. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233646 | Dispenser For Paste-Like Mass - A dispenser for dispensing a viscous substance is described having a gun-shaped body with a grip part and a barrel part; a mouth piece arranged at an output end of the barrel part; a reception space at the output end for receiving a cartridge with the substance; a plunger accommodated displaceably in the barrel part for pressing the substance outwards out of the cartridge through the mouth piece; an actuator accommodated displaceably in the barrel part for displacing the plunger; an operating mechanism for operating the displacement of the actuator by a user; a vibration motor coupled to the plunger or to the actuator, which can be supplied by a battery to be placed in the grip; and a switch for switching the motor ON. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233647 | System and Method for Manufacturing a Dental Implant Surgical Guide - A system and a method for manufacturing a dental implant surgical guide are disclosed. The dentist may obtain a cast model of the patient's jaw and then make a CT scan appliance with a plurality of radiopaque markers out of the cast model. The patient wears the appliance under CT scanning to obtain a plurality of CT images of the jawbone and teeth. The system comprises a cast model navigation device, a controlling module, and a computer system. The navigation device comprises an articulated arm capable of holding a tool and a plurality of braking elements. The computer system comprises a memory storing a software program and a processor. The articulated arm is operated to measure the positions of the markers to provide the position registration between the cast model and the plurality of CT images. Once registered, the articulated arm is operated to simulate the target implant position under the guidance of the CT images. The arm can then be locked via the plurality of braking elements controlled by the controlling module for manufacturing of the surgical guide. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233648 | ENDODONTIC INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - An endodontic instrument and method for making same is provided. A rod of superelastic material is set into a shaped configuration to form an instrument, such that the instrument may be inserted into a root canal in a configuration different than the shaped configuration and revert towards its shaped configuration during the endodontic procedure. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233649 | DEVICE FOR SONIC IRRIGATION AND ASPIRATION OF A ROOT CANAL AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A hand held dental device that is utilized to irrigate and aspirate a root canal during a root canal procedure is described. The device includes multiple functionalities permitting a dentist to drip irrigant into a primary canal from an opening thereabove and remove the irrigant from proximate the apex of the tooth using suction through a thin cannula while agitating the solution within the canal at sonic frequencies ranging from about 6,000 to 12,000 hertz. On variation includes a pneumatically powered sonic driver to impart the necessary vibration to the cannula which in turn transfers the sonic energy to the pool of irrigant contained in the canal of a tooth. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233650 | Instrument for the treatment of radicular dental canals - Instrument for the treatment of the apical portion of radicular dental canals, has a conical shaft ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100233651 | Electric Motor For Use in a Dentist's, Dental Surgeon's or Dental Technician's Hand Piece - In an electric motor for use in a handpiece for dentistry, dental medicine or dental technology, with a rotor held rotatably by a bearing arrangement, and a stator surrounding the rotor, a bearing arrangement has a first bearing located on an end region of the rotor, and a second bearing located on an opposite end region of the rotor, which second bearing is constructed as a movable bearing and is biased in the direction of the first bearing by a spring arrangement. The spring force of the spring arrangement within an operating region is substantially independent of the position of the movable bearing. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233652 | Buccal Device for Isolating the Operating Field - The invention relates to dental devices for isolating a working area, comprising a substantially concave main piece having two upper ends and a substantially round edge on a lower area of the main piece, the round edge being adaptable to a patient's mouth; a substantially concave lower cover attached to the lower area of the main piece; two removable pieces each attached to each of the two upper ends of the main piece; and two upper covers each attached to each of the two removable pieces, the upper covers each having a protuberance to allow attachment of a rubber dam. Also provided are methods for providing isolation of a working area in a patient's mouth. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233653 | WRENCH FOR DENTAL IMPLANT - A wrench for dental implant is provided, including a main structure, a ratchet element and a wrench arm. The main structure has a shape of long handle, and has a trench channel along the axis of handle. The ratchet element is confined inside the main structure, with the capability to move slight along the axis of the handle, and has a protruding tooth for protruding and engaging. One end of the wrench arm is engaged to the main structure, and extends beyond to outside. The main structure includes a plurality of marks on the outer surface close to the trench channel. In this manner, the wrench arm bends to leave the trench channel during the tightening operation of dental implant, the strength of exerted force can be controlled by reading the marks of the location where the wrench arm leaves the trench channel. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233654 | BUTTON FOR IMPLANT HEALING ABUTMENT AND IMPLANT HEALING ABUTMENT HAVING PRESSING PART - A button for an implant healing abutment includes a button body coupled to an implant healing abutment; and a pressing part projecting sideward from the button body, wherein the pressing part covers, fixes and heals an incised gingival flap including attached gingiva. An implant healing abutment having a pressing part includes an implant healing abutment joined to an implant fixture; and a pressing part projecting sideward from the implant healing abutment, wherein the pressing part covers, fixes and heals an incised gingival flap including attached gingiva. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233655 | FABRICATION OF DENTAL ARTICLES USING DIGITALLY-CONTROLLED REDUCTIVE AND DIGITALLY-CONTROLLED ADDITIVE PROCESSES - By capturing a highly detailed three-dimensional digital model of dentition, a suitable replacement dental article be fabricated with a combination of digitally-controlled reductive processes such as milling and digitally-controlled additive processes such as digital painting. A dental article so-manufactured can provide an aesthetically pleasing, multi-chromatic appearance that closely matches surrounding dentition. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233656 | DUAL FUNCTION SYSTEM FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS - The object of the invention relates to a dual function system for dental implants comprising a pier anchored to the implant through a retaining bolt and an attachment which can be used without distinction as a transfer element for taking an impression of the position of the implant or as a support for fixing a temporary prosthesis on said implant, wherein said attachment comprises axial retaining elements and radial retaining elements preventing its mobility when it is used both to take an impression and when it is used as a support of the temporary crown. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233657 | JAW IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SCREW-SHAPED RECESS IN THE JAW BONE FOR RECEIVING A SCREW-SHAPED ANCHORING PART OF A JAW IMPLANT - In a jaw implant, an anchoring part ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100233658 | ADDRESSABLE MATRICES/CLUSTER BLANKS FOR DENTAL CAD/CAM SYSTEMS AND OPTIMIZATION THEREOF - A cluster mill blank includes a framework constructed to cooperate with a blank holder of an existing CAD/CAM system, and a plurality of sub-blanks attached to the framework forming an addressable matrix or cluster blank. CAD/CAM systems including such a framework, as well as associated methods are described. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233659 | METHOD OF DESIGNING A TOOTH REPLACEMENT PART, A METHOD OF PROCESSING A DESIGNED TOOTH REPLACEMENT PART, A TOOTH REPLACEMENT PART, AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - Method of designing a tooth replacement part, which is intended to be mountable on a residual tooth area and in which a spacing ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100233660 | Pulsed Laser-Based Firearm Training System, and Method for Facilitating Firearm Training Using Detection of Laser Pulse Impingement of Projected Target Images - The invention provides a method for automatic calibration and subsequent correlation of the position of a pulsed laser on a projected image in a system having a projector for projecting images onto a surface and a camera for sensing laser pulses on the surface. The automatic calibration method sets the camera exposure, allowing the system to operate in normal room-lighting conditions, and correlates camera pixel positions to projected image pixel positions by use of projected calibration images formed by sets of horizontal and vertical lines, with automatic calibration completing in less than 5 seconds. After calibration, the system determines two-dimensional camera pixel centroids of laser beam pulses on the projection surface to sub-pixel accuracy, and the calibration data is used to correlate the camera pixel centroids to the exact positions of the laser pulses on the projected image. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233661 | Computer Aided System for Teaching Reading - A method of teaching reading includes displaying, by an application executing on a computing device, a singing exercise configured to allow a user to sing along as a song is played. Lyrics of the song are displayed as the song plays, thus allowing the user to read the lyrics as the user sings along to the song. An audio input is monitored as the song is played. A score representing how accurately the audio input matches the song is calculated. The score is provided to the user. A series of target pitch lines representative of target pitches on the display and a target pitch area encompassed about each target pitch line may be displayed. A pitch tracking line from the audio input may be computed and displayed. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233662 | METHOD FOR TREATING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS - A therapeutic method for developing the ability of subjects with autism spectrum disorders to produce and perceive spoken language, including sequentially modeling a set of words, the speaking of which involves making a first and a second articulatory gesture, as pictures corresponding to such words are displayed, in order to induce the subject to attempt to say the modeled words, until the subject is able to produce the constrictions of the oral-pharyngeal cavity associated with both of said articulatory gestures of the words together with vibration of the vocal folds, and the subject is able to produce such words intelligibly. The subject's ability is incrementally expanded using sets of words involving the making of other articulatory gestures until the subject is able to intelligibly produce words involving substantially all of the articulatory gestures used in the language of interest. Positive visual reinforcement is given to the subject for each word that the subject is able to produce intelligibly. For subjects having a level of intelligibility, the ability to produce generative speech is developed, first by displaying a set of pictures depicting actions corresponding to verbs, the speaking of which involves making a first articulatory gesture and modeling or phonetically facilitating the verb corresponding to each of said pictures until the subject is able to produce the verbs. Positive feedback is provided to the subject each time the subject says verb corresponding to one of said displayed pictures by animating said picture to produce the action corresponding to the verb. The subject's ability is expanded using sets of verbs involving the making of other articulatory gestures and further expanded using phrases containing such verbs with the display of corresponding pictures. In the next stage of the method the subject's ability to produce generative language is further expanded with the use of stories. The subject's progress is monitored by uploading and analyzing data including speech samples. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233663 | SKILLS COMPETENCY TOOL - A skills competency tool provides a quick and efficient way to assess an organization's workforce capability maturity, and generate a workforce transformation roadmap. The skills competency tool provides a way to assess and recommend modifications to job and competency profiles defined by an organization. The skills competency tool assesses the competency level of each employee, and for each job and competency profile, locates and maps relevant educational content, internal and external to the organization, from which personalized employee training curriculum are generated. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233664 | Speed indicating apparatus - A speed indicating system useful in training an athlete includes a spool on which a tether line is wound with the free end thereof then secured to the body of the athlete, any selected one of the athlete's limbs, or any object swung, kicked or thrown by the athlete. The spool includes one or more permanent magnet pieces mounted on its periphery in an alignment adjacent an inductive pickup coil which then communicates the current level induced to a meter indicating the tether line deployment rate. The reverse electromotive force resulting from the inductive coupling is then useful to reduce the inertially driven tether line deployment. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233665 | Daryll-eyes - A dance training aid ‘Daryll-eyes’, for general use is disclosed to be fabricated such that it rests on the head of the user. The frame is supported by the nose and ears. The device blocks the vision of the wearer in the downward direction. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233666 | Methods for Automated Essay Analysis - An essay is analyzed automatically by accepting the essay and determining whether each of a predetermined set of features is present or absent in each sentence of the essay. For each sentence in the essay a probability that the sentence is a member of a certain discourse element category is calculated. The probability is based on the determinations of whether each feature in the set of features is present or absent. Furthermore, based on the calculated probabilities, a sentence is chosen as the choice for the discourse element category. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233667 | Electronic Game-Based Learning System - An electronic game-based learning system capable of providing a game-based learning environment(s) to at least one user is described. The system having at least one host system capable of selectively providing video and output portions of a game-based learning environment(s) and at least one client system capable of selectively providing input portions to the host system such that the client system provides the user within an interactive game-based learning environment(s). | 2010-09-16 |
20100233668 | Dry erasable board in the form of a blister pack - A dry erase board is provided wherein the erasable surface is vacuum-formed and heat sealed to a coated paper panel, forming a blister pack with a semi-rigid body. To this end, a dry erase board that is integral with its packaging is provided. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233669 | BIOBURDEN-REDUCING ANTIBIOTIC COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE - An antibiotic composition is provided for use in decontaminating biological tissue, for example, graft tissues for transplantation or preparation for terminal sterilization. The antibiotic composition is a physiological solution includes a lantibiotic, such as nisin. The antibiotic solution is effective to substantially inhibit bacterial growth of at least one type of gram-positive bacteria while substantially maintaining the physiological characteristics of the tissue. The method may include contacting the tissue with the antimicrobial composition at a temperature and for a period of time effective to substantially inhibit bacterial growth of the at least one type of gram-positive bacteria while substantially maintaining the physiological characteristics of the tissue. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233670 | Frozen Viable Solid Organs and Method for Freezing Same - Disclosed is a method of freezing bulky biological material, comprising transferring heat out of said material to cool the material and increasing the rate of heat transfer during a time period when the inner portion of said biological material freezes and releases latent heat. This method allows prolonged ex-vivo preservation of solid mammalian organs, including a liver or significant portion thereof and a heart. The invention also provides a bank of deposited body organs or tissues as well as methods for operating such a bank. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233671 | FREEZE-DRIED PLASMA FORMATS FOR THE TRAUMA CARE FIELD - Disclosed are freeze-dried plasma formats specifically designed for the trauma care field. Blood plasma is subjected to a glucose removal step, a protein fraction up-concentration step and addition of stabilizers prior to freeze-drying. Preferable stabilizers are glutamine dipeptides, glutamine and glycine. The glutamine based formulation is added direct to plasma and serves three main purposes: 1) Increases stability of plasma proteins and stabilizes pH in freeze-dried state; 2) Increases stability of plasma proteins against Gamma Irradiation and thus allows for the application of a terminal sterilization step; 3) Introduces supplements beneficial to the trauma patient. | 2010-09-16 |
20100233672 | GRAPE POLYPHENOLICS FOR PLATELET AND BACTERIAL CONTROL - Special extracts of grape berries and Goji berries can be prepared by exposing fruit juices or preparations to an insoluble binding resin which is then extracted with soluble polyvinylpyrollidone. Grape and Goji extracts made in this way can be used to inhibit or control platelet aggregation. Grape extract has exceptional antibacterial properties and can be used to control oral bacteria and to control MRSA (Methicillin-resistant | 2010-09-16 |
20100233673 | Devices, systems, and methods for reducing levels of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators in blood products - Devices, systems, and methods reduce levels of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators in blood by selective adsorption. The devices, systems; and methods are useful in situations where abnormal levels of or unregulated or excessive interaction among pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators occur, or during events that do induce or have the potential for inducing abnormal production of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators. The devices, systems, and methods serve to prevent, control, reduce, or alleviate the severity of the inflammatory response and disease states that are associated with abnormal levels of or unregulated or excessive interaction among pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators. | 2010-09-16 |