39th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120244408 | WEARABLE BATTERY SET - A wearable battery set is provided. The wearable battery set comprises a buckle and a flexible battery unit. The buckle has a control circuit. The flexible battery is disposed on the side of the buckle and connects to the control circuit electrically. The flexible battery unit is adapted to be bent into a ring, and the buckle is configured to keep the flexible battery unit in the ring form so that the wearable battery set can be worn by a user. The control circuit of the buckle is configured to control the output power of the flexible battery unit so that the wearable battery set is able to provide the output power to an electronic device via the control circuit of the buckle. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244409 | BATTERY SAFETY SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS - Improved button cell safety systems, methods and composition are herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, the button cell includes a cathode shell. An insulator ring with an anode cavity is at least partially positioned within the cathode shell. An anode plate is inserted in the insulator ring to engage the anode cavity. A pressure sensitive conductive disc is configured for actuation between an active cell state and a default inactive cell state | 2012-09-27 |
20120244410 | SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRIC POWER TOOL, ELECTRICAL VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC POWER STORAGE SYSTEM - A secondary battery capable of suppressing resistance rise even after repeated charge and discharge is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The anode contains titanium-containing lithium composite as an anode active material, and the electrolytic solution contains cyclic disulfonic acid anhydride. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244411 | LITHIUM-CONTAINING METAL OXIDE, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a lithium mixed metal oxide, an electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The lithium mixed metal oxide is represented by the following formula (A): | 2012-09-27 |
20120244412 | PERFORATED FILM - The invention relates to a perforated film that has a thickness of less than 20 μm, a tensile strength of 2 N/cm to 40 N/cm, and a perforated surface area of 10% to 90%. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244413 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM COMPOSITE METAL OXIDE, LITHIUM COMPOSITE METAL OXIDE, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a method of producing a lithium mixed metal oxide, a lithium mixed metal oxide and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The method includes a step of calcining a mixture of one or more compounds of M wherein M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt and manganese, and a lithium compound, in the presence of one or more inactive fluxes selected from the group consisting of a fluoride of A, a chloride of A, a carbonate of A, a sulfate of A, a nitrate of A, a phosphate of A, a hydroxide of A, a molybdate of A and a tungstate of A, wherein A is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Mg, Sr and Ba. The lithium mixed metal oxide contains nickel, cobalt and manganese, has a BET specific surface area of from 3 m | 2012-09-27 |
20120244414 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte is provided. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material having a lithium absorption potential of 1.0 V (vs Li/Li | 2012-09-27 |
20120244415 | BATTERY ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A battery assembly includes a first cell and a second cell adjacent the first cell. A first insulator and a second insulator extend over and encapsulate first electrode and second electrode. A shell extends over the first and second insulators thereby encapsulating the first and second insulators. A mechanical connection is defined between the first insulator of the first cell and the second insulator of the second cell. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244416 | BEAM WELDING OF A MULTI-SHEET WORK STACK WITH A SINGLE COMMON WELDING INTERFACE - A method for beam welding a multi-sheet work stack includes positioning a first sheet adjacent to a second sheet, and positioning a third sheet adjacent to the second sheet such that a single common welding interface is defined. An energy beam is directed onto the interface until a fusion weld forms along the interface. The third sheet may define a flange or a tab portion. The flange portion may be placed in direct contact with the first sheet along the interface, while the tab portion may be inserted into a slot of the second sheet to contact the first sheet at the interface. The beam may be a laser or ion beam. The lower melting temperature sheet may be positioned farther from the source of the energy beam than the other sheets. The welded assembly may be a battery module, with the sheets being an interconnect member and battery tabs. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244417 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a lithium ion secondary battery in which an electrode assembly, in which a positive electrode sheet having a positive electrode mixture layer and a negative electrode sheet having a negative electrode mixture layer are overlain each other, is housed in a container together with a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The negative electrode mixture layer includes a carbon material having at least in part a graphite structure as a negative active material. When S (m | 2012-09-27 |
20120244418 | LIQUID-METAL NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES - One embodiment includes a liquid-metal alloy negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244419 | ELECTROLYTE FOR A LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY, LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - An electrolyte for a lithium rechargeable battery, a lithium rechargeable battery including the same, and a method of manufacturing lithium rechargeable battery, the electrolyte including a first additive, a second additive, a lithium salt; and a non-aqueous organic solvent. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244420 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery according to the present exemplary embodiment is a secondary battery including a laminated electrode body provided with at least one pair of positive and negative electrodes and an outer enclosure that accommodates the laminated electrode body, wherein the outer enclosure includes one or more concave portions, inside a border corresponding to an outer edge of an electrode surface of an outermost layer of the laminated electrode body, on a surface facing the electrode surface, and wherein, when a band-shaped outer circumferential region having an area that is a half of an area inside the border is set inside the border, at least one of the concave portions is located inside the outer circumferential region. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244421 | BATTERY CASE FORMING SHEET AND BATTERY PACKET - A battery packet ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120244422 | BATTERY CASE - The present invention provides a battery case configured by fixing a joined portion where plate sections overlap with each other using a fixation member, and two different types of sealing members are disposed at the joined portion. It is possible to ensure high sealing properties by using sealing members suitable for the respective shapes of portions of the joined portion. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244423 | LAMINATE CASE SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode current collector terminal ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120244424 | LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A lithium rechargeable battery in which an anti-rotation groove is integrally formed with a lower recess of a safety vent at a lower surface of a cap plate, and an insulating plate and a terminal plate rest in the anti-rotation groove so that the terminal plate is prevented from rotating when a cap assembly is assembled is provided. In addition, instead of the anti-rotation groove, a resting recess is formed on a lower surface of the cap plate, and the insulating plate and the terminal plate rest in the resting recess, so that the terminal plate is prevented from rotating when the cap assembly is assembled. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244425 | NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE BATTERIES AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTIONS - The invention is to provide a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery which comprises a current collector, a positive electrode containing a lithium-containing phosphoric acid compound represented by LixMPO | 2012-09-27 |
20120244426 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAME - A non-aqueous electrolyte solution is provided that realizes a large capacity, exhibits high storage characteristics and cycle characteristics, and is capable of inhibiting gas generation. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244427 | ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL, AND BATTERY MATERIAL AND SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL - The present invention provides a stable electrolyte material that provides high safety, exhibits favorable ionic conductivity not only at room temperature but also in the low temperature range at or below room temperature, has excellent reduction resistance, and can be suitably used as a material of a lithium ion cell. The electrolyte material includes, as essential components, a specific polymer having an ether bond in a side chain thereof, and a specific electrolyte salt. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244428 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING SAME AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME - A negative electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery, including a negative active material layer including a polymer binder including a repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 or the following Chemical Formula 2 and a Si-based negative active material; and a current collector supporting the negative active material layer, is provided: | 2012-09-27 |
20120244429 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRODE THEREOF - The present invention generally relates to electrodes, electrical storage devices comprising the electrodes, and methods for producing the electrodes and electrical storage devices. The electrodes comprise a current collector, an electrically conductive mat, and a first and second electroactive material, the first electroactive material having a higher energy density than the second electroactive material, and the second electroactive material having a higher rate capability than the first electroactive material. The electrically conductive mat provides a structural and conductive support for at least one of the high-rate and high-energy electroactive materials. The electrodes can be provided in various configurations and be used in high-rate high-energy electrical storage devices to provide improved cycle life. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244430 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a lithium-ion secondary battery having higher discharge capacity and higher energy density and a manufacturing method thereof. The lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer provided over the positive electrode current collector. In the positive electrode active material layer, graphenes and lithium-containing composite oxides are alternately provided. The lithium-containing composite oxide is a flat single crystal particle in which the length in the b-axis direction is shorter than each of the lengths in the a-axis direction and the c-axis direction. Further, the lithium-containing composite oxide is provided over the positive electrode current collector so that the b-axis of the single crystal particle intersects with a surface of the positive electrode current collector. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244431 | ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY USING THE ELECTRODE - An electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery has a current collector; and an electrode active material layer formed on the current collector, the electrode active material layer containing an electrode active material and carboxymethylcellulose. The weight of the electrode active material layer is at 250 g/m | 2012-09-27 |
20120244432 | MIXED CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL HAVING IMPROVED POWER CHARACTERISTICS AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a mixed cathode active material including layered structure lithium manganese oxide expressed as Chemical Formula 1 and a second cathode active material having a plateau voltage profile in a range of 2.5 V to 3.3 V, and a lithium secondary battery including the mixed cathode active material. The mixed cathode active material and the lithium secondary battery including the same may have improved safety and simultaneously, may be used in an operating device requiring the foregoing battery by widening a state of charge (SOC) range able to maintain power more than a required value by allowing the second cathode active material to complement low power in a low SOC range. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244433 | BATTERY ELECTRODE PRODUCTION METHOD - The electrode production method provided by the present invention includes a step of mixing microbubbles | 2012-09-27 |
20120244434 | Positive Electrode For Lithium Ion Battery, Method For Producing Said Positive Electrode, And Lithium Ion Battery - The present invention provides a positive electrode for lithium ion battery reducing a contact resistance of a battery and achieving an excellent output property. The positive electrode for lithium ion battery comprising a mixed layer comprising:
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20120244435 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a negative electrode for lithium-ion secondary battery, negative electrode which has good cyclability by suppressing the active material from coming off or falling down from the current collector. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244436 | ANODES OF POROUS SILICON PARTICLES - The present invention provides anode materials, methods of producing them, electrochemical cells, and lithium-ion batteries, where the anode material comprises porous silicon and carboxymethyl cellulose. In certain embodiments, the porous silica additionally comprises other materials, such as styrene-butadiene rubber. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244437 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME - A positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery is described which includes a lithium transition metal complex oxide including a lithium nickel based complex oxide and/or a lithium cobalt based complex oxide, active carbon having a specific surface area of from about 900 m | 2012-09-27 |
20120244438 | ANODES WITH MESOPOROUS SILICON PARTICLES - The present invention provides anode materials, methods of producing them, electrochemical cells, and lithium-ion batteries, where the anode material comprises mesoporous silicon and carboxymethyl cellulose. In certain embodiments, the mesoporous silica additionally comprises other materials within its pores, such as lithium. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244439 | LITHIUM TITANATE, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE INCLUDING THE LITHIUM TITANATE, AND SECONDARY LITHIUM BATTERY CONTAINING THE ELECTRODE - A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery that includes, as a negative active material, a lithium titanate (Li | 2012-09-27 |
20120244440 | RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY - A rechargeable lithium battery, which includes: a negative electrode including a silicon-based negative active material; a positive electrode (including a positive active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium, and a conductive material including a fiber shaped material and a non-fiber shaped material), wherein a weight per unit area of the positive electrode (which is a loading level (LL) of the positive electrode) is about 20 mg/cm | 2012-09-27 |
20120244441 | SILICON FILM AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided are a silicon film which can give an electrode suitable for use in high-capacity lithium secondary batteries, and a process for easily producing the silicon film. The silicon film comprises a columnar aggregate which is an aggregate of columnar structures made of Si or a Si compound. The silicon film may be a film wherein the diameter of the columnar structures is from 10 nm to 100 nm and the film thickness is from 0.2 μm to 100 μm. In the process for preparing a silicon film on a substrate by vapor deposition using a vapor deposition source made of Si or a Si compound, the temperature of the vapor deposition source is 1700 K or higher, the temperature of the substrate is lower than that of the vapor deposition source, and the temperature difference between the vapor deposition source and the substrate is 700 K or larger. In the process for preparing the silicon film, the distance (D) between the vapor deposition source and the substrate is shorter than the minimum diameter (P) of the substrate, the minimum diameter (P) being determined by viewing the substrate from the perpendicular direction. Also provided are an electrode comprising the silicon film, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the electrode as a negative electrode. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244442 | BATTERY ACTIVE MATERIAL, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - According to one embodiment, a battery active material includes a complex oxide containing Nb and Ti and an element M. In the active material, the molar ratio (M/Ti) of the element M to Ti satisfies the following formula (I): 02012-09-27 | |
20120244443 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, CATHODE ELECTRODE AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY - A cathode active material comprising a composition represented by the following general formula (1): | 2012-09-27 |
20120244444 | BATTERIES AND ELECTRODES FOR USE THEREOF - The present invention generally relates to batteries or other electrochemical devices, and systems and materials for use in these, including novel electrode materials and designs. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to small-scale batteries or microbatteries. For example, in one aspect of the invention, a battery may have a volume of no more than about 5 mm | 2012-09-27 |
20120244445 | ELECTROLYTE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY COMPRISING SAME - In one aspect, a rechargeable lithium battery comprising a non-aqueous electrolyte including an organic solvent; a lithium salt and a substituted 2-fluoroalkoxy-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane 2-oxide is provided. The 2-fluoroalkoxy-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane 2-oxide can be a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244446 | REDOX SHUTTLE FOR HIGH VOLTAGE LITHIUM BATTERY - A redox shuttle is provided to prevent overcharge of high voltage batteries, such as high voltage lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries. An exemplary redox shuttle includes a methylated closo-monocarborate anion. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244447 | AIR BATTERY - An air battery includes: a positive electrode for utilizing oxygen as active material; a negative electrode for adsorbing and desorbing a metal ion, which includes at least one of Li, Na, K, Ca, Mg, Zn, Fe and Al; and a non-aqueous electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes ion liquid. When the non-aqueous electrolyte includes the ion liquid, the oxide generated by the discharging step is effectively decomposed. Thus, the battery has excellent cycle characteristics. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244448 | Rapid Thermal Processing for SOFC Manufacturing - Methods of heat treating at least one component of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system. The method includes heating the at least one component with a rapid thermal process, wherein the rapid thermal process heats at least a portion of the component at a rate of approximately 50° C./sec or more. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244449 | CONTAINER ARRANGEMENT FOR A FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INTRODUCING AN ION EXCHANGE MODULE IN A COOLANT CONTAINER - A container arrangement ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120244450 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING RADIATOR SIZES FOR LOW TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS - A fuel cell cooling system includes a fuel cell having a liquid loop that produces water vapor. An antifreeze cooling loop includes an inductor that receives the water vapor and introduces the water vapor to an antifreeze. The water is separated from the antifreeze and returned to the liquid cooling loop as liquid water after the mixture of condensed water vapor and antifreeze has passed through a radiator. Water in the liquid cooling loop exits the fuel cell and passes through a restricting valve thereby lowering the pressure of the water. A flash cooler downstream from the restricting valve collects the water vapor and provides it to the inductor in the antifreeze cooling loop. The flash cooling in the first cooling loop provides a first cooling capacity that is low temperature and pressure compatible with fuel cell operation. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244451 | PLATED PHOTOPOLYMER BASED FUEL CELL - A fuel cell component includes a first fluid distribution layer, a second fluid distribution layer, a cap layer, a third fluid distribution layer, and a pair of fluid diffusion medium layers. The individual layers are polymeric, mechanically integrated, and formed from a radiation-sensitive material. The first fluid distribution layer, the second fluid distribution layer, the cap layer, the third fluid distribution layer, and the pair of fluid diffusion medium layers are coated with an electrically conductive material. A pair of the fuel cell components may be arranged in a stack with a membrane electrode assembly therebetween to form a fuel cell. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244452 | DIRECT CATALYST COATING ON FREE STANDING MICROPOROUS LAYER - Methods of making reinforced membrane electrode assemblies are described. Catalyst coated free standing microporous layers and reinforced membrane electrode assemblies are also described. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244453 | ELECTROLYTIC MEMBRANE FOR FUEL CELL, ELECTRODE FOR FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE ELECTROLYTIC MEMBRANE AND/OR THE ELECTRODE - An electrolytic membrane for a fuel cell including a crystalline organic and inorganic porous composite, an electrode for a fuel cell including a crystalline organic and inorganic porous composite, and a fuel cell including the electrolytic membrane and/or the electrode. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244454 | VALVE, FLUIDIC APPARATUS, AND FLUID-SUPPLYING APPARATUS - A valve includes a valve body, a diaphragm dividing the inside of the valve body into first and second valve chambers and being displaced under a pressure of fluid, first and second openings in communication with the first valve chamber, and a third opening in communication with the second valve chamber. When a pump is not driven, the force applied to a side of the diaphragm facing the second valve chamber is greater than the force applied to a side of the diaphragm facing the first valve chamber, and the second opening is sealed by the diaphragm. When the pump is driven and the force applied to the side of the diaphragm facing the first valve chamber becomes greater than the force applied to the side of the diaphragm facing the second valve chamber, the diaphragm allows the first and second openings and to communicate with each other. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244455 | FUEL CELL FUEL RECYCLE EJECTORS DISPOSED IN FUEL MANIFOLD | 2012-09-27 |
20120244456 | ANODE FOR A HIGH-TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL AND PRODUCTION THEREOF - The substrate-supported anode for a high-temperature fuel cell comprises an at least three-layer anode laminate on a metallic substrate. Each of the layers of the anode laminate comprises yttria-stabilized zirconia and nickel, wherein the mean particle size of the nickel decreases from one layer to the next as the distance from the substrate increases. The last layer of the anode laminate, which is provided for contact with the electrolyte, has a root mean square roughness of less than 4 μm. The overall mean pore size of this layer is typically between 0.3 and 1.5 μm. Starting powders having a bimodal particle size distribution of yttria-stabilized zirconia and nickel-containing powder are used at least for the first and second layers of the anode laminate. The mean particle size of the nickel-containing powder is reduced from one layer to the next, whereby it is advantageously no more than 0.5 μm in the last layer of the anode laminate. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244457 | FUEL CELL ELECTRODE - The present invention provides an electrode for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. In one embodiment, a planar nanoporous or microporous metal foam or metal aerogel structure is provided, from which an electrode with a catalyst layer integrally formed by fixing a catalyst in the metal foam or metal aerogel is formed. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244458 | ETCH PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING PATTERN CD AND INTEGRITY IN MULTI-LAYER MASKS - A method of patterning a multi-layer mask is described. The method includes preparing a multi-layer mask on a substrate, wherein the multi-layer mask includes a lithographic layer and an intermediate mask layer underlying the lithographic layer, and wherein the intermediate mask layer comprises a carbon-containing compound. The method further includes: establishing an etch process recipe for transferring a pattern, that is formed in the lithographic layer and characterized by an initial pattern critical dimension (CD), to the intermediate mask layer; establishing at least one parametric relationship between an intermediate pattern CD to be formed in the intermediate mask layer and at least one process parameter, wherein the at least one parametric relationship provides process conditions capable of increasing and decreasing the initial pattern CD to the intermediate pattern CD; selecting a target process condition to achieve a target CD adjustment between the initial pattern CD and the intermediate pattern CD; and transferring the pattern from the lithographic layer to the intermediate mask layer using the target process condition. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244459 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING OVERLAY ERROR AND MASK FOR THE SAME - A mask for evaluating overlay error comprises a plurality of replicate device regions and an overlay mark. The plurality of replicate device regions are disposed uniformly on the mask, wherein each comprises a plurality of device patterns; and a plurality of current layer check patterns are formed adjacent to the plurality of device patterns. The overlay mark is formed on the corner of the mask's peripheral region. In particular, the current layer check patterns are configured to evaluate the pattern offset of a current mask, and the overlay mark and the current layer check patterns are configured to evaluate the overlay error by performing an exposure process using the current mask and a next mask. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244460 | MECHANISMS FOR PATTERNING FINE FEATURES - The embodiments described provide mechanisms for patterning features for advanced technology nodes with extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) tools. One or more EUV pre-masks are generated by using a mask writer to form an EUV mask with an EUV scanner. The wafers are then patterned by using the EUV mask. The demagnification factor of the EUV scanner(s) used in preparing the EUV mask by exposing the EUV pre-mask(s) enable the wafers prepared by such mechanisms to meet the requirements for the advanced technology nodes. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244461 | OVERLAY CONTROL METHOD AND A SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - Overlay control methods, semiconductor manufacturing method and a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus are provided for restraining overlay error between lithography processes, of a semiconductor manufacturing process, within a tolerance of a semiconductor device. According to one or more aspects, enhanced overlay control mechanisms are provided to enable previous layers to perform corrections to an extent that does not exceed a correction ability of a next layer. For instance, the next layer can inform the previous layer of a tolerated range that is correctable so that the previous layer can perform corrections without exceeding the tolerate range. Accordingly, a feedback loop is established that extends across two exposure events and is not closed within a single exposure event as with conventional systems. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244462 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ALIZARIN DERIVATIVE COMPOUND, NOVEL ALIZARIN DERIVATIVE COMPOUND, SURFACE MODIFICATION METHOD, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR - The present invention provides a novel alizarin derivative compound and a simplified and low cost method for preparing an alizarin derivative compound including: obtaining a compound represented by Formula (2) using a compound represented by Formula (3); and obtaining an alizarin derivative compound represented by Formula (1) using the compound represented by Formula (2); in Formulae (1) to (3), R | 2012-09-27 |
20120244463 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER - There is disclosed an intermediate transfer member that includes a layer of a polymer blend of polyimide and amino silicone having conductive particles dispersed therein. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244464 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER - The present teachings provide an intermediate transfer member which includes a substrate layer and a surface layer disposed on the substrate layer. The surface layer includes a plurality of core-shell particles wherein the core is a conductive particle and the shell is a fluoroplastic dispersed in a fluoroelastomer. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244465 | TONER SET FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPER SET FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE SET, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner set for electrostatic image development includes a cyan toner, a magenta toner, and a yellow toner, wherein the Vicat softening temperatures of the toners are respectively in the range of from about 30° C. to about 60° C., and among the toners, the difference between the Vicat softening temperature of the toner having the highest Vicat softening temperature and the Vicat softening temperature of the toner having the lowest Vicat softening temperature is from about 1° C. to about 5° C. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244466 | Toner wash comprising ionic liquid - A washing process using one or more ionic liquids (ILs) as a washing aid agent for toners, including toners produced using such ILs, such as, low melt toners, is provided. ILs are environmentally sound, green solvents that act to swell toner particle surfaces so that surface absorbed and adsorbed pollutants, such as, surfactants and other manufacturing reactants, can be effectively removed. The resulting toners have good charging, charge maintenance and RH sensitivity. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244467 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC USE - Toner particles having excellent cleaning properties and glossing properties. The toner particles include a binder resin, a releasing agent, and a colorant, wherein toner particles satisfy the following conditions. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244468 | POLYVINYL ACETAL/POLYESTER GRAFT COPOLYMER, AND DISPERSANT - A polyvinyl acetal/polyester graft copolymer obtained from a polyvinyl acetal having one or more of each of constituent units represented by the following general formulae (1) to (3) (wherein each of R | 2012-09-27 |
20120244469 | TUNABLE GLOSS USING AEROGEL CERAMIC FILLERS ADDED TO VITON COATINGS FOR FUSING APPLICATIONS - Exemplary embodiments provide materials, methods, and systems for a fuser member used in electrophotographic devices and processes, wherein the fuser member can include a coating material containing a plurality of aerogel fillers dispersed in and/or bonded to a polymer matrix for providing a desired gloss level of fused toner images. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244470 | TONER COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES - Processes for producing toners are provided. The processes include emulsion aggregation processes, whereby a reactive coalescent is utilized in the coalescence step to coalesce aggregated particles, thereby forming toner particles. The resulting toners may be highly pigmented, and may possess low melt characteristics. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244471 | PHOTORESIST RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNS BY USING THE SAME - A method for forming a pattern includes forming a photosensitive film by coating a photosensitive resin composition on a substrate, exposing the photosensitive film to light through a mask that includes a light transmission region and a non-light transmission region, coating a developing solution on the photosensitive film, and forming a photosensitive film pattern by baking the photosensitive film, wherein the photosensitive resin composition includes an alkali soluble base resin, a photoacid generator and a photoactive compound. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244472 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, FILM FORMED USING THE COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided is an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising (A) a specific compound represented by a general formula, (B) a resin which is alkali-insoluble or sparingly alkali-soluble and becomes easily alkali-soluble in the presence of an acid, and (C) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation; a film formed using the composition; and a pattern forming method using the same. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244473 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, LAMINATE UTILIZING SAME AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A photosensitive resin composition which can impart insulating properties and light-shielding properties against light having a wavelength lying in an ultra-violet range, a visible range and a near-infrared range to a substrate more readily when applied onto the substrate, wherein the substrate has such properties that the permeability to light having a wavelength of 400 to 900 nm inclusive is less than 3.0% and the maximum value of the permeability to light having a wavelength of longer than 900 nm and not longer than 1300 nm is 3.0% or more. The photosensitive resin composition is characterized by comprising (a) an alkali soluble resin, (b) a specific tungsten oxide and/or a specific composite tungsten oxide, (c) a photopolymerizable compound having at least two polymerizable groups, (d) an oxime-type photopolymerization initiator, and (e) a solvent. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244474 | METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN - According to one embodiment, a method of forming a pattern includes applying a block copolymer to a substrate, the block copolymer including a first block and a second block, the first block including polyacrylate or polymethacrylate having a side chain to which an alicyclic hydrocarbon group or a hydrocarbon group including a tertiary carbon is introduced, and the second block including polystyrene substituted with hydrocarbon or halogen at an α-position, causing the block copolymer to be phase-separated, irradiating the block copolymer with an energy beam to decompose the second block, and removing the second block with a developer to form a pattern of the first block. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244475 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A FUEL CELL FLOWFIELD WITH PHOTOPOLYMER WALLS - A method for fabricating a flowfield for a fuel cell includes the steps of: providing a substrate; providing a plurality of radiation sources configured to generate a plurality of radiation beams; disposing a radiation-sensitive material on the substrate; placing an imaging mask between the plurality of radiation sources and the radiation-sensitive material; and exposing the radiation-sensitive material to the plurality of radiation beams through a first portion of the radiation-transparent apertures and a second portion of the radiation-transparent apertures in the imaging mask to form the plurality of truss elements and the plurality of wall elements in the radiation-sensitive material, the truss elements forming a plurality of trusses configured to support an adjacent diffusion medium layer, and the wall elements defining a fluid path along a length of the substrate. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244476 | PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY METHOD INCLUDING TECHNIQUE OF DETERMINING DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY OF EXPOSURE LIGHT PASSING THROUGH SLIT OF EXPOSURE APPARATUS - The energy distribution of exposure light directed passing through the slit of an exposure apparatus is determined. A photoresist layer on a substrate is exposed over a plurality of shots while changing the intensity of the exposure light for each shot. Then the photoresist layer is developed to form a sample photoresist layer. An image of the developed sample photoresist layer is analyzed for color intensity. Values of the color intensity across a selected one of the shots are correlated with values of the intensity of the exposure light to produce an energy distribution of the exposure light along the length of the slit. The energy distribution is used to change the slit so that a more desirable energy distribution may be realized when the slit is used in a process of manufacturing a semiconductor device. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244477 | PELLICLE FOR LITHOGRAPHY - The invention provides a pellicle for lithography used in the photolithography, affording a wider range of transmissivity to inclinedly incident beams that can be used in a photolithographic procedure. The pellicle used in the photolithography using ArF excimer laser beams is characterized in that the pellicle has a pellicle membrane having a thickness which is 400 nm or smaller and at which the membrane exhibits a local maximum transmissivity to a vertically incident ArF excimer laser beam. Herein, the angle of inclined incidence is preferably 13.4 degrees, and the pellicle membrane has preferably a thickness of 600 nm or smaller, in particular in a range selected from 560 to 563 nm and 489 to 494 nm and 418 to 425 nm and 346 to 355 nm and 275 to 286 nm and 204 to 217 nm. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244478 | RESIST PATTERN FORMATION METHOD - A resist pattern formation method includes providing a first positive-tone radiation-sensitive resin composition on a substrate to form a first resist layer. The first resist layer is selectively exposed and developed to form a first resist pattern. The first resist pattern is coated with a resist pattern insolubilizing resin composition which comprises a resin and an alcohol solvent, the resin having a hydroxyl group. The resist pattern insolubilizing resin composition is baked or cured with UV to insolubilize the first resist pattern in a developer and in a second positive-tone radiation-sensitive resin composition. The resist pattern insolubilizing resin composition is developed to form an insolubilized resist pattern. The second positive-tone radiation-sensitive resin composition is provided on the insolubilized resist pattern to form a second resist layer. The second resist layer is selectively exposed and developed to form a second resist pattern. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244479 | Combustion System Using Recycled Flue Gas to Boost Overfire Air - The present application and the resultant patent provide a combustion system. The combustion system may include a combustion chamber for combusting a flow of fuel and a flow of air to a flow of flue gases, an overfire air system in communication with the combustion chamber, and a flue gas return line in communication with the overfire air system such that a recycled flue gas flow mixes with an overtire air flow before entry into the combustion chamber. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244480 | GAS COMBUSTOR AND SAFETY ACTUATING DEVICE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a gas combustor, which comprises a storage tank, a connect seat allowing an ignition device and a combustion device to be installed, and a housing. The rear of the connection seat is formed with an accommodation slot in sequence allowing a piezoelectric device of the ignition device and a pressable button member to be installed and positioned, the front of the button member is protruded with a push sheet. Two clamp arms at the front of the connection seat define an insertion slot allowing an insertion tenon fixed at the rear of a mixing tube of the combustion device to be inserted and positioned, such that the mixing tube and the piezoelectric device are in contact. The mixing tube is formed with at least an air inlet hole, and the front and the rear thereof are respectively installed with an ejection nozzle connected to one end of a gas conveying tube and a flame nozzle, and an electric conduction wire of the piezoelectric device is arranged at the periphery of the flame nozzle at intervals. Through pressing the button member, the gas discharge nozzle of the storage tank is enabled to supply combustion gas, and the electric conduction wire at the lateral side of the flame nozzle generates static electric sparks for igniting the mixed combustion gas ejected from the flame nozzle. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244481 | BIDIRECTIONAL JET FLAME IGNITER FOR AEROSOL FIRE SUPPRESSION APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a bidirectional jet flame igniter for aerosol fire suppression apparatus, comprising igniter bracket ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120244482 | RICH-LEAN BURNER - In a rich-lean burner, a gap formed between a lean-flame port and a rich-flame port is in fluid communication with a supply passage through which a lean gas is to be supplied to the lean-flame port. One or more projections are provided on at least one of partition plates disposed between the gap and the lean-flame port and between the gap and the rich-flame port. A recessed portion is formed at a region adjacent to the lean-flame ports at an interface between the distal end of at least one of the projections protruding from one of the partition plates and the other of the partition plates, the distal end of the at least one of the projections being partially not in contact with the other of the partition plates to provide a clearance through which the lean gas is allowed to be supplied to the gap. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244483 | FLAME HOLE UNIT STRUCTURE OF A GAS BURNER - A gas burner for simplifying assembling and manufacturing of a burner flame hole unit by overlapping plates. Portions of the plates are cut so that the cut portions communicate with each other. Flame holes and mixture channels for a mixture of gas and air pass through a gap between the cut portions. The cut portions overlap and communicate with each other between adjacent plates, thereby forming flame holes and channels for flow of the mixture of gas and air through gaps between the cut portions. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244484 | PARALLEL FLOW REGENERATIVE LIME KILN AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF - The method according to the invention for operating a PFR lime kiln having at least two shafts, which each have a preheating zone, a combustion zone and a cooling zone, and an overflow channel which connects the two shafts, substantially comprises the following method steps:
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20120244485 | HEATING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED HYDROGEN GENERATION - A heating system for heating a liquid includes a fuel cell having a plurality of charged plates operatively positioned within the fuel cell. An electrolytic solution supply conduit is operatively connected to the fuel cell for supplying electrolytic solution to the fuel cell. In one embodiment, a water conduit supplies water to the fuel cell. The water in the electrolytic solution disposed between said charged plates is converted to H | 2012-09-27 |
20120244486 | Dental Tool with Adjustable Head - A dental tool may include a head that may include a working portion and a neck. The neck may include a first end and a second end, and the working portion may extend from the first end. A handle may include a clamp and a socket. The socket may be configured to receive the second end of the neck. The second end may pivot within the socket to move the working portion and the neck relative to the handle. The clamp is may be adapted to selectively fix the second end relative to the handle. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244487 | Head Positioning Instrument - A head positioning instrument is provided for accurately modeling the position of a patient's jaw for orthodontic treatment planning. The horizontal distance between a pair of reference points that are visible on an x-ray are measured. These reference points are then utilized to ensure that substantially true vertical and substantially true horizontal are reflected in a radiograph. The patient's lower jaw hinge is accurately located, and the upper jaw is located using a bite fork attached to the lower jaw hinge axis locator. The lower jaw hinge axis locator with the bite fork attached are removed from the head positioning instrument and transferred to an axis mounting stand for accurate reproduction. The patient's individual characteristics are accurately preserved throughout the transfer and modeling process, resulting in accurate correspondence between the model and radiograph. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244488 | COMPUTER AUTOMATED DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PLAN AND APPLIANCE - A computer is used to create a plan for repositioning an orthodontic patient's teeth. The computer receives an initial digital data set representing the patient's teeth at their initial positions and a final digital data set representing the teeth at their final positions. The computer then uses the data sets to generate treatment paths along which the teeth will move from the initial positions to the final positions. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244489 | ULTRASONIC ORTHODONTAL MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An ultrasonic orthodontal monitoring system and method of use is described herein, featuring an intraoral ultrasonic transducer and an ultrasonic monitoring apparatus configured to connect to the intraoral ultrasonic transducer, generate and send electrical pulse signals to the intraoral ultrasonic transducer, receive measured signals from the intraoral ultrasonic transducer, and generate time-of-flight and relative density based on the measured signals. This invention will permit routine measurements to be made of osseointegration by the patient's dentist during regular maintenance appointments, thereby reducing the risk of a failed implant, patient discomfort, and inconvenience. As a diagnostic tool, it can also aid in the diagnosis and treatment of progressive periodontal disease, peri-implantitis, and osteoporosis in edentulous patients. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244490 | Head Positioning Instrument - A head positioning instrument is provided for accurately modeling the position of a patient's jaw for orthodontic, prosthodontic, dental, or orthognatic surgery treatment planning The horizontal distance between a pair of reference points that are visible on an x-ray are measured. These reference points are then utilized to ensure that substantially true vertical and substantially true horizontal are reflected in a radiograph. The patient's lower jaw hinge is accurately located, and the upper jaw is located using a bite fork attached to the lower jaw hinge axis locator. The bite fork assembly contained within the lower jaw hinge axis locator is removed from the head positioning instrument and transferred to an axis mounting stand for accurate reproduction of the spatial positioning of the patient's upper jaw. The patient's individual characteristics are accurately preserved throughout the transfer and modeling process, resulting in accurate correspondence between the model and radiograph. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244491 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TEETH BRIGHTENING - The disclosure relates to a device for applying a tooth brightening composition to a tooth that includes a reservoir fluidly connected to an applicator, wherein the applicator has a frictional stress value sufficient to cause mechanical displacement of a biofilm present on a surface of the tooth. Alternatively or in combination with the above device, the applicator contains pores having a diameter of 0.1-1000 μm. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244492 | Medical Air-driven Handpiece with Anti-retraction Stop - The invention relates to a medical turbine handpiece, in particular a dental turbine handpiece, having a drive shaft rotatably mounted in the front end region of the handpiece and to which a tool can be connected, as well as a turbine wheel arranged so as to be non-rotatable on the drive shaft and is arranged in a turbine chamber realized in the end region, into which turbine chamber a supply line for a flowing pressure medium for driving the turbine wheel opens out at an inlet opening and from which turbine chamber a removal line extends at an outlet opening, wherein at least one cross connecting channel for the pressure medium is realized in the wall of the turbine chamber, the cross connecting channel connecting the axially remote edge region of the turbine chamber to a region of the turbine chamber that is axially close to the drive shaft. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244493 | SCREW SYRINGE AS WELL AS A SYRINGE BARREL AND FEMALE PART FOR A SCREW SYRINGE - Screw syringe comprising a piston spindle with an external thread, a syringe barrel, comprising a sleeve with a piston end, and a female part with an internal thread. The female part slides in a radial sliding direction onto the piston end. The female part has a flange that creates a form fit with a counter-surface at the piston end so axial displacement of the female part in relation to the syringe barrel in the discharge direction is prevented. The female part has retaining surfaces, which create a form fit with counter-retaining surfaces of the piston end so that an axial displacement of the female part in relation to the syringe barrel counter to the discharge direction is prevented. The retaining surfaces and counter-retaining surfaces create a form fit so that a radial relative movement between the retaining surfaces and the counter-retaining surfaces, directed perpendicularly to the sliding direction, is prevented. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244494 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING ENAMEL FROM A PERSON'S TOOTH - According to one embodiment, an apparatus for removing enamel from a person's tooth includes a blade portion and an arch portion coupled to the blade portion. The blade portion includes an abrasive surface having a repeating pattern of recesses, and the abrasive surface is adapted to remove enamel from the tooth in response to reciprocating movement of the abrasive surface against the enamel. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244495 | Clamping Device For A Dental Tool in A Dental Turbine Handpiece - A clamping device for a dental tool in a dental turbine handpiece having at least one clamping lever that is supported in a fulcrum and that extends along the axis of a tool shank to be clamped, wherein the clamping lever is designed and arranged such that the tool shank can be clamped using the clamping lever and that on rotation of the clamping device, through the effect of the centrifugal force, the clamping lever is radially deflected about the virtual fulcrum, so as to increase the clamping force acting on the tool shank. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244496 | DENTAL POLISHING DEVICE AND METHOD - The invention provides a dental method including forming a polishing member sufficient, when rotated, to polish a cut unpolished dental tooth surface to a surface roughness of less than 0.07 sRa μm and, to polish an unpolished dental restorative material supported by a tooth in a patient's mouth to a surface roughness of less than 0.03 sRa μm. The dental polishing material preferably includes elastomeric polymer impregnated with blocky synthetic diamonds. The synthetic diamonds effectively have particle sizes less than 50 microns. The synthetic diamonds are more than 50 percent by weight of the dental polishing material. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244497 | FLUTED OSTEOTOME AND SURGICAL METHOD FOR USE - A surgical method and tool for expanding an initial osteotomy ( | 2012-09-27 |
20120244498 | FORMABLE RESORBABLE BIOMATERIAL INTERFACE FOR DENTAL IMPLANT DEVICES - A method is provided for forming a three-dimensional resorbable product contoured to a bone defect in a mandible or maxilla. The product is also provided. At least one surface of a resorbable biomaterial element is textured to allow the element to be bent and formed into a three-dimensional shape that conforms to the shape of the bone defect. Texturing includes forming a plurality of pores or grooves in the element. Grooves are formed in at least one direction, in at least one surface of the element, and are formed to a depth sufficient to allow the element to be bent at the grooves. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244499 | Forrest Sponge Aided Sinus Membrane Lift Technique - The technical considerations of my invention are the use of medical grade polyurethane foam in sinus membrane surgery by a dentist, physician, or a veterinarian, as a non-cutting surgical instrument. The invention is use of various shapes to do the job of cutting loose the sinus membrane from the sinus floor and sinus walls, surgery is made safer and simpler. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicated by the claims rather than the foregoing description. Furthermore the present invention may be utilized in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics. The forms and shapes and various components are merely exemplary and can be varied and still fall within the scope of the invention. The scope of the invention will be determined only by the claims. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LEADERSHIP - A system, method and computer program product for detecting leadership in a socio-technical environment based on the chronologic distribution of artifacts. The system and method captures and makes use of chronologic information as a predictor of causality in the dissemination of artifacts. A measure of leadership is based in part on the amount of relevant artifacts generated as a result, and temporal causality is used to detect this. The system method and computer program product further determines the patterns of behavior that govern a socio-technical context. By defining a set of patterns and comparing them with the interactions observed within a socio-technical network issues are discoverable. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244501 | HEALTH RECORD - The invention relates to a record sheet for monitoring and evaluating behaviour modifications, particularly in relation to health, and method of monitoring and evaluating behaviour modifications. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244502 | CARD GAME FOR LEARNING THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET - A game and method of play is disclosed to facilitate learning of the IPA. The game is a multiplayer card game where each player receives a specified number of cards. Each card includes a single alphabetic character of the IPA. One player begins by spelling out a phonetic word using one or more of his or her cards. The next player then forms a new phonetic word by interchanging, adding or subtracting one of his or her cards to or from the phonetic word. Each player continues to form new words by interchanging, adding or subtracting a card. If a player is unable to form a new word, that player is out of the game. The game continues until only a single player is left. That player is the winner. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244503 | Method of Attention Recovery and Behavioral Modification - A method of attention recovery and behavioral modification is disclosed comprising a wearable device that alerts a user over provided intervals to facilitate re-engagement and regained focus on a particular activity. The method involves utilizing a vibratory or similar sensory stimulation means from a wristband that is adapted to train users to maintain focus or easily regain focus if their mind has begun to wander. The wristband is adapted to alert a user at defined intervals over a period of use or on demand remotely, which reminds the user that he or she should re-engage in an activity (meeting, classroom, etc.), wherein the method trains the user over time to regain focus on their own based on expected stimulus from the band that may be removed after extended exposure thereto. The method also contemplates tracking attention spans and success rates, along with reward systems for improving users. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244504 | SYSTEM FOR THE SYNCHRONIZATION AND PROPAGATION OF HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND MANAGEMENT OF RELATED INCENTIVES - A web, server, and mobile device-based system to aggregate individual health activities into simpler behavioral modules and manage the social propagation, synchronization, and incentivization of such behaviors in a networked population. The system and implemented methods addresses the failure of current behavioral change techniques to achieve persistent engagement with behavior change through a systematic reduction in complexity of information and decision-making burdens on individuals to manage such behaviors. The system aggregates individual behavioral events into modules called, Walks, and provides mechanisms to synchronize and other individuals through a structured group hierarchy and shared events designed to propagate such behaviors across the participating population. These mechanisms enable network efficiencies that amplify the effectiveness of particular material incentives through social synchronization and reinforcement mechanisms. The methods and systems that apply to physical health are generalized provide an integrated capability to manage behaviors related to financial health, workplace practices, and social engagement. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244505 | COLLABORATIVE AND INTERACTIVE LEARNING - The present invention helps generate connected communities of students and educators through access to an increased pool of granular learning resources that benefit from standardization of formats for creating and utilizing individual discussions on individual topics. The present invention also circumvents the complexity of existing repository systems by creating a standard platform format. Because this format is de facto implemented for any educator using the platform, standardized question types (e.g., discussion types or topic types) become functionally interchangeable notwithstanding any particular individuals utilizing the invention. The interchangeability of individual topics allows for creation of a global “topic library,” which may be made available to any educator using the system. This global topic library contains the standardized questions or discussion topics thereby allowing for quick review, selection, and incorporation into the individual teaching environment of any teacher utilizing the invention. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244506 | COLLABORATIVE AND INTERACTIVE LEARNING - The present invention helps generate connected communities of students and educators through access to an increased pool of granular learning resources that benefit from standardization of formats for creating and utilizing individual discussions on individual topics. The present invention also circumvents the complexity of existing repository systems by creating a standard platform format. Because this format is de facto implemented for any educator using the platform, standardized question types (e.g., discussion types or topic types) become functionally interchangeable notwithstanding any particular individuals utilizing the invention. The interchangeability of individual topics allows for creation of a global “topic library,” which may be made available to any educator using the system. This global topic library contains the standardized questions or discussion topics thereby allowing for quick review, selection, and incorporation into the individual teaching environment of any teacher utilizing the invention. | 2012-09-27 |
20120244507 | Learning Behavior Optimization Protocol (LearnBop) - According to certain aspects of some embodiments, LearnBop is both a conceptual and a logical design for a two-way, reciprocating learning platform and community where users can create, consume, critique, review learning progress and improve learning content. | 2012-09-27 |