42nd week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080254344 | Lithium Secondary Battery Having Internal Protection Circuit - The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery with a built-in protective circuit, which includes battery case ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080254345 | BATTERY AND FLUID REGULATING SYSTEM HAVING CHASSIS WITH MOLDED ELECTRONICS - A fluid consuming battery ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080254346 | BATTERY HAVING FLUID REGULATOR WITH ROTATING VALVE - A fluid consuming battery ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080254347 | VEHICLE BATTERY STATE OF CHARGE INDICATOR - A system for modeling a battery installed on a motor vehicle including a crank started engine, a voltage sensor connected to provide measurements of battery voltage and a temperature sensor providing temperature measurements provides for correcting capacity of the battery starting from the battery's rated capacity. A vehicle body computer implements the model through a stored program implementing an energy flow model of the target battery and stored data relating to model parameters including battery rated capacity and cranking current required for engine start over a temperature range. The stored program being responsive upon execution by the vehicle body computer for using the battery voltage measurements and temperature measurements during engine cranking to correct battery capacity. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254348 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a rigid covering member, and a protection circuit board. The secondary battery includes a battery element and a flexible covering member formed of a first laminated film composed of a first heat-bonding layer, a first metal layer, and a first outer covering layer laminated successively. The flexible covering member is sealed along around the battery element while leaving electrode terminals of the positive and negative electrodes extended outside the battery element. The rigid covering member is formed of a second laminated film composed of a second heat-bonding layer, a second metal layer, and a second outer covering layer laminated successively. The flexible covering member and the rigid covering member are bonded with an adhesive strength equal to or higher than atmospheric pressure and with a peel strength equal to or lower than a breaking strength of the flexible covering member. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254349 | Battery Latch Structure - The present invention discloses a battery latch structure, wherein a battery slot for receiving a battery is located on the main body, a first end of said battery is latched to a first end of said slot through a first clamp structure, and a second end of said battery is latched to a second end of said slot through a second clamp structure. The second clamp structure includes a second fixed clamp located on the left and right sides of the second end of said slot, and a battery latch, a spring and two battery lock members located at the second end of said battery. The battery latch is located at the second end of the battery and may be slid upwards and downwards to be moveably connected with the two battery lock members. The spring is located between the two battery lock members. The said spring can push the two battery lock members protruding leftwards and rightwards respectively to insert into the second clamp. The said battery latch can be moved upwards by the action of outside force, to release the two battery lock members from the second clamp. The advantages of the present invention are simple in structure and convenient for operation. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254350 | Battery pack - Disclosed is a battery pack having a case in which a groove is formed near a pin point gate part so as to prevent formation of a crack in the case caused by external impact. The groove distributes stress caused by external impact. By preventing the formation of a crack, an electrolyte leaking out of a bare cell is prevented from flowing into a notebook computer through the crack. The battery pack includes at least one bare cell, a circuit board electrically coupled to the bare cell and a case formed so as to receive the bare cell and the circuit board. The case includes pin point gates formed in the front of the case during an injection molding process and grooves formed near the pin point gates. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254351 | Collapsible battery holder - A battery holder comprises a collapsible frame configured to receive at least one battery, the frame couplable to an electronic device to provide power from the at least one battery to the electronic device. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254352 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - An electrical storage system includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an insulated separator, and an electrolyte. The second electrode is spaced from the first electrode. The insulated separator is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The separator further includes an agar and a fiber material. The electrolyte surrounds the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254353 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRODE THEREOF AND PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR ELECTRODE OF ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - According to a method for manufacturing an electrode of an electrochemical device, an electrode precursor capable of absorbing and releasing lithium is provided with lithium, and the resistance of the electrode precursor is measured after absorbing lithium. In addition, a processing apparatus for an electrode of an electrochemical device includes a lithium providing section for providing lithium to such an electrode precursor, and a first measurement section for measuring the resistance of the electrode precursor after absorbing lithium. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254354 | CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - An electrochemical cell includes a can and a jelly roll disposed in the can. The jelly roll includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode, wherein positive winding foils protrude from a positive end of the jelly roll and negative winding foils protrude from a negative end of the jelly roll. The positive winding foils are folded in a same direction to overlap each other in a first pattern of recesses and the negative winding foils are folded in a same direction to overlap each other in a second pattern of recesses. A positive disk includes a plurality of leg forms welded into the first pattern of recesses formed in the positive winding foils. A negative disk includes a plurality of leg forms welded into the second pattern of recesses formed in the winding foils. At least one of the positive disk and the negative disk is electrically insulated from the can. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254355 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a porous insulating layer and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The porous insulating layer is provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and contains a material which does not have a shutdown function. Each of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes an expandable element. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254356 | Rechargeable Battery Pack and Electrical Hand Tool Device - The invention relates to a rechargeable battery pack, in particular for an electrical hand tool device, comprising at least two series-connected rechargeable battery cells ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080254357 | Battery conductive plate - A battery conductive plate includes at least two welding point zones and at least one connecting zone for electrically connecting the welding point zones to one another. The battery conductive plate is characterized in at least one narrow opening that divides the battery conductive plate into a plurality of separated and electrically non-contact conductive plate parts, so that the battery conductive plate may be more firmly welded to the battery terminals using a stick welding machine. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254358 | RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY - The rechargeable lithium battery according to one embodiment includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and an electrolyte in a case. The rechargeable lithium battery includes a compound that forms a coordinate covalent bond with anions in at least one of a negative electrode, a positive electrode, an electrolyte, and an inner surface of a case. The rechargeable lithium battery can inhibit electrode corrosion at a high voltage and can be manufactured without requiring additional fabrication processes. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254359 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery is provided including a bare cell having a can. The can has an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly has an electrode terminal withdrawn from one surface of the bare cell. A circuit is electrically coupled to the bare cell. The circuit includes a charge-discharge circuit and an antenna circuit. A case is connected to the electrode terminal for receiving and covering the circuit. An antenna assembly is on an outer surface of the bare cell. The antenna assembly includes a line antenna for receiving a radio frequency signal. The line antenna is coupled to the antenna circuit. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254360 | Lead and Nonaqueous Electrolyte Battery Including Same - A lead and a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including the lead that is given a non-chromium surface treatment and have excellent resistance to hydrofluoric acid. The lead includes: (1) a metal lead made of nickel, nickel plated copper, or copper; (2) a composite coating layer that is formed on a portion of the surface of the metal lead that is hermetically attached to the package, the composite coating layer being formed by applying a treatment liquid that contains a salt of zirconium, a salt of titanium, or a salt of molybdenum and a resin component containing polyacrylic acid; and (3) an insulator that is arranged outside the composite coating layer and hermetically attached to the package. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery having the lead connected to positive or negative electrode of the nonaqueous electrolyte battery. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254361 | Non-Aqueous Electrolyte for Battery and Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Secondary Battery Comprising the Same - This invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte for a battery capable of simultaneously establishing a high flame retardance and excellent battery performances, and more particularly to a non-aqueous electrolyte for a battery comprising a non-aqueous solvent and a support salt, characterized in that the non-aqueous electrolyte for the battery further contains a fluorophosphate compound represented by the following general formula (I): | 2008-10-16 |
20080254362 | NANO-COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a nano-composite structure containing nanostructured carbon and nanoparticles. Also disclosed are methods of making the nano-composite structures. The present invention also relates to a lithium ion battery, a capacitor, a supercapacitor, a battery/capacitor, or a fuel cell containing the nano-composite structures of the present invention. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254363 | Electrochemical energy storage device - The present invention provides an electrochemical energy storage device comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing an ammonium salt, wherein the negative electrode potential upon completion of charging is set to less than 1.8 V and 0.1 V or more relative to a lithium reference in which high electric capacity is obtained and a reductive decomposition reaction of the ammonium salt on the negative electrode is avoided, and thus efficiency upon every charging and discharging cycle is improved, resulting in a long cycle life. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254364 | ALKALINE DRY BATTERY - An alkaline dry battery of this invention includes: a cylindrical positive electrode mixture having a hollow and including at least one of manganese dioxide powder and nickel oxyhydroxide powder; a gelled negative electrode including zinc alloy powder; a separator interposed between the positive electrode mixture and the gelled negative electrode; a negative electrode current collector inserted into the gelled negative electrode; and a negative electrode terminal plate electrically connected to the negative electrode current collector. The gelled negative electrode is filled in the hollow of the positive electrode mixture with the separator interposed therebetween. The height L | 2008-10-16 |
20080254365 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME - Negative active materials for rechargeable lithium batteries, manufacturing methods thereof, and rechargeable lithium batteries including the negative active materials are provided. The negative active material includes a compound represented by the Formula Li | 2008-10-16 |
20080254366 | Alkaline Storage Battery - An alkaline storage battery | 2008-10-16 |
20080254367 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION - The sudden generation of heat being frequently caused in the case of the overcharge of a lithium secondary cell which have a positive electrode comprising a composite metal oxide of lithium and cobalt or a composite metal oxide of lithium and nickel, a negative electrode comprising metallic lithium, a lithium alloy or a material capable of occluding and releasing lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution comprising a nonaqueous solvent and an electrolyte dissolved therein can be efficiently prevented by the addition, to the nonaqueous electrolyte solution, of an organic compound which, when the lithium secondary cell is overcharged, decomposes into a decomposition product capable of dissolving out the cobalt or nickel contained in the positive electrode and depositing it ion the negative electrode (for example, a tert-alkylbenzene derivative). | 2008-10-16 |
20080254368 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, CATHODE, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CATHODE - A cathode active material has: a lithium composite oxide which contains the highest proportion of nickel among constituent metal elements except lithium; and a phosphorus compound which is contained near the surface of the lithium composite oxide, a cathode including the cathode active material, and a method for manufacturing the cathode. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254369 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a porous insulating film adhered to a surface of at least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the porous insulating film including an inorganic oxide filler and a film binder, wherein the ratio R of actual volume to apparent volume of the separator is not less than 0.4 and not greater than 0.7, and wherein the ratio R and a porosity P of the porous insulating film satisfy the relational formula: −0.10≦R−P≦0.30. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254370 | Nonaqueous Eletrolyte Comprising Oxyanion and Lithium Secondary Battery Using the Same - Disclosed is an electrolyte comprising: (a) an electrolyte salt; (b) a non-aqueous electrolyte solvent; and (c) a binary or multinary metal oxide salt. An electrochemical device comprising the same electrolyte is also disclosed. The metal oxide salt used in the electrolyte is dissolved in a non-aqueous solvent and generates oxyanions capable of improving corrosion resistance of metals. Therefore. the electrolyte prevents corrosion of metallic materials present in an electrochemical device, caused by extreme conditions, such as overcharge, overdischarge and high-temperature storage conditions, to which the device is exposed. Further, the electrolyte prevents degradation in the quality of an electrochemical device, caused by corrosion of metallic materials. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254371 | Method For Producing an Image on a Material Sensitive to a Used Radiation, Method For Obtaining a Binary Hologram (Variants) and Methods For Producing an Image by Using Said Hologram - The aim of said invention is to principally simplify a production process for producing high-resolution images on a material sensitive to a used radiation and to substantially increase a resolution while forming the obtainable image. The inventive method consists in producing images on the sensitive material in the form of a plurality of summarised areas overlapping flashing exposure spots, wherein the irradiation dose is equal to or greater than a threshold value, in displacing, during exposing, radiator matrixes and/or the sensitive material in a direction parallel to sensitive material surface at a distance which is equal to or less than the maximum size (d) of the exposure spots by discretely modifying the size of the overlapping area, wherein said discrete is defined by a displacement path ranging from 0.01 to d. The method for producing binary holograms consists in placing the sensitive material on the surface of an opaque film, in producing an image thereon by means of said method, in photolithographically forming a plurality of transmission regions in the film, in forming a holographic image on the sensitive material surface with the aid of the binary hologram, in arranging the hologram in such a way that it is possible to perform a step-by-step displacement in a direction perpendicular to the sensitive material at a path ranging from 0.01 nm to Δs, wherein Δs is a variation value of a distance between the material and the binary hologram at which the resolution of the image formed thereby is reduced by 20%. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254372 | PDR and PBR glasses for holographic data storage and/or computer generated holograms - Silicate glasses for storing holographic data and for producing computer-generated holograms, including photo-darkenable-refractive (PDR) and photo-bleachable-refractive (PBR) glasses. In one embodiment, a PBR glass plate contains a photosensitive glass layer of a silver ion-exchanged holographic recording (SIHR) glass, with a base glass composition that has been ion-exchanged in an aqueous ion-exchange solution containing silver ions. The SIHR glass is uniformly darkened with darkening-light radiation, causing a refractive index change in the photosensitive glass layer upon exposure to bleaching-light radiation without any post-exposure steps. In another embodiment, an optical information recording medium includes a PDR glass plate containing SIHR glass optimized for multiplex recording and for reproducing information, which utilizes holography with darkening-light radiation as recording beams. In still another embodiment, an optical information recording medium includes a PBR glass plate containing SIHR glass optimized for multiplex recording and for reproducing information, which utilizes holography with bleaching-light radiation as recording beams. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254373 | Method of making PDR and PBR glasses for holographic data storage and/or computer generated holograms - Methods of making volume phase holograms and/or making computer-generated holograms using silver ion-exchanged silicate glass articles that include a photo-darkenable-refractive (PDR) glass plate and/or a photo-bleachable-refractive (PBR) glass plate. In one embodiment, a method of forming a volume phase hologram includes the steps of making a PBR glass plate that has at least one photosensitive glass layer of a silver ion-exchanged holographic recording (SIHR) glass, and of exposing the photosensitive glass layer to the bleaching-light radiation of laser write beams, causing the volume phase hologram to form in the photosensitive glass layer of the PBR glass plate. The base glass composition of the SIHR glass has been ion-exchanged in an aqueous ion-exchange solution containing silver ions. The SIHR glass is then uniformly darkened with darkening-light radiation. This process causes the photosensitive glass layer of the PBR glass plate to show a change in refractive index upon exposure to the bleaching-light radiation without any post-exposure treatment. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254374 | HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING COMPOSITION AND HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a holographic recording composition and a holographic recording medium comprising a recording layer formed with the holographic recording composition. The holographic recording composition comprises a bifunctional or greater isocyanate, a polyfunctional alcohol comprising a bifunctional alcohol and a trifunctional or greater alcohol, a titanocene-based radical polymerization initiator, a bifunctional or greater acrylate monomer, and an amidine salt denoted by General Formula (1). | 2008-10-16 |
20080254375 | HOLOGRAM RECORDING MATERIAL AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a hologram recording material which is suitable for volume hologram record and can attain high refractive index change, flexibility, high sensitivity, low scattering, environment resistance, that is, storage stability, durability, low dimensional change (low shrinkage) and high multiplicity in holographic memory record using not only a green laser but also a blue laser. A hologram recording material comprising: a metal oxide matrix; and a photopolymerizable compound which has at least one (meth)acrylamide group as a photo-reactive group, and has a polyalkylene glycol unit represented by the following formula: | 2008-10-16 |
20080254376 | PHASE-SHIFTING MASK AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME - A phase-shifting mask is fabricated using two separate exposure processes. The mask includes a substrate and a device pattern area above the substrate. The mask has a mask pattern defining boundaries of the device pattern area and an administrative pattern area defining boundaries of the mask pattern. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254377 | METAL PHOTOMASK POD AND FILTER DEVICE THEREOF - A metal photomask pod with a filter device and with atmoseal function is provided. The metal photomask pod includes a metal upper cover and a metal lower cover coupled to form an inner space for receiving a photomask. A side portion of the metal upper cover or the metal lower cover of the photomask pod includes at least one through hole for communicating the inner space with an outer space of the photomask pod. A filter device covers the through hole. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254378 | TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, FIXING PROCESS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING PROCESS - The object of the present invention is to provide a toner characterized in that the toner comprises a first binder resin and a second binder resin, the first binder resin is an amorphous resin and the second binder resin is a crystalline resin, and the glass-transition temperature of the toner (TgA) is lower than the glass-transition temperature expressed by the following equation (1) (TgC). | 2008-10-16 |
20080254379 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor, a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus including the same, wherein the electrophotographic photoreceptor prevents the generation of excessive residual potential, which usually occurs on a photoreceptor having a protective layer composed of an inorganic material, and achieves both of high durability and favorable electrical characteristics. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254380 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive support and a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer is disposed on the conductive support, and includes a layer that includes, in the same layer, at least a charge generating material and a compound having a triple bond and a hydroxy group. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254381 | CHEMICAL TONER WITH COVALENTLY BONDED RELEASE AGENT - A chemical toner composition including a polymer polymerized from starting ingredients comprising a resin monomer and a release agent monomer. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254382 | Heat-sensitive transfer sheet and image-forming method - A heat-sensitive transfer sheet comprising at least three different kinds of heat-sensitive transfer dye layers each comprising at least one yellow, magenta or cyan dye and at least one binder resin, provided on a support, and at least one thermal transferable protective layer capable of peeling, comprising a releasing layer, a peeling layer and an adhesion layer, provided on the support in this order, and | 2008-10-16 |
20080254383 | IMAGE-FORMING METHOD USING HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER SYSTEM - An image-forming method applying a heat-sensitive transfer system which uses a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet and a heat-sensitive transfer sheet,
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20080254384 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR, LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING METHOD, AND NOVEL CYANINE DYES - A photosensitive composition includes a cyanine dye that has, on a methine chain thereof, a substituent which is a cation moiety of an onium salt structure. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254385 | Photosensitive Resin for Flexographic Printing Plate - Disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition for flexographic printing plates containing a thermoplastic elastomer (A), a polymer (B) mainly composed of butadiene, a photopolymerizable unsaturated monomer (C) and a photopolymerization initiator (D) (which composition substantially contains no hydrophilic polymers). In this photosensitive resin composition for flexographic printing plates, the number average molecular weight of the polymer (B) is not less than 10,000 and not more than 60,000, and the 1, 2 vinyl content in the total double bonds of the polymer (B) is not more than 25%. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254386 | Positive resist composition and patterning process - A positive resist composition comprises (A) a resin component which becomes soluble in an alkaline developer under the action of an acid, and (B) an acid generator which is a specific sulfonium salt compound. The resin (A) is a polymer comprising tertiary alkyl protective group units having a hydrophobic tetracyclo[4.4.0.1 | 2008-10-16 |
20080254387 | NEGATIVE-WORKING IMAGEABLE ELEMENTS AND METHODS OF USE - A radiation-sensitive composition includes an initiator composition, a radiation absorbing compound, and a particulate primary polymeric binder that has a backbone comprising multiple urethane moieties and further comprises side chains comprising free radically polymerizable groups attached to the backbone. This primary polymeric binder can be used in place of or in addition to a conventional free radically polymerizable component. This composition can be used to provide negative-working imageable elements that can be imaged and developed to provide lithographic printing plates. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254388 | FLUORINATED POLYMER, NEGATIVE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND PARTITION WALLS - To provide a fluorinated polymer which enables to reduce the amount of residual ink on partition walls and to form an ink layer having high uniformity in film thickness, and a negative photosensitive composition. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254389 | Method of Making Lithographic Printing Plates - A method for preparing a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of—providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including: a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer; and a coating provided on the support and including an image recording layer including hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles having an average particle size between about 40 nm and about 63 nm and a hydrophilic binder, the coating further including a pigment present in the image recording layer or in an additional layer of the coating, —image-wise exposing the coating, thereby inducing coalescence of the thermoplastic polymer particles at the exposed areas of the image recording layer; —developing the precursor by applying a gum solution to the coating, thereby removing the non-exposed areas of the image recording layer from the support; and—optionally, baking the developed precursor; wherein the hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles have an average particle size between about 40 nm and about 63 nm; the amount of the hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles is more than about 70% and less than about 85% by weight, relative to the image recording layers; and the pigment has a hydrophilic surface and provides a visible image after the image-wise exposing and developing with the gum solution. The lithographic printing plate precursor has an improved sensitivity, and the obtained lithographic printing plate exhibits an excellent clean-out, no toning, and a high printing run length. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254390 | Method of Making a Lithographic Printing Plate - A method of making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, (ii) a coating on the support, including a photopolymerizable layer, a top layer, and optionally, an intermediate layer between the photopolymerizable layer and the support, wherein the photopolymerizable layer includes a polymerizable compound, a polymerization initiator, and a binder; b) image-wise exposing the coating in a plate setter; c) optionally, heating the precursor in a pre-heating unit; d) washing the precursor in a pre-washing station by applying water or an aqueous solution to the coating, thereby removing at least a portion of the top layer; and e) developing the precursor in a gumming station by applying a gum solution to the coating of the precursor, thereby removing the non-exposed areas of the photopolymerizable layer from the support and gumming the plate in a single step. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254391 | Method of Making a Lithographic Printing Plate - A method of making a lithographic printing plate includes the steps of: a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including (i) a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, (ii) a coating on the support including a photopolymerizable layer and, optionally, an intermediate layer between the photopolymerizable layer and the support, wherein the photopolymerizable layer includes a polymerizable compound, a polymerization initiator and a binder, b) image-wise exposing the coating in a plate setter, c) optionally, heating the precursor in a pre-heating unit, d) treating the precursor in a gumming station, including a first and at least a second gumming unit, wherein the precursor is consecutively developed in the first and the second gumming unit with a gum solution, thereby removing non-exposed areas of the photopolymerizable layer from the support and gumming the plate in a single step. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254392 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT WITH COVER LAYER - The invention relates to flexible circuits and more particularly to flexible printed circuits having cover layers. The cover layers may be a chemically-etchable adhesive polyimide. The cover layers may be patterned after they are applied to the flexible circuit substrate. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254393 | Phosphor coating process for light emitting diode - A phosphor coating process for a light-emitting device is described. A light-emitting diode chip is bonded on a substrate. A light-sensitive layer is formed over the light-emitting diode and the substrate. The light-sensitive layer is patterned by a photolithography process to expose an area of the light-emitting diode chip, on which desires a phosphor coating. A phosphor-adhesive material is filled on the area of the light-emitting diode chip. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254394 | STRUCTURE FOR PATTERN FORMATION, METHOD FOR PATTERN FORMATION, AND APPLICATION THEREOF - A structure for pattern formation adapted for optically forming a pattern, characterized by comprising: a photocatalyst-containing layer provided on a substrate, the photocatalyst-containing layer containing a material of which the wettability is variable through photocatalytic action upon pattern-wise exposure. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254395 | Image recording media and image layers - Imaging layers, image recording media, and methods of preparation of each, are disclosed. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254396 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A NON-TRANSPARENT MICROVOIDED SELF-SUPPORTING FILM - A process for producing a non-transparent microvoided self-supporting film comprising the steps of: i) mixing at least one linear polyester having together monomer units consisting essentially of terephthalate, isophthalate and aliphatic dimethylene with the molar ratio of isophthalate monomer units to terephthalate monomer units being at least 0.02 to provide a linear polyester matrix; at least one amorphous high polymer with a higher glass transition temperature than the glass transition temperature of said linear polyester matrix and/or at least one crystalline high polymer having a higher melting point than the glass transition temperature of said linear polyester matrix; and optionally at least one ingredient from the group of ingredients consisting of inorganic opacifying pigments, whitening agents, UV-absorbers, light stabilizers, antioxidants, flame retardants and colorants in a kneader or an extruder; ii) forming the mixture produced in step i) in a thick film followed by quenching; iii) longitudinally stretching the thick film at a stretching force of >4 N/mm | 2008-10-16 |
20080254397 | PERMANENT TRANSPARENT PATTERN IN A NON-TRANSPARENT MICROVOIDED AXIALLY STRETCHED SELF-SUPPORTING POLYMERIC FILM AND A PROCESS FOR OBTAINING SAME - A permanent transparent pattern in a non-transparent microvoided axially stretched self-supporting polymeric film; a layer configuration comprising the permanent transparent pattern in a non-transparent microvoided axially stretched self-supporting polymeric film exclusive of foam; a non-transparent microvoided thermally transparentizable axially stretched self-supporting polymeric film; and a process for obtaining a permanent transparent pattern comprising the step of: image-wise application of heat optionally supplemented by the application of pressure to the non-transparent microvoided axially stretched self-supporting polymeric film. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254398 | Three container candle assembly - A candle container assembly. The assembly includes an outer container, a medial container situated within and attached to the outer container, and a gel between the outer container and the medial container. The assembly further includes an inner container which contains a candle. The inner container may be removed and replaced when the candle is completely consumed. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254399 | Combustion apparatus and method for making and using same - A combustion apparatus is disclosed that improves oxidation efficiency without increasing either combustion apparatus size or residence time, where the apparatus includes a combustion zone having a static mixing zone along a length of the combustion zone. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254400 | Method and Tool For Oral Substrate Measurement In Animals - A gingival contour probe comprising a shaft portion and an elongated tip portion attached at a proximal end thereof to the shaft portion, the tip portion being non-planarly bent and/or curved and carrying markings, the number and scale of which are indicative of measured lengths; the probe being adapted at least by the number and/or scale of the markings for use in convenient gingival margin measurement of a tooth in a conscious non-human animal. A method for quantifying dental plaque in a conscious non-human animal comprising (a) aligning the tip portion of such a gingival contour probe with a gingival margin of a tooth in the animal; (b) by reference to the markings on the tip portion of the probe, measuring the length of the margin and the length of plaque deposit if any at the margin; and (c) calculating a plaque score for the tooth by comparing the length of plaque deposit with the length of the margin. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254401 | Impacted tooth appliance - An impacted tooth appliance including a micropin bone anchor with a quadrilateral aperture formed therein, a rigid apertured ribbon secured to the impacted tooth by means of a rotatable bracket secured to the tooth, the ribbon pivoted on the bracket, and the ribbon and the micropin interconnected by means of spring-biased quadrilateral wire. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254402 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS BY CNC MACHINING - A system produces orthodontic aligners by CNC machining. A digital model of the patient's dental anatomy is manipulated using CAD software to create a solid CAD model of an aligner. A CNC milling machine is then used to machine the inside and outside surfaces of the aligner from a block of suitable material. A progressive series of aligners can also be designed. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254403 | SYSTEM FOR CNC-MACHINING FIXTURES TO SET ORTHODONTIC ARCHWIRES - A method for setting an orthodontic archwire involves creating a model of a patient's dental anatomy and manipulating the virtual teeth to a desired finished condition. Virtual orthodontic brackets are installed on the virtual teeth. The virtual teeth with their virtual orthodontic brackets are returned to their original positions. A CAD model of a fixture can then be designed for setting a wire in a desired shape based on the arch slots in the virtual brackets, with activations so that the resulting archwire will store and transfer corrective energy to the patient's teeth. A CNC milling machine is employed to produce a fixture based on the CAD model of the fixture. The fixture is then assembled to hold a wire. The fixture and wire are heated to a predetermined temperature for a period of time to set the wire. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254404 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CUTTING TOOLS - The invention concerns a system ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080254405 | Method and device for improving oral health - The present invention relates to a method for improving the oral health of a subject by exposing the oral cavity of the subject to a device comprising a light source that emits a therapeutically effective amount of light. The present invention further relates to devices utilized in exposing light to the oral cavity of a subject in the method of the present invention. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254406 | UNIVERSAL IMPRESSION TRAYS AND METHOD OF USE - A universal impression tray can be reshaped shortened or lengthened allowing a clinician the ability to use one tray in any clinical situation. The tray itself can be used with patients requiring complete removable dentures, root supported and implant-supported overdentures and in some selected dentate cases. The tray can be infinitely modified allowing total control by the clinician. Trays in accordance with features of the present invention are made of a material composition including thermoplastic resin and thermochromic pigment. The material composition softens and changes color in warm water but tends to hold its shape until manipulated by the dentist. The thermoplastic resin portion of the tray can include polycaprolactone resin, styrene resin and dental modeling compound and can vary for specific uses to roughly 50% polycaprolactone /styrene resin and 50% dental modeling compound. Thermochromic pigment can represent up to 5% of the overall material composition of a tray. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254407 | Actuation System for Personal Care Appliance Using Linear Actuators - The personal care appliance drive system includes a pair of linear actuators capable of operating both in an opposing phase mode or in a parallel (in-phase) mode. The system includes a motion converter assembly which converts the opposing phase action of the two linear actuators into a rotational action of an output drive shaft and converts in-phase action to a translation motion of the output shaft or to drive another function of the appliance, such as a pump. The motion converter, operating simultaneously in an opposing phase mode and in-phase modes, produces a complex motion of the workpiece. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254408 | Teeth Cleaning Apparatus - Teeth cleaning apparatus comprises a cylindrical cleaning implement. The cleaning implement includes a resilient support shaft and an engagement thread and is drivingly rotatable. The implement is so configured that, when presented between a pair of adjacent teeth, a rotating implement threads itself into the interproximal space and extracts interproximal debris. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254409 | Method for Manufacturing Dental Scaler Tip Using Powder Injection Molding Process, Mold Used Therein and Scaler Tip Manufactured by the Same - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a dental scaler tip using a powder injection molding process which can produce the article in large quantities to save the manufacturing cost and forms an eccentric discharge port of a scaler tip to operate the mould using only one core pin, a mould used for the same that is provided with slide cores having the various shapes machined according to the article to enable the uniform article to be manufactured rapidly to enhance a characteristic and design of the article, and a scaler tip manufactured by the same that is more excellent in shape-reliability and injects fluid to a front end thereof along a curved section of the tip section to perform effectively an operation. In order to embody the above structure, the method for manufacturing a dental scaler tip consisting a coupling section mounted to the equipment and having a fluid passage formed therein and a curved shaped tip section extended from the coupling section, through a powder injection molding process, comprises the steps of preparing feedstock for injection by means of mixing raw material powder for the powder injection molding process containing titanium (Ti) or stainless steel with high molecular binder; and injecting the feed stock into a mould to form a molding body, wherein, the mould comprise an operating section to which cylindrical shaped core pins having multi steps and an eccentric end formed at a front end thereof for forming the fluid passage of the scaler tip is mounted; and a pair of slide cores disposed for supporting the eccentric ends of the core pins such that the slide cores face to each other and are slid in the direction perpendicular to the movement direction of the core pins to form a cavity corresponding to a shape of an article to be formed by an injecting process. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254410 | ONE-HANDLE ORAL EXTRACTION DEVICE - The present invention relates generally to an extraction or pliers type device, such as typically utilized by a dentist or oral surgeon. More specifically, the present invention teaches an extraction device exhibiting a single handle terminating at a forward location in one of a hooked engaging portion or a pad support portion. A linearly translatable pad support portion or hook engaging portion is linearly supported along an extending neck of the elongated handle, in proximity to the hooked engaging portion, and for quickly and efficiently enabling a dental professional to remove a patient's tooth or root tip. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254411 | Dental Implant System and Method - A dental implant system comprising an implant member, an abutment member and a transfer key with cooperatively engaging structures for ensuring proper alignment and orientation of an abutment assembled on the implant member and for preparing an accurate dental impression and mold which represents the implantation site and its relationship to adjacent teeth structures. The abutment has the advantage of being easily removed for maintenance, repair or replacement with minimal or no discomfort to the patient. The invention also includes a dental implant with an improved bone-engaging structure for enhancing implant stability and fixation, an O-ring type abutment assembly with a reduced footprint in its assembled state when compared with similar conventional systems, a surgical screw and bone screw insertion tool, a healing abutment that need not be removed during an impression taking procedure, and an implant coding system that facilitates selection and identification of dental implants and implant analogs whose dimensional attributes will produce an accurate fit between the dental prosthesis and the dental implant. Further, dental reconstruction and abutment installation methods utilizing the dental implant system and instruments of the invention are disclosed. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254412 | Gingivaformer - A gingivaformer for a dental implant, wherein the gingivaformer is manufactured from a mixture of PEEK base material with a fraction of 95 to 99% by weight and at least one dye with a fraction of 1 to 5% by weight, so that the gingivaformer is flesh-colored. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254413 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A HEAD PIECE OF A TOOTH IMPLANT AND MANUFACTURING KIT FOR SUCH A PROCESS - A process for manufacturing a head piece ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080254414 | DENTAL ABUTMENT BLANK WITH PREFORMED PASSAGE - A dental blank has having a preformed passage configured to receive a dental screw fixation before or after milling by a CAD/CAM milling machine which can detect an exposed dental screw fixation or an exposed opening of the passage as a reference location. A method to provide a dental blank adapted for use as a reference location by a milling machine and/or a formation to facilitate a dental screw fixation to the blank, includes forming a blank and providing a passage through the blank, for example, by drilling. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254415 | System and Method for Training an Excavator Operator - A training system and method of use thereof permit training of an operator to use ground excavating implements. A building structure is provided locating a plurality of operator seats therein at respective operator stations. A boom structure is mounted to the foundation externally of the building in association with each of the operator stations to permit an operator in training in one of the operator seats to control actual movement of a boom structure in visual proximity therewith using joystick controlled excavator hydraulics at the operator seat. A backhoe arm is used as a scaled down approximation of a track hoe with decreased operating pressure to represent a realistic responsiveness of the hydraulic controls. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254416 | Device For Producing Movement of a Cabin Along 3,4 or 6 Axes - The invention concerns a device for producing movements of a cabin (or of a platform) along 3, 4 or 6 axes, enabling a dynamic simulator to obtained, easy to produce, light and with little vertical space requirement. It consists of a structure ( | 2008-10-16 |
20080254417 | Driver training system - A system and software provides driver training so that a student driver may gain knowledge and experience for passing a driver's license exam as well as allowing a new driver to gain years of experience as well as increasing older drivers instincts and reflexes. The program comprises a game mode, an eye testing station, a driver's safety video, a written test, a driving simulation mode, an actual driving test by the state or county, and a vehicle selection mode. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254418 | Corrective writing aid to facilitate proper grip - The present invention provides a hand held elongated writing aid to facilitate a mature tripod grasp. The writing aid comprises a writing tool, a string and an object. The string is attached to the upper end of the writing tool, and the object is attached to the other end of the string. By holding the object between the fourth and fifth digits, the student is induced to hold the writing tool between the thumb and second and third digit. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254419 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTERIZED INTERACTIVE TRAINING - Interactive electronic training systems and methods are described herein. Certain embodiments provide preprogrammed video, audio, and/or textual presentations of training materials which provide information related to skills/information to be trained. A scenario including real or animated actors is presented, simulating an interaction. The training system presents related queries for the trainee who audibly responds. The training system stores a score based in part on a comparison of the trainee's response with an answer stored in training system memory. Optionally, the scores are substantially immediately presented by the system to the trainee. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254420 | INTEGRATION OF PURSUIT OF GOALS WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY - A method. A first person is instructed by a second person to execute an activity. The activity includes performance of at least one physical exercise and recitation of words during performance of the at least one physical exercise. The recited words relate to at least one goal of the first person. The at least one goal is unrelated to and not a consequence of the at least one physical exercise. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254421 | Psychological disability evaluation software, methods and systems - Software for psychological disability evaluation and management includes at least one user interface geared specifically toward one or more of employers, psychological professionals, physicians, private or government agencies or officials, lawyers; insurance professionals, vocational rehabilitation counselors, physical or occupational therapists, or other persons or companies involved in psychological, psycho-social, and co-morbid disability evaluation and management. The software also has a database interface for accessing a database that collects and manages information relating to potential psychological disabilities and conditions, psycho-social concerns, as well as physical co-morbid concerns of employees/claimants/insured/patients. A psychological model framework based upon evidence-based psychological diagnosis, use of objective, standardized psychological testing, and best-practice treatment guidelines is incorporated into the software. The software also includes code for generating data outputs to help users evaluate and manage psychological, psycho-social, and co-morbid physical disability according to the psychological model framework in view of data collected by the database and interface. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254422 | Dental articulator with endodontic module - A dental articulator for use in dental education simulates the human mouth and has an adjustable hinge that interconnects upper and lower carrier trays for movement to and from a closed position. Modules of imitation gums and teeth are secured in the carrier trays by neodymium magnets. The hinge structure in the articulator is selectively movable to shift the jaw axis to a position to provide the desired alignment of the upper and lower teeth when the jaw is closed or demonstrate a misaligned condition. A dental training module may be installed which, upon removal from the articulator, has a pair of separable sections encasing a tooth to permit release of the tooth and removal from the module so that a completed treatment may be evaluated. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254423 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTERIZED INTERACTIVE TRAINING - Interactive electronic training systems and methods are described herein. Certain embodiments provide preprogrammed video, audio, and/or textual presentations of training materials which provide information related to skills/information to be trained. A scenario including real or animated actors is presented, simulating an interaction. The training system presents related queries for the trainee who audibly responds. The training system stores a score based in part on a comparison of the trainee's response with an answer stored in training system memory. Optionally, the scores are substantially immediately presented by the system to the trainee. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254424 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTERIZED INTERACTIVE TRAINING - Interactive electronic training systems and methods are described herein. Certain embodiments provide preprogrammed video, audio, and/or textual presentations of training materials which provide information related to skills/information to be trained. A scenario including real or animated actors is presented, simulating an interaction. The training system presents related queries for the trainee who audibly responds. The training system stores a score based in part on a comparison of the trainee's response with an answer stored in training system memory. Optionally, the scores are substantially immediately presented by the system to the trainee. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254425 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTERIZED INTERACTIVE TRAINING - Interactive electronic training systems and methods are described herein. Certain embodiments provide preprogrammed video, audio, and/or textual presentations of training materials which provide information related to skills/information to be trained. A scenario including real or animated actors is presented, simulating an interaction. The example training system presents related queries for the trainee who audibly responds. The training system stores a score based in part on a comparison of the trainee's response with an answer stored in training system memory. Optionally, the scores are substantially immediately presented by the system to the trainee. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254426 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTERIZED INTERACTIVE TRAINING - Interactive electronic training systems and methods are described herein. Certain embodiments provide preprogrammed video, audio, and/or textual presentations of training materials which provide information related to skills/information to be trained. A scenario including real or animated actors is presented, simulating an interaction. The training system presents related queries for the trainee who audibly responds. The training system stores a score based in part on a comparison of the trainee's response with an answer stored in training system memory. Optionally, the scores are substantially immediately presented by the system to the trainee. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254427 | Talking Memory Book - The talking memory book has front and rear covers, a plurality of pages bound between the covers, and an audio system and audio system control panel, preferably mounted in the rear cover, for recording and playing back a recorded message. The audio system control panel includes electrical switches connected to the control circuit for triggering the audio system to record or play back a message associated with the at least one page. The audio system can also be configured as a digital audio system to accept downloaded audio files. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254428 | INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH OPTICAL PAGE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - An electronic learning device for receiving a book having a plurality of successive page spreads, at least one page spread having selectable content and an optically readable page identifier. The device includes a housing configured to receive the book, a position sensor in the housing configured to determine the location of the selectable content on the at least one page spread, an optical sensor in the housing configured to irradiate and detect the page identifier on the at least one page spread and control electronics in the housing operatively coupled to the optical sensor and to the position sensor and configured to synchronize operation of the position sensor and the optical sensor. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254429 | Instrumentation and schematization of learning application programs in a computerized learning environment - A computerized learning method is provided. The method may include receiving a write request from a first learning application program to write a learning level for a skill in a user profile. The user profile is configured to store data indicative of a plurality of skills and a learning level for each skill. The skills and learning levels are defined according to a profile schema. The method may further include writing the learning level for the skill in the user profile. The method may also include receiving a read request from a second learning application program to read the learning level for the skill in the user profile. The method may finally include retrieving the learning level from the user profile, and sending the learning level to the second learning application program. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254430 | Parent guide to learning progress for use in a computerized learning environment - A computerized learning method is provided. The method may include receiving learning data for a user from each of a plurality of learning application programs, at a learning service program, storing the learning data in a profile of the user, in non-volatile memory accessible to the learning service program, and displaying a parent graphical user interface configured to include a parent view of learning data associated with the profile. An assessed user learning level and other learning data for a skill from the profile of the user may be displayed on the parent graphical user interface. Recommendations and statistical comparisons of the user with other users may also be displayed on the parent graphical user interface. In this manner, a parent may efficiently monitor a student user's learning activity. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254431 | Learner profile for learning application programs - A computerized learning system and method is provided. According to the method, user performance data for a unique user may be received from learning application programs executed on a user client device. The received user performance data may be used to determine an assessed user learning level for the user. The assessed user learning level may be stored in a learner profile for the user and may be sent to a learning application program upon request. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254432 | Evaluating learning progress and making recommendations in a computerized learning environment - A computerized learning method is provided. The method may include receiving performance data for a user from at least one of a plurality of learning application programs, at a learning service program. The method may also include updating a learning level of the user based on the performance data from at least one of the plurality of learning applications, and determining a recommendation for the user based on the updated learning level. The recommendation may be displayed on a graphical user interface of the learning service program. The determination of the recommendation may be based on a measured change in a learning level for a group of users with at least one profile element similar to the user. In this manner, effective recommendations for the user may be made. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254433 | Learning trophies in a computerized learning environment - A computerized learning method is provided. The method typically includes, receiving user performance data from each of a plurality of learning application programs, at a learning service program, and determining an assessed user learning level based on the user performance data. The method may further include awarding a trophy to the user upon determining that the assessed user learning level meets or exceeds a predetermined learning level threshold. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254434 | Learning management system - Learning management systems and methods are provided with improvements allowing meta-tagging of learning objects with specific characteristics. An intelligent tutor application may employ the tags in search and tutorial scenarios. In some embodiments, an intelligent tutor application is programmed for selecting and providing learning objects for presentation to a participant through the participant client application, the intelligent tutor application including a software interface adapter for sending software interface function commands associated with the conformant learning object on behalf of the participant, the intelligent tutor application further including a search and selection software module, a learning style analysis software module, and a tutoring engine software module. In some embodiments, an intelligent tutor interacts with a SCORM-compliant LMS through a modified API adapater. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254435 | ONLINE TEST POLLING - An aspect of the present invention relates to an online test platform adapted to facilitate the development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of them are remotely located. The platform may include administrator interfaces, test proctor interfaces, and test taker (e.g. student) interfaces to allow each participant to view, navigate, and interact with aspects of the online test platform that are intended to meet their needs. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254436 | Selection Of A Consensus From A Plurality Of Ideas - A method of forming a consensus from a collection of ideas is disclosed. The ideas may be generated by a collection of participants, or may be provided to the collection of participants. The ideas are divided into non-exclusive groups for evaluation, with each group being provided to a participant for voting. Each participant chooses a favorite idea from the group, or selects a first and second choice, or a first, second and third choice. The votes are tallied, and for each idea a “win percentage” is calculated, which is defined as the ratio of the number of groups in which a particular idea wins the voting, divided by the number of groups in which a particular idea appears. Each idea that has a “win percentage” that exceeds a particular threshold is passed on to one or more subsequent rounds of voting. If desired, the voting may continue until a single idea is chosen as the consensus. In some rounds of voting, the groups are configured so that a participant does not vote on his/her own idea. In the first round of voting, the groups are configured so that no two ideas compete against each other more than once. A formulaic template is provided for generation of the groups, based on the number of ideas, the number of participants, and the number of ideas per group. In some embodiments, the template and number of ideas per group may be formulated using the sequence of integers known as the Mian-Chowla sequence. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254437 | Global Computer Network Tutoring System - A global computer network method and apparatus for creating and deploying many types of intelligent tutoring systems across many different platforms is disclosed. A run time engine supports state graph pseudo tutors and JESS model tracing cognitive tutors, in both a client and server context. An Assistment Builder enables development, testing and deployment of the pseudo tutors, generally the tutorials formed of teacher composed problems. The system simplifies the process of tutorial construction to allow educator users with little or no ITS experience to develop content of problems and teaching strategies (i.e., format of problems including hints, messages and sequencing of related problems). The system provides a Web these tutorials. A reporting component is Web based and allows for live database reporting to teachers, showing how their students are performing. Automated analysis and reporting of experimental tutorials developed by teachers is included. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254438 | Administrator guide to student activity for use in a computerized learning environment - A computerized learning method is provided. The method may include, at a learning service program, receiving learning data from each of a plurality of learning application programs for each of a plurality of students. The method may further include receiving a request from an administrator client device for learning data to display in an administrator graphical user interface. The request may be received via an application programming interface or online service. The method may further include communicating to the requesting administrator client device selected learning data for display in the administrator graphical user interface. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254439 | Plant Extract and Use Thereof as a Cryoprotective Agent - A cryopreservation medium comprising a protein-containing plant extract is disclosed. Methods, compositions, uses and kits for cryopreservation of biological material, such as a molecule, organelle, cell, embryo, tissue or organ, are also disclosed. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254440 | Anti-Sars Virus Antibody, Hybridoma Producing the Antibody and Immunoassay Reagent Using the Antibody - A monoclonal antibody which specifically recognizes SARS virus is provided, and an immunoassay, immunoassay reagent and immunoassay device for detecting the SARS virus using the monoclonal antibody are disclosed. The monoclonal antibody according to the present invention is a monoclonal antibody against a nucleoprotein of a corona virus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). | 2008-10-16 |
20080254441 | Lateral-Flow Test Device Providing Improved Test Result Validity - The present invention refers to a lateral-flow test device providing improved test result validity comprising at least one indication means indicating whether a test result will be inconclusive and/or at least one indication means indicating that a test result is ready for read. It is further referred to a use of such lateral-flow test device and to a procedure for its manufacture. | 2008-10-16 |
20080254442 | Crystal structures of human peptide deformylase - The present invention provides the three-dimensional structure of human mitochondrial | 2008-10-16 |
20080254443 | Norovirus detection, methods and compositions therefor - A norovirus-permissive cell culture infected with a norovirus, and methods of culturing a norovirus, are disclosed. Norovirus-permissive cells include dendritic cell-lineage cells, and macrophage-lineage cells, such as dendritic cells, and macrophages having a deficiency in a cellular anti-viral pathway such as a STAT-1-dependent pathway, an interferon receptor-dependent pathway, or a PKR-dependent pathway. Also disclosed are methods of screening anti-viral compounds against norovirus-permissive cells infected with norovirus, and norovirus adapted to grow in fibroblasts as well as macrophages that are not deficient in a cellular anti-viral pathway. Methods of making a norovirus vaccine are also disclosed. A replicative form of norovirus as well as its use in the development of an anti-viral agent and a polypeptide expression system are also described. Further disclosed are methods of detecting norovirus in a sample. | 2008-10-16 |