46th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120288898 | MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF MULTI-CARBON CHEMICALS AND FUELS FROM WATER AND CARBON DIOXIDE USING ELECTRIC CURRENT - The invention provides systems and methods for generating organic compounds using carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and electrical current as an energy source. In one embodiment, a reaction cell is provided having a cathode electrode and an anode electrode that are connected to a source of electrical power, and which are separated by a permeable membrane. A biological film is provided on the cathode. The biological film comprises a bacterium that can accept electrons and that can convert carbon dioxide to a carbon-bearing compound and water in a cathode half-reaction. At the anode, water is decomposed to free molecular oxygen and solvated protons in an anode half-reaction. The half-reactions are driven by the application of electrical current from an external source. Compounds that have been produced include acetate, butanol, 2-oxobutyrate, proponal, ethanol, and formate. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288899 | CONTINUOUS METHOD OF PRODUCING A MASH EXTRACT - The present invention relates to a mash extract and a continuous method of producing the mash extract by decoction mashing. The method comprises: (a) mixing a first malt enzyme source with an aqueous liquid to obtain an aqueous malt enzyme suspension; (b) separately, mixing a second enzyme source with one or more starch-containing adjuncts to obtain a decoction suspension; (c) subjecting the decoction suspension to a first heat treatment at 60-85° C. and then a second heat treatment at a higher temperature; (d) combining the heated decoction suspension from the second heat treatment with the aqueous malt enzyme suspension to obtain a mash; (e) maintaining the mash at 35-85° C. for a time; and (f) removing spent grain from the heated mash to produce a mash extract. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288900 | Method of Producing Corn Starch by Enzymatic Process - A method of producing corn starch by enzymatic process involving: soaking the corn; crushing the corn, separating and washing embryo; fine grinding; washing and drying fiber; separating and drying protein; washing, dewatering and drying the starch. An enzyme preparation is added before the step of washing, dewatering and drying the starch; the enzyme preparation is cellulose, or xylanase, or combination of the cellulose and the xylanase; and addition of the enzyme preparation is from 0.001% to 0.08% by weight of the corn. Based on the technology of traditional wet process, the method of the present invention comprises a step of adding enzyme preparation in the process of separating the corn, which improves the effect and the efficiency of mechanical separation, and further improves the purity and yield of the substance separated while also reducing the energy consumption. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288901 | Method of Producing Methionine in Corynebacteria by Over-Expressing Enzymes of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway - The present invention relates to a method of producing methionine in Coryneform bacteria in which enzymes of the pentose phosphate pathway are over-expressed. The present invention also relates to Coryneform bacteria for producing methionine in which at least two enzymes of the pentose phosphate pathway are over-expressed. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288902 | L-CYSTEINE-PRODUCING BACTERIUM AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-CYSTEINE - An L-cysteine-producing bacterium is provided, as well as a method for producing L-cysteine etc. using the bacterium by developing a novel technique for improving L-cysteine-producing ability of a bacterium. By culturing a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae, which has L-cysteine-producing ability and is modified so that activity of a protein encoded by the yciW gene, for example, a protein defined by the following (A) or (B), is reduced, in a medium, and collecting L-cysteine, L-cystine, a derivative thereof, or a mixture thereof from the medium, these compounds are produced: (A) a protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, (B) a protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, but which includes substitution, deletion, insertion, or addition of one or several amino acid residues, reduction of which activity in the bacterium results in improvement in the L-cysteine-producing ability. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288903 | INCREASING METHIONINE PRODUCTION BY OVEREXPRESSING SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE - The present invention relates to a process for improving the production of methionine by culturing a microorganism modified for enhancing the expression of genes involved in succinate dehydrogenase synthesis. The microorganisms were modified in a way that the methionine/carbon source yield is increased. The isolation of methionine from the fermentation medium is also claimed. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288904 | STRAINS AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF METHIONINE - The present invention relates to a method for the production of methionine using modified strains with attenuated transformation of threonine. This can be achieved by reducing threonine transformation into glycine, and/or by reducing its transformation to α-ketobutyrate. The invention also concerns the modified strains with attenuated transformation of threonine. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288905 | POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING ISOPRENOID MODIFYING ENZYMES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides isolated nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding isoprenoid modifying enzymes, as well as recombinant vectors comprising the nucleic acids. The present invention further provides genetically modified host cells comprising a subject nucleic acid or recombinant vector. The present invention further provides a transgenic plant comprising a subject nucleic acid. The present invention further provides methods of producing an isoprenoid compound, the method generally involving culturing a subject genetically modified host cell under conditions that permit synthesis of an isoprenoid compound modifying enzyme encoded by a subject nucleic acid. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288906 | Process For Obtaining Fatty Acid Lower Alkyl Esters From Unrefined Fats And Oils - Described is a process for obtaining fatty acid C | 2012-11-15 |
20120288907 | Glucose Transport Mutants for Production of Biomaterial - A method is disclosed for restoring a Glu | 2012-11-15 |
20120288908 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBOXYLIC ACIDS HAVING 1-3 CARBON ATOMS FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES - The invention relates to a method for producing carboxylic acids having 1-3 carbon atoms, characterized in that 2,3-butanediol and/or acetoin are reacted to form carboxylic acids having 1-3 carbon atoms. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288909 | MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF PENTANOL FROM GLUCOSE OR GLYCEROL - The invention relates to the production of pentanol through recombinant gene expression and metabolic engineering. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288910 | METHODS OF INCREASING DIHYDROXY ACID DEHYDRATASE ACTIVITY TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION OF FUELS, CHEMICALS, AND AMINO ACIDS - The present invention is directed to recombinant microorganisms comprising one or more dihydroxyacid dehydratase (DHAD)-requiring biosynthetic pathways and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce beneficial metabolites derived from said DHAD-requiring biosynthetic pathways. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may be engineered to overexpress one or more polynucleotides encoding one or more Aft proteins or homologs thereof. In some embodiments, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a cytosolically localized DHAD enzyme. In additional embodiments, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a mitochondrially localized DHAD enzyme. In various embodiments described herein, the recombinant microorganisms may be microorganisms of the | 2012-11-15 |
20120288911 | BIOREACTOR FOR ENGINEERED TISSUE - A system for generating a tissue construct includes a mixing chamber, a piston chamber, a reaction chamber, and a pump. The mixing chamber is configured to receive a hydrogel solution and a cell suspension solution. The piston chamber includes a first piston and is configured to receive a mixture of the hydrogel solution and the cell suspension solution from the mixing chamber. The first piston is configured to push the mixture through one or more capillaries into the reaction chamber. The reaction is configured to receive the mixture and a cross-linking initiator. The pump is configured to move the mixture through the reaction chamber such that the mixture and the cross-linking initiator combine to form an encapsulated cell material. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288912 | SYNTHETIC MICROCARRIERS FOR CULTURING CELLS - A coated microcarrier for cell culture includes a microcarrier base and a polymeric coating grafted to the base via a polymerization initiator. A method for forming the coated microcarrier includes (i) conjugating a polymerization initiator to the microcarrier base to form an initiator-conjugated microcarrier base; (ii) contacting the initiator-conjugated microcarrier base with monomers; and (iii) activating the initiator to initiate polymerization and graft the polymer to the base. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288913 | NOVEL FUSION PARTNERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CRYSTALLIZING G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTORS - GPCR-fusion partner proteins comprising G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) of GPCRs and fusion partners such as rubredoxin, cytochrome b562 RIL (Bril, bRIL, BRIL), T4 lysozyme C-terminal fragment (Cterm-T4L), flavodoxin, or xylanase either substituted for some or all of the third intracellular loop of the GPCR between the fifth and sixth helix of the GPCR are described or attached to an terminus or C terminus of the GPCR. GPCR-fusion partner proteins in crystalline form, optionally of a quality suitable for x-ray crystallographic structure determination of the GPCR, are described. Methods of using fusion partners in GPCR-fusion partner proteins to support crystallization of GPCR-fusion partner proteins for x-ray crystallographic structure determination of the GPCR, are described. Methods of identifying other suitable fusion partners through screening of protein data banks are also described. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288914 | CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF GLYPHOSATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE (GLYAT) AND METHODS OF USE - The presently disclosed subject matter provides compositions and methods for evaluating the potential of candidate polypeptides to associate with glyphosate with a higher binding affinity, higher binding specificity, or both or to have N-acetyltransferase activity with a higher catalytic rate when compared to a native glyphosate acetyltransferase (GLYAT) polypeptide through the provision and comparison of three-dimensional molecular structures of the candidate polypeptides and the GLYAT polypeptides provided herein. The methods further provide for identification of polypeptides with these advantageous properties using the three-dimensional molecular structures of GLYAT polypeptides. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288915 | MODIFIED NUCLEOTIDE MOLECULES OF XYLANASE AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Modified nucleotide molecules of xylanase and the application of the nucleotide molecules in constructing recombinant vectors, host cells or producing xylanase are disclosed, wherein the nucleotide molecules contain nucleotide sequences having greater than 80% identity with nucleotide sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 1. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288916 | IMMORTALIZED AVIAN CELL LINES FOR VIRUS PRODUCTION - The present invention relates to immortalized avian cell lines suitable for production of biologicals or viruses for vaccination. In particular, the cell lines are derived from primary cells which are transformed with at least two viral or cellular genes, one of which causes cell cycle progression whereas the other interferes with innate protective mechanisms of the cell induced by dysregulated replication. The invention moreover relates to the production of said immortalized cell lines and their use for producing biologicals or viruses for vaccination. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288917 | ALGAE GROWTH SYSTEM - The invention includes a bioreactor system for growing a photosynthetic culture in an aqueous liquid and harvesting the photosynthetic culture. The present invention further relates to a method for growing a photosynthetic culture in an aqueous liquid and harvesting the photosynthetic culture. The present invention further relates to a use of a harvester system arranged to collect at least part of the scooped photosynthetic culture in a photo bioreactor system. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288918 | SALT TOLERANT ORGANISMS - Disclosed herein are transformed non-vascular photosynthetic organisms that are salt tolerant, nucleotides and vectors useful in conducting such transformations, and transformed strains produced by such transformations. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288919 | NOVEL PROCESS FOR ENZYMATIC BLEACHING OF FOOD PRODUCTS - The present invention relates to a process for the production of a food product whereby an intermediate form of said food product comprises a pigment, which process comprises adding at least one enzyme that is effective in directly converting said pigment into a form which results in increasing the whiteness of at least part of the food product compared to the food product for which said enzyme is not added during its production. The invention also relates to food products obtained from the process of the invention. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288920 | DISPOSABLE CHIP-TYPE FLOW CELL AND FLOW CYTOMETER USING THE SAME - The object of the present invention is to provide (1) a cell sorter, (2) a flow cytometer capable of detecting sideward scattered light, (3) a method for accurately measuring cell concentration, (4) a method for multicolor staining analysis without a fluorescence correction, and the like, which satisfy requirements that carry-over and cross contamination of samples do not occur. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288921 | SOLAR POWERED SPECTRAL PHOTOSYNTHETIC BIOREACTOR SYSTEM FOR CULTURING MICROALGAE AT HIGH DENSITY - A solar powered spectral photosynthetic bioreactor system for culturing microalgae at high density, the system comprising a photobioreactor and further comprising a solar collector, optical fiber, an illuminant device within the photobioreactor, and a residual gas absorption device and culture medium separation and recovery device each connected to the photobioreactor; the illuminant device having one end connected to a spectral light intensity adjusting device installed above the photobioreactor; the adjusting device connected to the solar collector via the optical fiber; a gas distributor provided between the underside of the illuminant device and a base part of the photobioreactor; the distributor connected to an output end of a gas mixing device. This system can effectively improve utilization of solar energy, lower external electrical power consumption, and resolve the problems of solar energy being intermittent and unstable in nature and difficult to collect, ensuring continuous and stable culturing of microalgae. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288922 | APPARATUS FOR FACILTIATING EVALUATING MIGRATION OF CELLS IN VITRO - Method and apparatus for processing a cell culture are provided. The method includes establishing a cell culture within a holding device having one or more wells, each well holding a cell culture, and including a well substrate with at least one electrode in contact with the cell culture; periodically applying at least one electrical pulse to the at least one electrode to prevent cells from attaching to and achieving confluence over the at least one electrode while allowing cells to attach to and achieve confluence over other portions of the well substrate; and discontinuing the periodically applying of the at least one electrical pulse to the at least one electrode after cells have achieved confluence over the other portions of the well substrate, and thereafter, monitoring the cell culture to monitor migration of cells over the electrode(s) from the other portions of the well substrate. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288923 | Instrument and Method for Automatically Heat-Sealing a Microplate - A heating device for heating a thermally fixable sealing cover disposed over the microplate adjacent the wells, a cooling device for actively cooling the microplate and a controller set up to control activity of the heating and cooling devices in a manner to heat the sealing cover so as to thermally fix it to the microplate and to actively cool the microplate so as to keep a temperature of the samples below a predefined temperature when heating the sealing cover. It further relates to a method for automatically sealing a microplate in which the thermally fusible sealing cover is disposed over the microplate, the sealing cover is heated to thermally fix it to the microplate and the microplate is actively cooled in a manner that a temperature of the liquid reaction mixtures is kept below a predefined temperature when heating the sealing cover. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288924 | CARTRIDGE FOR CONDUCTING A CHEMICAL REACTION - A cartridge for conducting a chemical reaction includes a body having at least one flow path formed therein. The cartridge also includes a reaction vessel extending from the body for holding a reaction mixture for chemical reaction and optical detection. The vessel comprises a rigid frame defining the side walls of a reaction chamber. The frame includes at least one channel connecting the flow path to the chamber. The vessel also includes flexible films or sheets attached to opposite sides of the rigid frame to form opposing major walls of the chamber. In addition, at least two of the side walls are optically transmissive and angularly offset from each to permit real-time optical detection of analyte in the reaction chamber. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288925 | OPTICAL TRAPPING PARTICLES, ANGULAR OPTICAL TRAP SYSTEMS, METHODS OF MAKING, AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to an optical trapping particle including a birefringent crystalline particle having a body and a length extending between a first end and a second end, said particle comprising an optic axis perpendicular to the length of the body, wherein the length of the body is greater than the largest width dimension of the first or second ends. The present invention also relates to an optical trapping particle including an optically isotropic particle having a body and a length extending between a first end and a second end, said particle having an asymmetric cross-section, wherein the length of the body is from about 10 nanometers to about 10 micrometers and is greater than the largest width dimension of the first or second ends. Angular optical trap systems including the optical trapping particles, methods of making, and methods of use are also disclosed. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288926 | Blood Cell Trajectory Displaying Device - Disclosed is a blood cell trajectory display device ( | 2012-11-15 |
20120288927 | BIOMASS TREATMENT DEVICE - A biomass treatment device (A) includes a hot compressed water reaction device ( | 2012-11-15 |
20120288928 | PHOTOBIOREACTOR FOR CULTURING MICROALGAE USING HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE - Disclosed is a high-speed photobioreactor for culturing microalgae using a hollow fiber membrane. More particularly a high-speed photobioreactor for culturing microalgae using a hollow fiber membrane capable of facilitating growth of microalgae and maximizing carbon dioxide fixation by increasing the rate of carbon dioxide saturation in a culture medium. Specifically, a high-speed photobioreactor for culturing microalgae using a hollow fiber membrane includes a reactor main body for culturing microalgae; a hollow fiber membrane module for supplying carbon dioxide into a culture medium in the reactor main body; a culture medium circulation pump for circulating the culture medium; and a defoamer for removing foams produced in the culture medium. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288929 | INOCULATING APPARATUS FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES IN AGAR SURFACE OF PETRI CAPSULES - A disposable microsyringe, whose tubular body is attached by its rear end into the front starting point of a longitudinal void of an intermediate housing, has located in the longitudinal void a moving head movable upon an axis and, which is connected to the rear end of the syringe plunger. The moving head is also connected, by a longitudinal rod, to a moving carriage movable upon an axis along the same direction as the moving head, and being said moving carriage guided within an elongated tube connected to at the rear end of the intermediate housing, as a continuation thereof, incorporating to said elongated tube a motor element, whose actuation drives the plunger via a moving head, a longitudinal rod and a moving carriage. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288930 | Lipid Pathway Modification in Oil-Bearing Microorganisms - The invention provides methods of modifying the lipids produced by microbial organisms through genetic engineering. The invention also provides genetically engineered microbes and methods of fermenting microbes for oil production. Also provided are oils, fuels, oleochemicals, chemical precursors, and other compounds manufactured by such modified microorganisms. Exemplary oil-bearing organisms include organisms containing one or more exogenous genes encoding a fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase, fatty acyl-CoA/aldehyde reductase, fatty acyl-CoA reductase, fatty aldehyde reductase, fatty aldehyde decarbonylase, and/or an acyl carrier protein. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288931 | METHODS FOR TREATING CANCERS AND PATHOGEN INFECTIONS USING ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS LOADED WITH RNA - Disclosed are cells and methods for treating or preventing tumor formation or infections with pathogens in a patient. The cells of the invention are antigen-presenting cells (e.g., dendritic cells or macrophage) that have been loaded with RNA derived from tumors or pathogens. By administering the RNA-loaded antigen-presenting cells to a patient, tumor formation or pathogen infections can be treated or prevented. Alternatively, the RNA-loaded cells can be used as stimulator cells in the ex vivo expansion of CTL. Such CTL can then be used in a variation of conventional adoptive immunotherapy techniques. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288932 | THERMOPHILIC AND THERMOACIDOPHILIC SUGAR TRANSPORTER GENES AND ENZYMES FROM ALICYCLOBACILLUS ACIDOCALDARIUS AND RELATED ORGANISMS, METHODS - Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from | 2012-11-15 |
20120288933 | SYNTHETIC MIMICS OF MIR-34 - Embodiments concern methods and compositions involving miR-34 mimics, including miR-34a and miR-34c mimics. In some embodiments, there are double-stranded RNA molecules with modified nucleotides having an active strand with a miR-34a sequence and a complementary passenger strand. In additional embodiments, there are double-stranded RNA molecules with modified nucleotides having an active strand with a miR-34c sequence and a complementary passenger strand. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288934 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING LIVING CELLS BY MEANS OF A PLASMA - A device for treating living cells by plasmaporation contains, in addition to devices for generating plasma and generating a field, devices for mixing and transporting active substances, predominantly in the form of nano and microparticles, for affecting the metabolism of the cells. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288935 | "Click" Nanoparticle Conjugates - Modified nanoparticles are disclosed. More specifically, nanoparticles modified with an agent through a triazole linkage are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of preparing modified nanoparticles and methods of using these modified nanoparticles. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288936 | METHODS FOR REPROGRAMMING CELLS AND USES THEREOF - Described herein are methods for cell dedifferentiation, transformation and eukaryotic cell reprogramming. Also descried are cells, cell lines, and tissues that can be transplanted in a patient after steps of in vitro dedifferentiation and in vitro reprogramming. In particular embodiments the cells are Stem-Like Cells (SLCs), including Neural Stem-Like Cells (NSLCs). Also described are methods for generating these cells from human somatic cells and other types of cells. Also provided are compositions and methods of using of the cells so generated in human therapy and in other areas. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288937 | BIOREACTOR FOR CONTROLLING CELLULAR GROWTH - A system includes a first chamber configured to receive a hydrogel and a scaffold comprising a cell, wherein the hydrogel is in fluid communication with the scaffold, and wherein the hydrogel includes a plurality of unidirectional pores. The system also includes a second chamber configured to receive a first fluid and a second fluid, wherein the second chamber includes a wall that separates the first fluid from the second fluid. The system further includes a porous membrane configured to separate the first chamber from the second chamber. The wall is configured to move along the porous membrane as cellular extensions are projected into at least a portion of the plurality of unidirectional pores of the hydrogel. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288938 | SELF-ASSEMBLING CELL AGGREGATES AND METHODS OF MAKING ENGINEERED TISSUE USING THE SAME - A composition comprising a plurality of cell aggregates for use in producing engineered organotypic tissue by organ printing. A method of making a plurality of cell aggregates comprises centrifuging a cell suspension, extruding the resulting pellet through an orifice, and cutting the extruded pellet into pieces. Apparatus for making cell aggregates comprises an extrusion system and a cutting system. In a method of organ printing, a plurality of cell aggregates are embedded in a polymeric or gel matrix and allowed to fuse to form a desired three-dimensional tissue structure. An intermediate product comprises at least one layer of matrix and a plurality of cell aggregates embedded therein in a predetermined pattern. Modeling methods predict the structural evolution of fusing cell aggregates for combinations of cell type, matrix, and embedding patterns to enable selection of organ printing process parameters for use in producing an engineered tissue having a desired three-dimensional structure. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288939 | NANOPARTICULATE CELL CULTURE SURFACE - A cell culture article including a substrate having nanoparticles on the substrate surface, the nanoparticle including:
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20120288940 | DIPEPTIDE ACETYLENE CONJUGATES AND A METHOD FOR PHOTOCLEAVAGE OF DOUBLE STRAND DNA BY DIPEPTIDE ACETYLENE CONJUGATES - Photoreactive DNA cleaving conjugate compounds are provided comprising a DNA cleaving moiety which comprises an aryl alkyne group and a polyfunctional pH-regulated DNA-binding moiety which comprises at least one or two amino groups. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288941 | USE OF MEGANUCLEASES FOR INDUCING HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION EX VIVO AND IN TOTO IN VERTEBRATE SOMATIC TISSUES AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Use of meganucleases for inducing homologous recombination ex vivo and in toto in vertebrate somatic tissues and to its application for genome engineering and gene therapy. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288942 | USE OF MEGANUCLEASES FOR INDUCING HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION EX VIVO AND IN TOTO IN VERTEBRATE SOMATIC TISSUES AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Use of meganucleases for inducing homologous recombination ex vivo and in toto in vertebrate somatic tissues and to its application for genome engineering and gene therapy. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288943 | USE OF MEGANUCLEASES FOR INDUCING HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION EX VIVO AND IN TOTO IN VERTEBRATE SOMATIC TISSUES AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Use of meganucleases for inducing homologous recombination ex vivo and in toto in vertebrate somatic tissues and to its application for genome engineering and gene therapy. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288944 | Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Sensing Method - A method for detecting a taggant molecular structure in a fluid includes providing a molecularly imprinted polymer sensor device, contacting a molecularly imprinted crosslinked star polymer with the fluid, and correlating a color change in the fluid with the amount of the taggant molecular structure in the fluid. The device has polymer arms attached to a core, and the core has molecular sized cavities adapted to selectively receive and bind displacement molecules having the taggant molecular structure and a colorimetric indicator. The displacement molecule is selectively removed from the molecularly imprinted crosslinked polymer upon exposure to the taggant molecular structure in the fluid thereby indicating the presence of the taggant molecular structure in the fluid based on a loss of color along a length of a housing. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288945 | System and method for determining contaminants in wastewater including shipboard bilge water - A wastewater diagnostic system provides a housing that holds equipment to perform contaminant diagnostics in bilge water including shipboard bilge water. The wastewater diagnostic system utilizes a plurality of receptacles to house glass containers and reagents. The wastewater diagnostic system of the preferred embodiment includes shock-absorbing materials in the compartments to prevent movement and securely house glass containers and reagents. The wastewater diagnostic system further utilizes a flat work surface portion providing a test bed to conduct tests in non-laboratory environments. The system also provides methods to conduct tests to determine contaminants while utilizing the system. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288946 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHOD FOR DETECTING MACHINING BURNS OF A VERY-HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL, AND COLOUR CHART FOR CALIBRATING MACHINING BURNS OF SAID STEEL - A method for efficient, industrialisable detection of machining burns of VHS steel. Machined steel is immersed in an aqueous solution of acids including hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid. To define a burn degree, a color chart for calibrating machining burns of VHS steel detected using the method is prepared. The color chart can include studs of the examined steel subjected to deliberate damage by excessive resurfacing actions (or other machining modes), then submerged in the acid solution. The resurfacing actions can be simulated by overheated thermal treatment, between an ageing temperature (for example 510° C. for steel) and a solution annealing temperature (950° C. for the steel). The samples are classified according to the grey level thereof resulting from the immersion and corresponding to a predetermined hardness and thus to a predetermined level of damage. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288947 | FLUORESCENT PROBE COMPOUNDS, PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF - The present invention discloses a fluorescent probe compound which solved the problem of fluorescence quenching by Pd | 2012-11-15 |
20120288948 | CONTROLLED TUNNEL GAP DEVICE FOR SEQUENCING POLYMERS - The invention includes compositions, devices, and methods for analyzing a polymer and/or polymer unit. The polymer may be a homo- or hetero-polymer such as DNA, RNA, a polysaccharide, or a peptide. The device includes electrodes that form a tunnel gap through which the polymer can pass. The electrodes are functionalized with a reagent attached thereto, and the reagent is capable of forming a transient bond to a polymer unit. When the transient bond forms between the reagent and the unit, a detectable signal is generated and used to analyze the polymer. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288949 | DETECTION METHOD AND SENSOR BASED ON INTERPARTICLE DISTANCE - The present invention relates to a method for determining the presence or amount of a compound in a sample by interparticle distance-dependent sensing, comprising:
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20120288950 | FLUORESCENT ORGANIC NANOFIBRILS AS SENSORY MATERIALS FOR EXPLOSIVES DETECTION - A class of fluorescent, organic nanofibrils, and particularly the films comprising entangled piling of these nanofibrils exhibiting effective quenching of their fluorescence upon exposure the vapor of explosives is disclosed. A sensor and a method for sensing the explosives vapor and other volatile organic compounds is disclosed, including the explosives taggants through the modulation of the fluorescence of the nanofibril film and the electrical conductivity of the nanofibrils. A development of synthetic methods is disclosed, such as protocols and techniques that lead to the production of various arylene-ethynylene macrocycle (AEM) molecules, which consist of a shape-persistent, toroidal scaffold in planar conformation, with minimal ring strain and highly tunable ring sizes (from 0.5 nm to above 10 nm). An approach to optimization of the one-dimensional molecular arrangement along the long axis of the nanofibril is also disclosed, which provides increased exciton migration and charge transport (via pi-electronic delocalization). | 2012-11-15 |
20120288951 | DETECTION OF VAPOR PHASE COMPOUNDS BY CHANGES IN PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL - The present invention relates to the field of detection of components in gas phase, and in particular to detection of nitric oxide exhaled as a component of breath, using a liquid crystal assay format and a device utilizing liquid crystals as part of a reporting system. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288952 | DIAGNOSTIC TOOL AND PROCESS FOR ASSESSING THERMAL UREA GASIFICATION PERFORMANCE - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for treating and analyzing a gas stream to determine the effectiveness of urea gasification. The apparatus will be capable of performing the method and will include: means for introducing an aqueous solution of urea into a reactor having hot gases therein and subjecting the aqueous to temperatures for a time to assure the gasification of the aqueous urea and form a thermal gasification product stream containing NH | 2012-11-15 |
20120288953 | OXAZINE-BASED SENSOR FOR CONTAMINANT DETECTION, FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USES THEREOF - A sensor, a method for its fabrication, and a method for its use to detect contaminants, for example, ammonia, in stagnant and dynamic fluid media, especially liquid media. The sensor is an opto-chemical sensor that includes a polymer optical fiber, a sensing layer comprising oxazine 170 perchlorate on the polymer optical fiber, and a membrane layer on the sensing layer. The membrane layer is gas permeable and not permeable to the fluid in the fluid system, and moisture is entrapped by and between the sensing and membrane layers. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288954 | Chromium-Free Indicating Device - A chemical indicating device ( | 2012-11-15 |
20120288955 | WATER ABSORBING MATERIAL - Provided is a water absorbing material having a granular core portion and a coating layer portion coating the granular core portion, which enables a test result after use to be clearly determined by developing vivid and uniform color. In the water absorbing material, the coating layer portion is composed of 90 wt % to 96 wt % of a substrate and 10 wt % to 4 wt % of an excretion test material, the excretion test material contains a porous adsorbent having an adsorbance of 20 wt % or greater and including micropores, and an excretion test indicator adsorbed on the micropores of the porous adsorbent, and the excretion test indicator is added in an amount more than 0.1 wt % and not more than 1.0 wt % relative to the total amount of the coating layer portion. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288956 | COLLECTING AND PROCESSING COMPLEX MACROMOLECULAR MIXTURES - This document provides methods and materials involved in collecting and processing complex macromolecular mixtures (e.g., stool samples). For example, stool collection devices, buffers for stabilizing nucleic acid and polypeptides present in stool, and kits for using sequence-specific capture probes (e.g., nucleic acid sequences designed to hybridize with particular target nucleic acids) to capture target nucleic acids directly from complex macromolecular mixtures (e.g., stool samples) without the need to perform prior steps to enrich, isolate, or purify the nucleic acid component are provided. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288957 | REMOVAL OF PCR INHIBITORS - Provided herein is technology relating to processing and preparing samples and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, systems, and kits for removing assay inhibitors from samples comprising nucleic acids. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288958 | Carbon Laminated Materials for Sample Preparation - A sample preparation material is described for supporting sample preparation procedures, such as solid phase extraction (SPE). The present sample preparation material is useful as a sorption media which is highly and selectively retentive for various analytes of interest. The sorption media is prepared by carbon deposition on target substrates, wherein the deposited carbon substantially covers the substrate. In some embodiments, the substrate may be porous particles, which retain their porosity subsequent to carbon deposition. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288959 | RAPID DETECTION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID, METHODS AND SYSTEMS THEREFORE - Methods and systems are disclosed for rapid detection of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in a sample. In some embodiments, the methods comprise depleting a biological sample of beta-1 transferrin by contacting the sample with a sialic acid-specific lectin bound to a solid support, followed by subjecting the beta-1 transferrin-depleted sample to a lateral flow immunoassay. The methods can be used to detect CSF comprised by a sample in under one hour. Furthermore, the methods can detect CSF in a biological sample such as a plasma sample of a volume as small as about 10 μl. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288960 | METHOD FOR MEASURING CONCENTRATION OF ANTIGEN CONTAINED IN TEST SOLUTION - A biogenic substance concentration measuring apparatus includes an optical measuring apparatus for measuring optical properties of a first substrate and a second substrate by using a cell for biogenic substance concentration measurement that includes: the first substrate on which a plurality of first metallic nanorods, each of which is modified with a substance that bonds specifically to a test substance, are immobilized such that the long axes thereof are aligned in the same direction; and the second substrate on which a plurality of second metallic nanorods, each of which is modified with a blocking substance, are immobilized such that the long axes thereof are aligned perpendicularly to the long axes of the first metallic nanorods on the first substrate, and calculates a biogenic substance concentration with high accuracy from the optical properties. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288961 | CAPILLARITY-BASED DEVICES FOR PERFORMING CHEMICAL PROCESSES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present technology is directed to capillarity-based devices for performing chemical processes and associated system and methods. In one embodiment, for example, a device can include a base configured to receive one or more fluids, a porous wick carried by the base portion, and a flow-metering element along the porous wick to modify a rate or volume of fluid flow along the porous wick. The porous wick can comprise a first pathway, a second pathway, and an intersection at which the first pathway and the second pathway converge. Input ends of the first and second pathways can be wettably distinct. Upon wetting of the input ends, fluid is configured to travel by capillary action along each pathway. The device may also include volume-metering features configured to automatically and independently control or modify a volume of fluid flow along one or more pathways of the porous wick. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288962 | METHOD OF DETECTING RAW PORK AND DETECTION KIT THEREFOR - [Object] To provide preparation of a detection antibody optimal for detecting by immunoassay raw pork in non-heated food with high performance and high sensitivity without causing non-specific reaction, a convenient and high-accuracy detection process using the detection antibody, and a detection kit therefor. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288963 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETO-RESISTIVE ELEMENT - The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a magneto-resistive element capable of obtaining a higher MR ratio, in a method of forming a metal oxide layer (e.g., MgO layer) by oxidation treatment of a metal layer (e.g., Mg layer). An embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of; providing a substrate having a first ferromagnetic layer; fabricating a tunnel barrier layer on the first ferromagnetic layer; and forming a second ferromagnetic layer on the tunnel barrier layer. The step of fabricating the tunnel barrier layer includes; the steps of; depositing a first metal layer on the first ferromagnetic layer; | 2012-11-15 |
20120288964 | SPIN-TORQUE BASED MEMORY DEVICE WITH READ AND WRITE CURRENT PATHS MODULATED WITH A NON-LINEAR SHUNT RESISTOR - A fabrication method includes forming a spin-polarizing layer, a spin transport layer on the spin polarizing layer on a substrate, a free layer magnet on the spin transport layer, a non-magnetic layer on the spin polarizing layer, a reference layer on the non-magnetic layer, and a hard mask layer on the reference layer, etching the hard mask layer and forming a read portion including the reference layer, the nonmagnetic layer and the free layer magnet, forming a nonlinear resistor layer on surfaces of the spin transport layer, the spacers, and the hard mask layer, etching the nonlinear resistor layer, the spin transport layer, and the spin polarizing layer and forming a write portion including the spin transport layer and the spin polarizing layer, forming an interlevel dielectric layer, forming a trench, exposing an upper surface of the reference layer of the read and write portions. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288965 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Stable contact hole forming is attained even when an aluminum oxide film is present between layers provided with contact holes. The process comprises the steps of forming a first element layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a first interlayer insulating film on the first element layer; forming a second element layer on the first interlayer insulating film; forming a second interlayer insulating film on the second element layer; forming a hole resist pattern on the second interlayer insulating film; conducting a first etching for forming of holes by etching the second interlayer insulating film; and conducting a second etching for extending of holes to the first element layer by etching the first interlayer insulating film. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288966 | METHOD FOR DECAPSULATING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE - A method for decapsulating an integrated circuit package in the absence of a mask is disclosed. First, a package is provided. The package includes at least a circuit element and a molding compound enclosing the circuit. Second, a caustic solution is simultaneously provided and drained. The caustic solution is capable of etching the molding compound while in continuous contact with the molding compound to etch the molding compound. As a consequence, the molding compound is removed so that the circuit element in the package is substantially exposed. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288967 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING CIRCUIT IN PACKAGE - A method for decapsulating an integrated circuit package without the need of using a mask during the decapsulation process is disclosed. First, a package is provided. The package includes at least a circuit element and a molding compound enclosing the circuit. Second, a caustic solution is simultaneously provided. The caustic solution is capable of etching the molding compound and intermittently contacts a pre-selected area of the molding compound to etch the molding compound. As a consequence, the caustic solution removes the molding compound in the pre-selected area so the circuit element in the package is substantially exposed. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288968 | Method for repairing a semiconductor structure having a current-leakage issue - A method for repairing a semiconductor structure having a current-leakage issue includes finding a semiconductor structure having a current-leakage issue through application of a test voltage from an electric test device and applying an electric power stress to the semiconductor structure to melt a stringer or a bridge between two conductive elements or to allow the stringer or the bridge to be oxidized. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288969 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - An etching apparatus includes a process unit and a control unit. Emission intensity of plasma inside the process unit is obtained by an OES detector, a nonlinear regression analysis is performed by an etching control device to determine a regression formula. The nonlinear regression analysis is performed by using the emission intensity of the plasma obtained until a first time when the emission intensity of the plasma passes a peak, and a second time to be an etching end point is calculated by using the regression formula. The etching end point is calculated as a time when the emission intensity decreases for a predetermined value from the first time. The etching apparatus finishes an etching when the process reaches the etching end point. It is thereby possible to control the etching end point with high-accuracy. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288970 | HEAT TREATMENT METHOD AND HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY IRRADIATING SUBSTRATE WITH LIGHT - After flash irradiation on a semiconductor wafer is started and then the temperatures of front and back surfaces of the semiconductor wafer become equal to each other, the temperature of the back surface of the semiconductor wafer, which has a known emissivity, is measured with a radiation thermometer. The emissivity of the front surface of the semiconductor wafer is calculated based on the intensity of radiated light from a black body having an equal temperature to the temperature of the back surface thereof, and the intensity of radiated light actually radiated from the front surface of the semiconductor wafer. Then, the temperature of the front surface of the semiconductor wafer heated by the flash irradiation is calculated based on the calculated emissivity and the intensity of the radiated light from the front surface of the semiconductor wafer that has been measured after the flash irradiation is started. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288971 | Co-Integration of Photonic Devices on a Silicon Photonics Platform - Disclosed are methods for co-integration of active and passive photonic devices on a planarized silicon-based photonics substrate. In one aspect, a method is disclosed that includes providing a planarized silicon-based photonics substrate comprising a silicon waveguide structure, depositing a dielectric layer over the planarized silicon-based photonics substrate, selectively etching the dielectric layer, thereby exposing at least a portion of the silicon waveguide structure, selectively etching the exposed portion of the silicon waveguide structure to form a template, using the silicon waveguide structure as a seed layer to selectively grow in the template a germanium layer that extends above the dielectric layer, and planarizing the germanium layer to form a planarized germanium layer, wherein the planarized germanium layer does not extend above the dielectric layer. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288972 | LED PHOSPHOR INK COMPOSITION FOR INK-JET PRINTING - The present invention provides an ink jet printable phosphor ink composition for LED packaging that enables precision control of the amount and position of phosphor layers on the LED device or the LED device packaging. The ink includes both a UV-curable resin component and a thermally curable resin component. A phase-separation component prevents phase separation of the UV-curable resin component and the thermally curable resin component. Phosphor particles on the order of less than approximately 2 microns are uniformly dispersed throughout the ink composition. The phosphor ink composition is deposited through either thermal or piezoelectric ink jet printing; a thin layer is deposited in a desired pattern. UV curing (and, optionally, thermal curing) is used to fix each layer followed by subsequent deposition and curing. In this manner, undesirable phosphor settling does not occur and layers are selectively built up to form precise phosphor distributions. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288973 | DISPENSING METHOD AND DISPENSING APPARATUS - Disclosed are a dispensing method and a dispensing apparatus for dispensing a coating material over an object to be applied by a dispensing device within a dispensing chamber including a top plate, a bottom plate and side plates, in which a fresh air inlet and an exhaust outlet are formed in an upper portion and a lower portion of the dispensing chamber, respectively; at least a discharge hole of the dispensing device is exposed to within the upper portion of the dispensing chamber;
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20120288974 | Polarization Direction of Optical Devices Using Selected Spatial Configurations - A GaN based light emitting diode device which emits polarized light or light of various degrees of polarization for use in the creation of optical devices. The die are cut to different shapes, or contain some indicia that are used to represent the configuration of the weak dipole plane and the strong dipole plane. This allows for the more efficient manufacturing of such light emitting diode based optical devices. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288975 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display device (OLED) and a method of fabricating the same. The OLED includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor on the substrate and including a source electrode and a drain electrode; a first insulating layer on the substrate; a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer and including a trench; a via hole formed in the trench over the first and second insulating layers and exposing a portion of the source electrode or the drain electrode; a first electrode in the trench and connected to one of the source electrode and the drain electrode through the via hole; a pixel defining layer on the first electrode and having an opening exposing the first electrode; an organic layer in the opening and having at least an organic emission layer; and a second electrode on an entire surface of the substrate having the organic layer. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288976 | METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING LOW NOISE CHEMICALLY-SENSITIVE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS - Methods and apparatus relating to very large scale FET arrays for analyte measurements. ChemFET (e.g., ISFET) arrays may be fabricated using conventional CMOS processing techniques based on improved FET pixel and array designs that increase measurement sensitivity and accuracy, and at the same time facilitate significantly small pixel sizes and dense arrays. Improved array control techniques provide for rapid data acquisition from large and dense arrays. Such arrays may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in a wide variety of chemical and/or biological processes. In one example, chemFET arrays facilitate DNA sequencing techniques based on monitoring changes in hydrogen ion concentration (pH), changes in other analyte concentration, and/or binding events associated with chemical processes relating to DNA synthesis. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288977 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a dye-sensitized solar cell including a transparent electrode ( | 2012-11-15 |
20120288978 | METHOD FOR FORMING BUFFER LAYER IN DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - Disclosed is a method for forming a buffer layer ( | 2012-11-15 |
20120288979 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING SYSTEM - At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a solid state image sensor including at least one antireflective layer and/or non rectangular shaped wiring layer cross section to reduce dark currents and 1/f noise. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288980 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BACK CONTACT SOLAR CELL - A method for manufacturing a back contact solar cell according to the present invention comprises the following steps: preparing a p-type silicon substrate having a via hole; performing a diffusion process to form an emitter layer all over the surface of the substrate; forming an etching mask on the front surface and back surface of the substrate so as to selectively expose a portion of the substrate; etching a portion of the thickness of the substrate in the region exposed to the etching mask so as to remove an emitter layer in the relevant region; forming an anti-reflection film on the front surface of the substrate; and forming a grid electrode on the front surface of the substrate, and forming an n-electrode and a p-electrode on the back surface of the substrate. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288981 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL WITH TWO EXPOSED SURFACES OF ARC LAYER DISPOED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS - A method of manufacturing a solar cell includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a front side, a back side and a doped region; forming a conductor layer on the front side; firing the conductor layer at a temperature such that the conductor layer is formed with a first portion embedded into the doped region and a second portion other than the first portion; forming an anti-reflection coating (ARC) layer on the front side and the second portion, wherein the ARC layer covers the conductor layer so that the second portion of the conductor layer is disposed in the ARC layer; and removing the ARC layer on the conductor layer so that the conductor layer has an exposed surface exposed out of the ARC layer, wherein the exposed surface of the conductor layer is substantially flush with a first exposed surface of the ARC layer. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288982 | METHOD FOR REDUCING CONTACT RESISTANCE OF CMOS IMAGE SENSOR - This description relates to a method for reducing CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) contact resistance, the CIS having a pixel array and a periphery. The method includes performing Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) at a pixel contact hole area, annealing for silicide formation at the pixel contact hole area and performing contact filling. This description also relates to a method for reducing CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) contact resistance, the CIS having a pixel array and a periphery. The method includes implanting N+ or P+ for pixel contact plugs at a pixel contact hole area, performing Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) at pixel contact hole area, annealing for silicide formation at the pixel contact hole area, performing contact filling and depositing a first metal film layer, wherein the first metal film layer links contact holes for a source, a drain, or a poly gate of a CMOS device. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288983 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL MODULE - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a dye sensitized solar cell module. The method includes putting at least one or more heating-wires on an upper portion of an electrode of each solar cell sub-module; applying a metal paste on the upper portion of the electrode including at least one or more heating-wires; and heating and curing the metal paste by after overlapping the electrodes of a plurality of solar cell sub-modules each other, allowing a current to flow to at least one or more heating-wires. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288984 | Method for operating a vacuum Coating apparatus - A method for operating a vacuum coating apparatus, in particular for producing thin-film solar cells, a layer deposition step being carried out, after a coating chamber cleaning step using a cleaning gas and before a product production step, in order to apply a diffusion barrier layer onto the walls of the coating chamber. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288985 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL INCLUDING THE PREPARATION OF THE SURFACE OF A CRYSTALLINE SILICON SUBSTRATE - A method for producing of at least one photovoltaic cell includes successively the anisotropic etching of a surface of a crystalline silicon substrate and the isotropic etching treatment of said surface. The isotropic etching treatment includes at least two successive operations respectively consisting in forming a silicon oxide thin film with a controlled average thickness, ranging between 10 nm and 500 nm and in removing said thin film thus-formed. The operation consisting in forming a silicon oxide thin film on the face of the substrate is carried out by a thermally activated dry oxidation. Such a method makes it possible to improve the surface quality of the surface of the substrate once said surface is etched in an anisotropic way. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288986 | ELECTROPLATING METHOD FOR DEPOSITING CONTINUOUS THIN LAYERS OF INDIUM OR GALLIUM RICH MATERIALS - An electrochemical deposition method to form uniform and continuous Group IIIA material rich thin films with repeatability is provided. Such thin films are used in fabrication of semiconductor and electronic devices such as thin film solar cells. In one embodiment, the Group IIIA material rich thin film is deposited on an interlayer that includes 20-90 molar percent of at least one of In and Ga and at least 10 molar percent of an additive material including one of Cu, Se, Te, Ag and S. The thickness of the interlayer is adapted to be less than or equal to about 20% of the thickness of the Group IIIA material rich thin film. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288987 | AQUEOUS PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CRYSTALLINE COPPER CHALCOGENIDE NANOPARTICLES, THE NANOPARTICLES SO-PRODUCED, AND INKS AND COATED SUBSTRATES INCORPORATING THE NANOPARTICLES - The present invention relates to aqueous processes to make metal chalcogenide nanoparticles that are useful precursors to copper zinc tin sulfide/selenide and copper tin sulfide/selenide. In addition, this invention provides processes for preparing crystalline particles from the metal chalcogenide nanoparticles, as well as processes for preparing inks from both the metal chalcogenide nanoparticles and the crystalline particles. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288988 | Method for Manufacturing Semiconductor Layer, Method for Manufacturing Photoelectric Conversion Device, and Semiconductor Layer Forming Solution - It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor layer, a method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device, and a semiconductor layer forming solution which are able to easily manufacture a good semiconductor layer having a desired thickness. To accomplish this object, a starting solution containing a metallic element, a chalcogen organic compound and a Lewis base organic compound is initially produced. Next, heating the starting solution produces fine particles. The fine particles contain a metal chalcogenide which is a compound of the metallic element and a chalcogen element included in the chalcogen organic compound. A semiconductor layer is formed by using a semiconductor layer forming solution in which the fine particles are dispersed. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288989 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRODE OF SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS THEREOF - A manufacturing method of an electrode of a solar cell is provided. The manufacturing method of the electrode of the solar cell includes following steps. A laser doping process is performed to form a selective emitter on a substrate. A laser marking process is performed to form alignment markers on the substrate. The laser doping process and the laser marking process are performed in a same process chamber. An electrode screen printing process is performed to form an electrode on the selective emitter according to the alignment markers. Relative displacement between the alignment markers and the laser doping area (the selective emitter) is avoided so as to reduce the error of the subsequent screen printing process. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288990 | INSITU EPITAXIAL DEPOSITION OF FRONT AND BACK JUNCTIONS IN SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON SOLAR CELLS - Fabrication of a single crystal silicon solar cell with an insitu epitaxially deposited very highly doped p-type silicon back surface field obviates the need for the conventional aluminum screen printing step, thus enabling a thinner silicon solar cell because of no aluminum induced bow in the cell. Furthermore, fabrication of a single crystal silicon solar cell with insitu epitaxial p-n junction formation and very highly doped n-type silicon front surface field completely avoids the conventional dopant diffusion step and one screen printing step, thus enabling a cheaper manufacturing process. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288991 | BURNTHROUGH FORMULATIONS - For solar cell fabrication, the addition of precursors to printable media to assist etching through silicon nitride or silicon oxide layer thus affording contact with the substance underneath the nitride or oxide layer. The etching mechanism may be by molten ceramics formed in situ, fluoride-based etching, as well as a combination of the two. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288992 | Germanium Photodetector - A method for forming a photodetector device includes forming an insulator layer on a substrate, forming a germanium (Ge) layer on the insulator layer and a portion of the substrate, forming a second insulator layer on the Ge layer, patterning the Ge layer, forming a capping insulator layer on the second insulator layer and a portion of the first insulator layer, heating the device to crystallize the Ge layer resulting in an single crystalline Ge layer, implanting n-type ions in the single crystalline Ge layer, heating the device to activate n-type ions in the single crystalline Ge layer, and forming electrodes electrically connected to the single crystalline n-type Ge layer. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288993 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To establish a processing technique in manufacture of a semiconductor device including an In—Sn—Zn—O-based semiconductor. An In—Sn—Zn—O-based semiconductor layer is selectively etched by dry etching with the use of a gas containing chlorine such as Cl | 2012-11-15 |
20120288994 | THIN FILM TRANSISTORS USING MULTIPLE ACTIVE CHANNEL LAYERS - Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to TFTs and methods of fabricating the TFTs. In TFTs, the active channel carries the current between the source and drain electrodes. By tailoring the composition of the active channel, the current can be controlled. The active channel may be divided into three layers, a gate control layer, a bulk layer, and an interface control layer. The separate layers may have different compositions. Each of the gate control, bulk and interface control layers may additionally comprise multiple layers that may have different compositions. The composition of the various layers of the active channel comprise oxygen, nitrogen, and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of zinc, indium, cadmium, tin, gallium and combinations thereof. By varying the composition among the layers, the mobility, carrier concentration and conductivity of the various layers may be controlled to produce a TFT having desired properties. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288995 | Semiconductor Wafer Bonding Incorporating Electrical and Optical Interconnects - Methods for bonding semiconductor wafers requiring the transfer of electrical and optical signals between the bonded wafers and across the bonding interface. The methods incorporate the formation of both electrical and optical interconnect vias within the wafer bonding interface to transfer electrical and optical signals between the bonded wafers. The electrical vias are formed across the bonding surface using multiplicity of metal posts that are interfused across the bonding surface. The optical vias are formed across the bonding surface using multiplicity of optical waveguides each comprised of a dielectric material that interfuses across the bonding interface and having an index of refraction that is higher than the index of refraction of the dielectric intermediary bonding layer between the bonded wafers. The electrical and optical vias are interspersed across the bonding surface between the bonded wafers to enable uniform transfer of both electrical and optical signals between the bonded wafers. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288996 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AN ADHESIVE TO A CIRCUIT BOARD - Methods and apparatus for curing an adhesive on a circuit board are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of manufacturing is provided that includes isolating a first portion of a surface of a circuit board from a second portion of the surface with a flexible gasket. An adhesive is applied to the first portion of the surface. The adhesive is thermally cured. The flexible gasket prevents constituents outgassed from the adhesive from contaminating the second portion of the surface. | 2012-11-15 |
20120288997 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM WITH ENCAPSULATED THROUGH WIRE INTERCONNECTS (TWI) - A method for fabricating a stacked semiconductor system with encapsulated through wire interconnects includes providing a substrate having a first side, a second side and a substrate contact; forming a via in the substrate contact and the substrate to the second side; placing a wire in the via; forming a first contact on the wire proximate to the first side and a second contact on the wire proximate to the second side; and forming a polymer layer on the first side leaving the first contact exposed. The method also includes stacking two or more substrates and electrically connecting the through wire interconnects on the substrates. | 2012-11-15 |