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| 20090289367 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A copper interconnection layer is formed in an interconnection trench at a surface of an interlayer insulating film. A diffusion preventing insulating film is formed to cover the copper interconnection layer and is made of at least one of SiC and SiCN. An insulating film is formed on the copper interconnection layer with the diffusion preventing insulating film interposed and is made of SiN. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100126523 | TWO-PART HAIR DYE OR BLEACH COMPOSITION - Foam quality and discharge properties are improved by using a squeeze container to discharge a mixed solution of first and second agents of a two-part hair cosmetic for hair dyeing or bleaching in a foam. A two-part hair cosmetic | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100151673 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To provide a semiconductor device having a structure in which a barrier metal film containing nitrogen is formed in a connection surface between a copper alloy wiring and a via, in which the electric resistance between the copper alloy wiring and the via can be prevented from rising, and the electric resistance can be prevented from varying. A semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a first copper alloy wiring, a via and a first barrier metal film. The first copper alloy wiring is formed in an interlayer insulation film and contains a predetermined additive element in a main component Cu. The via is formed in an interlayer insulation film and electrically connected to the upper surface of the first copper alloy wiring. The first barrier metal film is formed so as to be in contact with the first copper alloy wiring in the connection part between the first copper alloy wiring and the via and contains nitrogen. The predetermined additive element reacts with nitrogen to form a high-resistance part. In addition, the concentration of the predetermined additive element is not more than 0.04 wt %. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100167525 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A seal ring is provided between a region where a circuit is formed on a semiconductor substrate and a dicing region. The seal ring has a portion where sealing layers of which the cross sectional form is in T-shape are layered and a portion where sealing layers of which the cross sectional form is rectangular are layered. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100327449 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To provide a semiconductor device having a structure in which a barrier metal film containing nitrogen is formed in a connection surface between a copper alloy wiring and a via, in which the electric resistance between the copper alloy wiring and the via can be prevented from rising, and the electric resistance can be prevented from varying. A semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a first copper alloy wiring, a via and a first barrier metal film. The first copper alloy wiring is formed in an interlayer insulation film and contains a predetermined additive element in a main component Cu. The via is formed in an interlayer insulation film and electrically connected to the upper surface of the first copper alloy wiring. The first barrier metal film is formed so as to be in contact with the first copper alloy wiring in the connection part between the first copper alloy wiring and the via and contains nitrogen. The predetermined additive element reacts with nitrogen to form a high-resistance part. In addition, the concentration of the predetermined additive element is not more than 0.04 wt %. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110101530 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A seal ring is provided between a region where a circuit is formed on a semiconductor substrate and a dicing region. The seal ring has a portion where sealing layers of which the cross sectional form is in T-shape are layered and a portion where sealing layers of which the cross sectional form is rectangular are layered. | 05-05-2011 |
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| 20080255314 | Dip-forming latex, dip-forming composition and dip-formed article - A dip-forming latex obtained by copolymerization of (a) 50-89.5 weight parts of a conjugated diene monomer, (b) 10-40 weight parts of an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, (c) 0.5-10 weight parts of an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer and (d) 0-20 weight parts of other copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer (the total of these monomers is 100 weight parts), wherein the copolymerization is initiated with a monomer mixture comprising at least 80 wt. % of (a), at least 50 wt. % of (b), 10-90 wt. % of (c) and least 80 wt. % of (d), and thereafter, the remainders of monomers are added to a polymerization system to continue copolymerization. This latex gives a dip-formed article exhibiting good softness of touch, high tensile strength and good retention of close fittingness. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090278284 | PROCESS FOR MAKING A DIP-FORMING COMPOSITION AND A DIP-FORMED ARTICLE - A dip-forming composition is provided, which can give a dip-formed article that exhibits good softness of touch and comfortable fittingness, an excellent tensile strength and a high flexural fatigue resistance, and which is less likely to color even when worn and subjected to working for a long time period. The above problem is solved by the dip-forming composition which is obtained by converting an organic peroxide, which is solid at 30° C. under normal pressure, to an aqueous dispersion in the presence of a surfactant and a polymeric protective colloid, adding the dispersion to a conjugated diene rubber latex, and aging the mixture. The organic peroxide is preferably dibenzoyl peroxide or dilauroyl peroxide. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100160568 | DIP FORMING LATEX COMPOSITION AND DIP FORMED ARTICLE - A dip-forming latex composition comprising a conjugated diene rubber latex and an organic peroxide, wherein the residual effective activity of organic peroxide defined as the ratio of organic peroxide retaining reactivity to the whole organic peroxide contained in the latex composition is 35% or higher. The invention provides a dip-formed article, which exhibits good softness of touch and comfortable fittingness and excellent in tensile strength and resistance to flexing fatigue; which itself hardly suffers coloration especially when the article thereof is worn as a glove for continuous operation for a long time and is hard to reduce adhesiveness and following characteristics to hand while wearing it; and a dip-forming latex composition capable to give such an article by dip-forming thereof. | 06-24-2010 |
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| 20080218194 | STACKED PACKAGE SCREENING - A semiconductor device in which a plurality of devices provided with mutually identical functions are stacked includes: a chip selection terminal by which the semiconductor device selects devices, a prescribed terminal for generating a second internal signal that is selectively switched from a first internal signal from the chip selection terminal, and an input-switching circuit for selectively switching the first internal signal and the second internal signal. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20100284228 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING DATA INPUT/OUTPUT UNIT CONNECTED TO BUS LINE - To provide a semiconductor device including: first and second bus lines; a first buffer connected between the first and second bus lines; second and third buffers connected to the first bus line; fourth and fifth buffers connected to the second bus line; first to fourth banks connected via the first, second, and third buffers to the second bus line; fifth to eighth banks connected via the fourth and fifth buffers to the second bus line; and a data input/output unit connected to the second bus line. Transfer delay times of the fourth and fifth buffers are longer than transfer delay times of the first, second, and third buffers. Thereby, it becomes possible to eliminate differences in data transfer times resulting from differences in distances between far and near ends without causing significant increase in wire density, increase in power consumption, or the like. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110032780 | Semiconductor device - The semiconductor device includes a first pair of data lines, a second pair of data lines, a third pair of data lines, a first amplifier (SA) connected to the first pair of data lines, a first switch that controls connection between the first pair of data lines and the second pair of data lines, a second switch that controls connection between the second pair of data lines and the third pair of data lines, a second amplifier that amplifies data on the second pair of data lines, for output to the third pair of data lines, a third amplifier connected to the third pair of data lines, and a control circuit that controls the second switch forming a pair of switches. When two data lines constituting the third pair of data lines both assume a first state, the control circuit controls the second switch to be turned off, thereby controlling the second pair of data lines and the third pair of data lines to be disconnected. Output data of the first amplifier is then output to the second pair of data lines via the first switch. When the two data lines constituting the third pair of data lines assume a second state different from the first state according to data output from the third amplifier, the second switch is controlled to be turned on, thereby controlling the second pair of data lines and the third pair of data lines to be connected. Then, the first amplifier receives the data output from the first amplifier. | 02-10-2011 |
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| 20090169891 | Water Absorbing Resin Particle Agglomerates and Manufacturing Method of the Same - Provided are a manufacturing method of water absorbing resin particle agglomerates capable of producing water absorbing resin particles having a sufficiently high water retention property and a large particle size without using a special material, which process has steps of (1) a polymerization step for producing primary particles of a water absorbing resin comprising suspending an aqueous monomer solution containing an unsaturated carboxylate in an organic solvent containing a nonionic surfactant therein, and subjecting the resulting suspension to reverse-phase suspension polymerization, and (2) an agglomeration step of agglomerating the primary particles by using a water soluble solvent; and water absorbing resin particle agglomerates stably showing a high water retention property and satisfying the following requirements: (a) 50 mol % or greater of repeating units of the polymer molecular chain of the water absorbing resin constituting the primary particles are carboxyl group-containing units and at least a portion of carboxyl groups of the carboxyl group-containing units is neutralized with at least one base selected from alkali metals, amines, and ammonia, and (b) the water absorbing resin particle agglomerates comprise, on the outer surface thereof, a portion having a neutralization ratio of carboxyl groups of not greater than 40 mol % and, inside of the water absorbing resin particle agglomerates, a portion having a neutralization ratio of carboxyl groups of 50 mol % or greater. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090177174 | Absorbent composite material and method for manufacturing the same - An absorbent composite comprising: a base material and water-absorbent resin particles; wherein the following conditions (1) to (4) are fulfilled: (1) the weight ratio of water-absorbent resin relative to the total weight of the base material and water-absorbent resin is 65 to 99 wt %, (2) the water-absorbent resin particles adhering directly to the base material constitute 50 wt % or more of the total water-absorbent resin particles; (3) the average absorption capacity of the water-absorbent resin particles is 50 g/g or more; and (4) the amount of residual monomers in the water-absorbent resin is 200 ppm or less. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20110204289 | Water Absorbing Resin Particle Agglomerates and a Manufactiring Method of the Same - Provided are a manufacturing method of water absorbing resin particle agglomerates capable of producing water absorbing resin particles having a sufficiently high water retention property and a large particle size without using a special material, which process has steps of (1) a polymerization step for producing primary particles of a water absorbing resin comprising suspending an aqueous monomer solution containing an unsaturated carboxylate in an organic solvent containing a nonionic surfactant therein, and subjecting the resulting suspension to reverse-phase suspension polymerization; and (2) an agglomeration step of agglomerating the primary particles by using a water soluble solvent.; and water absorbing resin particle agglomerates stably showing a high water retention property and satisfying the following requirements:(a) 50 mol % or greater of repeating units of the polymer molecular chain of the water absorbing resin constituting the primary particles are carboxyl group-containing units and at least a portion of carboxyl groups of the carboxyl group-containing units is neutralized with at least one base selected from alkali metals, amines, and ammonia, and (b) the water absorbing resin particle agglomerates comprise, on the outer surface thereof, a portion having a neutralization ratio of carboxyl groups of not greater than 40 mol % and, inside of the water absorbing resin particle agglomerates, a portion having a neutralization ratio of carboxyl groups of 50 mol % or greater. | 08-25-2011 |
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| 20090220524 | THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND CANCER - To provide a therapeutic drug for Alzheimer's disease and/or a cancer. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100062449 | Method Of Measuring PTX3 With High Sensitivity - To provide a method of determining vasculopathy, which is a risk factor of myocardial infarction, angiopathic dementia, etc., at an early stage thereof (i.e., mild vasculopathy). The present invention provides a method of determining the severity of mild vasculopathy, including determining PTX3 level in an assay sample by use of an anti-PTX3 monoclonal antibody. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100093010 | Inhibitor for the Formation of Gamma-Secretase Complex - It is intended to provide an inhibitor for the formation of a γ-secretase complex which comprises a cholesterol synthesis inhibitor or a protein geranylgeranylation regulator as the active ingredient; and use of a cholesterol synthesis inhibitor or a protein geranylgeranylation regulator for producing the same. It is also intended to provide a method of screening a substance having an effect of inhibiting the formation of an active complex of γ-secretase which comprises assaying the activity of inhibiting cholesterol synthesis or quantifying cholesterol accumulated in lipid rafts in cells. It is also intended to provide a method of screening a cholesterol synthesis inhibitor, a protein geranylgeranylation regulator or an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor which comprises assaying the effect of inhibiting the formation of an active complex of γ-secretase. Moreover, it is intended to provide a method of screening an effect of a test substance on γ-secretase which comprises measuring the distribution of constituents (niscastrin, APH-1, Pen-2 and so on) required by γ-secretase for the formation of its active complex in cells. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100218267 | Methods for Producing Antibodies - This invention provides methods for producing antibodies, wherein the methods comprise the step of administering an immunogen comprising both a target antigen and a background antigen to transgenic animals, into which a gene coding for the background antigen has been introduced. Since immunotolerance to the background antigens have thus been induced in the transgenic animals, the animals efficiently produce antibodies to target antigens. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100221766 | NUCLEAR TRANSFER PROMOTER FOR Cdc42 PROTEIN AND METHOD OF SCREENING THE SAME - A nuclear transfer promoter for Cdc42 protein comprising an isoprenoid synthesis inhibitor and/or a geranylgeranyl transferase inhibitor such as an HMG-CoA synthase inhibitor, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, an AMPK activator or a farnesyl pyrophosphoric acid synthase preparation; utilization thereof; a method therefor; a blood vessel remedy comprising the nuclear transfer promoter for Cdc42 protein as the active ingredient; and a method of screening a blood vessel remedy which comprises assaying the ability of Cdc42 protein to transfer into nucleus. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100247539 | Antibodies that Inhibit Transport Activity of Peptide Transporters - The present inventors discovered that the PepT-binding antibodies have the ability to inhibit the transport activity of peptide transporters, as a result of dedicated research. These antibodies may be utilized as cell growth inhibitors, for example, for treating and preventing cancer. | 09-30-2010 |