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Kyoko Adachi, Iwate JP
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| 20090215140 | Novel Microalga and Process for Producing Hydrocarbon - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel microalga that produces hydrocarbons available as an alternative fuel to a diesel fuel (light oil). | 08-27-2009 |
Kyoko Ando, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20090206391 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor memory device has a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of word lines formed on the semiconductor substrate at predetermined intervals, a selecting transistor arranged on each of two sides of each of the plurality of word lines in which a spacing between the selecting transistor and an adjacent one of the word lines is not less than three times a width of each of the word lines, an interlayer insulating film formed to cover upper surfaces of the word lines and selecting transistors, a first cavity portion which is located between each pair of adjacent ones of the word lines and whose upper portion is covered with the interlayer insulating film, a second cavity portion which is formed at a side wall portion of the word line adjacent to each selecting transistor which faces the selecting transistor and whose upper portion is covered with the interlayer insulating film, and a third cavity portion which is formed at a side wall portion of each of the selecting transistors and whose upper portion is covered with the interlayer insulating film. | 08-20-2009 |
Kyoko Fujita, Tokushima-Shi JP
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| 20100076999 | DOCUMENT SEARCHING DEVICE AND DOCUMENT SEARCHING METHOD - In registering a new document file in an index, the accumulated percentage of the number of registered keys A from registered keys associated with one posting data, including registered data, is computed. The posting data of a registered key associated with the number of posting data items, which is at most a threshold N, is stored in a leaf page of a balanced-plus tree constituted of the registered keys, and the posting data of a registered key associated with the number of posting data items, which is greater than the threshold N, is stored in a page of a posting-storing unit. When the accumulated number i of registered documents is a predetermined document number, the threshold N of the number of posting data items is changed to the maximum number of the posting data items that are associated with a registered key where the accumulated percentage is less than 60 percent. | 03-25-2010 |
Kyoko Hayashi, Toyama JP
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| 20110318298 | VIRAL INFECTION THERAPEUTIC DRUG CONTAINING POLYALKYLENEIMINE - Methods for administering a polyalkyleneimine to treat or prevent a viral infection, inactivate a virus, inhibit viral adsorption to a cell, and inhibit viral invasion of a cell are presented. | 12-29-2011 |
Kyoko Hida, Newton, MA US
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| 20110052570 | METHOD TO PROGNOSE RESPONSE TO ANTI-EGFR THERAPEUTICS - The present invention provides methods to determine the likelihood of effectiveness of an EGFR targeting treatment in a subject affected with a tumor based on the expression of EGFR of endothelial cells associated with the tumor. The present invention also provides methods of treating a subject affected with, or at risk for developing cancer with an EGFR targeting treatment and methods to screen for an EGFR targeting treatment. | 03-03-2011 |
Kyoko Higuchi, Gunma JP
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| 20080233627 | Nicotianamine synthase and gene encoding the same - A nicotianamine synthase is isolated and purified. Then the gene of this enzyme is cloned and the base sequence and amino acid sequence thereof are determined. This gene is employed in constructing plants, in particular, grass plants highly tolerant to iron-deficiency. A nicotianamine synthase involved in the mugineic acid biosynthesis pathway; the amino acid sequence thereof; a gene encoding the same; a vector containing this gene; cells transformed by the vector; a process for producing nicotianamine by using the same; plants transformed by the gene encoding the nicotianamine synthase; and an antibody against the nicotianamine syntase. | 09-25-2008 |
Kyoko Hino, Sodegaura-Shi JP
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| 20100149470 | PRECURSOR FILM FOR RETARDATION FILMS, RETARDATION FILM, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a film that is made of a propylene-based copolymer selected from among propylene-based random copolymers and propylene-based block copolymers, the film being useful as a precursor film for the production of a retardation film by stretching. The propylene-based copolymer forming the film contains crystals containing smectic crystals, wherein the percentage of smectic crystals to all the crystals of the propylene-based copolymer. The film has an in-plane retardation of 50 nm or less and a thickness falling within the range of 30 to 200 μm. The propylene-based copolymer is a copolymer that has a parameter (A) falling within the range of from 0.0007 to 0.1, the parameter (A) being calculated from Formula (1) defined for a stress-strain curve produced as a result of stretching a film made of the polymer at a tensile rate of 100 mm/minute at a temperature at which a stress of 0.8±0.1 MPa is produced at a strain of 200%: | 06-17-2010 |
Kyoko Hino, Nerima-Ku JP
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| 20100222517 | OPTICAL FILM - An optical film having at least one layer formed of a polyolefin based resin composition containing 8 to 30 wt % of a component (A) defined below and 92 to 70 wt % of a component (B) defined below, with the proviso that the total of the component (A) and the component (B) is 100 wt %: | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100258960 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL FILM MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC RESIN - There is provided a process for producing an optical thermoplastic resin film that can yield films with almost no orientation and with high transparency. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100276826 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RETARDATION FILM - A method for producing a retardation film by a tenter method, in which a thermoplastic resin film | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100283177 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PRECURSOR FILM FOR RETARDATION FILM MADE OF POLYPROPYLENE RESIN - There is provided a process for producing a precursor film for a polypropylene-based resin retardation film that can yield films with almost no orientation and with high transparency. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283191 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RETARDATION FILM OF THERMOPLASTIC RESIN - The process has a step of longitudinally stretching a thermoplastic resin film F by heating and floating the thermoplastic resin film F by blowing hot wind supplied from slit | 11-11-2010 |
Kyoko Hino, Chiba JP
Kyoko Horise, Kyoto JP
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| 20100315742 | BEARING APPARATUS, SPINDLE MOTOR, AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - In a bearing apparatus, a first cup portion defining a portion of a stationary portion of a bearing apparatus includes a circular plate portion and a cylindrical portion projecting downward from an outer edge portion of the circular plate portion. A rotating portion of the bearing apparatus includes an annular recessed portion arranged to accommodate at least a lower end portion of the cylindrical portion. Accordingly, it is possible to limit the axial dimension of the bearing apparatus while also enabling both a radial dynamic pressure groove array and a pumping groove array to have a sufficient axial dimension. Additionally, one end of a through hole defined in the rotating portion is arranged to open into the annular recessed portion, so that any air bubbles introduced into a lubricating oil by the pumping groove array can be efficiently caused to flow downward through the through hole and out of the bearing apparatus. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110123139 | DYNAMIC PRESSURE BEARING AND SPINDLE MOTOR USING THE SAME - A dynamic pressure bearing has a reduced axial dimension and is constructed to ensure smooth feeding of a lubricating oil. The dynamic pressure bearing includes a communicating hole and at least one tapered seal, and is constructed such that an opening angle of one of the at least one tapered seal through which oil feeding is possible is in a range of about 30 degrees inclusive to about 180 degrees exclusive, a tapered seal wall surface depth W | 05-26-2011 |
Kyoko Ikeda, Kofu-Shi JP
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| 20080264338 | PARTICLE-MEASURING SYSTEM AND PARTICLE-MEASURING METHOD - The present invention provides a particle measuring system which is provided in a processing system that generates an atmosphere obtained by exhausting air or a gas in a processing chamber by a vacuum pump and applies a process concerning semiconductor manufacture to a wafer W in the atmosphere, attached to an exhaust pipe which connects an exhaust opening of the processing chamber with the vacuum pump, and measures the number of the particles in the exhaust gas, and a measuring method thereof, the system and method providing a processing system and a cleaning method which terminate etching process by determining an end point based on the number of the particles in the exhaust gas and perform cleaning of unnecessary films. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100139565 | PARTICLE-MEASURING SYSTEM AND PARTICLE-MEASURING METHOD - The present invention provides a particle measuring system which is provided in a processing system | 06-10-2010 |
Kyoko Ikeda, Yamanashi JP
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| 20100297346 | VAPORIZING UNIT, FILM FORMING APPARATUS, FILM FORMING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A vaporizing unit, in supplying a gas material produced by vaporizing a liquid material onto a substrate to conduct a film forming process, can vaporize the liquid material with high efficiency to suppress generation of particles. With the vaporizing unit, positively or negatively charged bubbles, which have a diameter of 1000 nm or less, are produced in the liquid material, and the liquid material is atomized to form a mist of the liquid material. Further, the mist of the liquid material is heated and vaporized. The fine bubbles are uniformly dispersed in advance in the liquid material, so that very fine and uniform mist particles of the liquid material are produced when the liquid material is atomized, which makes heat exchange readily conducted. By vaporizing the mist of the liquid material, vaporization efficiency is enhanced, and generation of particles can be suppressed. | 11-25-2010 |
Kyoko Imai, Hitachinaka JP
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| 20090202390 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - An automatic analyzer includes a storage unit for storing operation information, information about usage histories of expendable supplies provided for the analysis, and an analysis-ID control unit giving an ID to the analysis, the analysis ID being used as information for identifying the analysis to derive a calibration curve. Data stored in the storage unit is organized along the same time axis both in the order of samples subjected to the analysis and inspection, and in the order of analysis items, so that the data is output in a total data display area. The data is organized from the viewpoint of an analysis process of an analysis item of each sample. By use of information used to identify an influence range based on a kind of an abnormal state, which is stored beforehand, a judgment is made as to whether or not it is necessary to perform reinspection. | 08-13-2009 |
Kyoko Inagaki, Inuyama-Shi JP
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| 20100093965 | HEAT SHRINKABLE POLYOLEFIN FILM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The inventive heat-shrinkable polyolefin film is high in shrinkability in the longitudinal direction that is its main shrinkage direction and excellent in finish properties after shrinkage, perforated line openability, and thermal blocking resistance. The heat-shrinkable polyolefin film is characterized by particular values with respect to hot-water heat shrinkage ratio in the longitudinal and width directions, right angle tear strength in the width direction, and heat-resistant peel strength. | 04-15-2010 |
Kyoko Ishibana, Tokyo JP
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| 20120098712 | PORTABLE WIRELESS TERMINAL - Disclosed is a portable wireless terminal wherein deterioration in antenna performance when placed on a metal desk or other structure can be prevented without sacrificing designability and without increasing the number of components. In this terminal, a hinge part ( | 04-26-2012 |
Kyoko Ishida, Yokohama JP
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| 20110202385 | METHOD AND ITS APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING PROJECT AND PROGRAM FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - The present invention provides a project supporting method which presents information on the order of priority of risk information associated with a target project, the method comprising the steps of: determining, on a past projects basis, similarity between risk information about past projects and information indicative of degree of risk for respective risk items that is characteristic to the target project; extracting past projects, the determined similarity of which is higher; creating profit impact-severity information for the respective risk items based on the risk information for the respective risk items and an estimated value and an actual value which are profit parameters for the extracted past projects; creating handling priority-order information from the created profit impact-severity information for the respective risk items regardless of evaluation information about the respective risk items which is inputted by a user; and outputting the created handling priority-order information and the created profit impact-severity information for the respective risk items. | 08-18-2011 |
Kyoko Ishii, Ibaraki-Shi JP
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| 20120062829 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL COATING FLUID AND POLARIZING FILM - A liquid-crystal coating fluid which comprises: an azo compound represented by the following general formula (1); and a solvent to dissolve the azo compound: | 03-15-2012 |
Kyoko Kamihagi, Shiga JP
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| 20100248262 | Anti-Fibronectin Fragment Monoclonal Antibody - A method for measuring a fibronectin fragment which is easy to handle and has excellent measuring accuracy, specificity and reproducibility is provided. An anti-fibronectin fragment monoclonal antibody which reacts with a human fibronectin fragment but does not react with human fibronectin, a measuring reagent containing the monoclonal antibody, a method for measuring a fibronectin fragment which uses the monoclonal antibody and a hybridoma which produces the monoclonal antibody are provided. | 09-30-2010 |
Kyoko Kamuro, Kawasaki JP
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| 20100034112 | COMMUNICATION MONITORING METHOD, COMMUNICATION MONITORING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND EXTERNAL DEVICE - A management system for use in a communication monitoring system, exchanging communication check information between external devices, and monitoring communication in the network, the management system including an information manager for managing topology information about each of a number of network apparatuses, representative information about a representative external device connected to a network apparatus connected to the management system, and adjacent information about one or more external devices adjacent to each of the external devices; and an information notifier for notifying each of the external devices of the topology information, the representative information, and the adjacent information supplied from the information manager. | 02-11-2010 |
Kyoko Kano, Ashigarakami-Gun JP
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| 20110058195 | COLOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A color information processing apparatus includes a color information processor for carrying out a plurality of steps of approximating or matching a color that actually is printed by a printing apparatus to a designated color, a result display controller for displaying a result of each of the steps each time that the steps are carried out, and a color history display controller for displaying a plurality of colors acquired in the steps as a history of changing designated colors. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110058197 | COLOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A color information processing apparatus includes a mapping section for mapping a designated color that lies outside of the range of a gamut of a printing apparatus to the range of the gamut according to a plurality of mapping techniques, and a display device for simultaneously displaying the designated color and a plurality of colors mapped by the mapping section. For example, the display device simultaneously displays the designated color and colors mapped by the mapping section adjacent to each other. | 03-10-2011 |
Kyoko Kataoka, Chigasaki-Shi JP
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| 20100304120 | Self-cleaning member and coating composition - A self-cleaning member comprising a member having a porous surface is disclosed. The member has a contact angle hysteresis Δθ (=θa−θr), which is a difference between an advancing contact angle θa and a receding contact angle θr measured by a dynamic contact angle measurement with an extension/contraction method, of 80 degree or more at the surface layer and a receding contact angle θr of 25 degree or less, is capable of forming a water film on the surface by water provided and of allowing an ionic or reactive contaminant to be washed away without fixation. | 12-02-2010 |
Kyoko Kato, Yokosuka JP
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| 20090072210 | SWITCHING DEVICE - A switching device contains a thin film containing an organic material disposed between at least two electrodes, and the organic material is, for example, a triphenylamine compound represented by the general formula (I): | 03-19-2009 |
Kyoko Kobayashi, Sukhumvit Soi TH
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| 20120041098 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR A TIRE CONTAINING EPOXIDE NATURAL RUBBER AND A PLASTICIZING RESIN - The present invention relates to a rubber composition based on at least an epoxidized natural rubber—, a reinforcing filler and, as plasticizing agent, an alpha-methylstyrene polymer resin. The invention also relates to the use of such a composition for the manufacture of a tyre tread exhibiting an improved compromise of properties with respect to grip on wet ground and rolling resistance. | 02-16-2012 |
Kyoko Koishi, Helensburgh NZ
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| 20090304675 | METHOD OF MODULATION OF MULLERIAN INHIBITORY SUBSTANCE (MIS) RECEPTOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES - This invention relates to methods for modulating neuronal cell death or impairment, and methods for the treatment, prevention, and/or amelioration of symptoms of one or more conditions or diseases in a mammal caused by neuronal cell death or dysfunction. | 12-10-2009 |
Kyoko Kojima, Kunitachi JP
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| 20090103031 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device comprises a first electrode disposed in a pixel area including an upper layer of a thin film transistor formed on a main surface of a first insulating substrate, a capacitive insulating layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the capacitive insulating layer. The first electrode and the second electrode are formed using a coated transparent electroconductive film and the capacitive insulating layer is formed using a coated insulating film. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090115950 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device is provided having a transmissive region and a reflective region in a pixel region in which a protective film is formed covering a thin film transistor over a substrate, wherein in the reflective region, an uneven surface is formed on a surface of the protective film, and a capacitor electrode which comprises a transparent conductive film and which is electrically connected to a source electrode of the thin film transistor, a first capacitor insulating film, and a reflective plate which also functions as an opposing electrode and in which the uneven surface formed on the protective film surfaces and appears with the capacitor electrode and the first capacitor insulating film therebetween are formed over the surface of the protective film, a second capacitor insulating film and a pixel electrode are formed covering the reflective region and the transmissive region. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090251652 | Silica based positive type photosensitive organic compound - A material for a dielectric film used in a flat display or the like having a positive type photosensitivity containing: | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090296031 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - One of the pixel electrode and the counter electrode includes, on a protective film formed so as to cover the thin film transistor, a planar metal electrode formed so as to cover routh surface formed in the reflective pixel part; and a planar transparent electrode formed in the reflective pixel part and the transparent pixel part so as to cover the metal electrode. Another one of the pixel electrode and the counter electrode includes, on an insulating film formed so as to cover the one of the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, a plurality of linear electrodes provided in parallel with one another so as to overlap the one of the pixel electrode and the counter electrode. The transparent electrode included in the one of the pixel electrode and the counter electrode is formed of a transparent conductive film which is formed through application. | 12-03-2009 |
Kyoko Kumagai, Kariya-Shi JP
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| 20110064889 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF ELECTROLESS PLATING MATERIAL - A production method of an electroless plating material of the present invention is a method for the production of an electroless plating material that has a surface to be plated by electroless plating, and includes an ozone treatment step in which a material body that is made of a resin is brought into contact with a solution that contains ozone to form a modified layer in a surface of the material body, and a superficial layer removal step in which, after the ozone treatment step, the surface of the material body is irradiated with ultraviolet rays to remove a superficial layer of the modified layer. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110229656 | IN-LIQUID PLASMA FILM-FORMING APPARATUS, ELECTRODE FOR IN-LIQUID PLASMA, AND FILM-FORMING METHOD USING IN-LIQUID PLASMA - In an in-liquid plasma film-forming apparatus having: a vessel | 09-22-2011 |
Kyoko Kumagai, Aichi-Ken JP
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| 20100059259 | RESIN BOARD TO BE SUBJECTED TO OZONE TREATMENT, WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE WIRING BOARD - A resin board that consists of at least one of a mixture of a plurality of types of resins having different degrees of susceptibility to erosion by an ozone solution, and a resin having, in a molecule, a plurality of types of components having different degrees of susceptibility to erosion by the ozone solution is treated with ozone water to form a reformed layer, and a catalyst metal is adsorbed by the reformed layer so as to form a resin-metal composite layer, on which a plating process is performed. In the resin board, a component or components that is/are likely to be eroded on by the ozone solution dissolves into the ozone solution, and pores or clearances on the order of nanometers are formed between the component(s) and a component or components that is/are less likely to be eroded by the ozone solution. With the plating deposited in the pores or clearances, the adhesion strength is improved due to an anchoring effect. Thus, the adhesion strength of the plating film is improved even where the resin-metal composite layer has a thickness of 10 to 200 nm. | 03-11-2010 |
Kyoko Kumagai, Toyota-Shi JP
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| 20090258275 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE, POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL - Provided is a polymer electrolyte including a triblock copolymer having: a segment A which has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or lower, and is ion conductive; and a segment B which has a glass transition temperature of 70° C. or higher, and is non-ion conductive, the segment A and the segment B being connected in a sequence of B-A-B, wherein a weight fraction W | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100021788 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITE FILM, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL - The invention provides a polymer electrolyte composite film which is superior in membrane properties and membrane strength and can achieve high proton conductivity, and a membrane-electrode assembly and a fuel cell which use the membrane. The polymer electrolyte composite film contains a block copolymer including a hydrophilic block and a hydrophobic block, and a solid acid, and has a microphase separation structure including a hydrophilic domain formed from the hydrophilic block and a hydrophobic domain formed from the hydrophobic block. The solid acid is localized in the hydrophilic domain. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100147796 | METAL STRUCTURAL BODY-CONTAINING POLYMER FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL STRUCTURAL BODY-CONTAINING POLYMER FILM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PATTERNED STRUCTURAL BODY - A method for manufacturing a patterned structural body by which a patterned structural body having a micropattern can be manufactured, a metal structural body-containing polymer film that can be used in the manufacture of the patterned structural body, and a method for manufacturing the polymer film are provided. The metal structural body-containing polymer film comprises a polymer film that includes a block copolymer having an ion-conductive segment and a non-ion-conductive segment and has a microphase-separated structure including ion-conductive domains and non-ion-conductive domains, and a metal structural body localized at the ion-conductive domains. | 06-17-2010 |
Kyoko Kumagai, Mishima-Shi JP
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| 20110070522 | ION-CONDUCTIVE POLYMERIC COMPOSITE MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, FUEL CELL, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ION-CONDUCTIVE POLYMERIC COMPOSITE MEMBRANE - An ion-conductive polymer composite membrane is provided which has both high gas barrier properties and high protonic conductivity. The ion-conductive polymer composite membrane includes an ion-conductive polymer and ion-conductive materials. The ion-conductive materials each include i) an inorganic layered structure including a plurality of layers formed of an inorganic compound and ii) a sulfobetaine-type or hydroxysulfobetaine-type ampholytic surfactant. The ampholytic surfactant is present between the layers formed of an inorganic compound. The present invention further provides a membrane-electrode assembly and a fuel cell which use the ion-conductive polymer composite membrane, and a process for producing the ion-conductive polymer composite membrane. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110111170 | BLOCK COPOLYMER FILM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a block copolymer film in which a microphase separation structure formed by a block copolymer is arranged perpendicularly to the film surface, and all components forming the block copolymer are uncovered to the film surface, whereby the microphase separation structure penetrates the film surface. A method of producing the block copolymer film includes the steps of extruding a melt of the block copolymer in one direction by extrusion molding or injection molding, cooling the extruded block copolymer to a temperature equal to or lower than glass transition temperatures of polymer components in the block copolymer to provide a prismatic or cylindrical extrusion molded product, and cutting the prismatic or cylindrical extrusion molded product in the direction perpendicular to the extrusion direction. | 05-12-2011 |
Kyoko Kuroda, Kyoto JP
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| 20090023184 | Novel Tachykinin Peptides, Precursor Peptides Thereof And Genes Encoding The Same - Tachykinin peptide isolated and purified from the posterior salivary gland | 01-22-2009 |
Kyoko Kuroda, Kyoto-Shi JP
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| 20080280326 | Novel Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone, Precursor Peptides Thereof and Genes Encoding the Same - A novel peptide found as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in octopuses, a member of mollusks. The structure and the activities of the peptide have been unraveled. The peptide finds use as a reagent used in the studies of correlations between the structure and the activities of GnRH and the information processing mechanisms of the nervous systems in higher animals. It can also serve as a base compound in the development of pesticides and drugs. The peptide has the GnRH activity and has the following amino acid sequence (I): | 11-13-2008 |
Kyoko Kuroda, Chikusei-Shi JP
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| 20120170241 | PRINTING INK, METAL NANOPARTICLES USED IN THE SAME, WIRING, CIRCUIT BOARD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - Disclosed is a printing ink comprising Cu- and/or CuO-containing metal nanoparticles, which obtains excellent dispersion properties and successive dispersion stability without using additives such as dispersing agents. Specifically disclosed is a printing ink that comprises Cu- and/or CuO-containing metal nanoparticles and has no more than 2,600 ppm of ionic impurities in the total solid content. The printing ink is obtained by dispersing the Cu- and/or CuO-containing metal nanoparticles, which have no more than 2,600 ppm of ionic impurities in the total solid content, in a dispersion medium. | 07-05-2012 |
Kyoko Makino, Nagoya-City JP
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| 20090005240 | CERAMIC STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - There is disclosed a ceramic structure which comprises a material having a controlled pore distribution and including cordierite as the main crystal phase. In the pore distribution, the volume of pores having pore diameters smaller than 20 μm accounts for 15% or less of the total pore volume, and the volume of pores having pore diameters of 20 to 100 μm accounts for 70% or more of the total pore volume. This ceramic structure is suitable for realizing a ceramic catalyst body which has excellent purification efficiency, is reduced in pressure loss, and is mountable even in a limited space. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090014925 | Method for manufacturing ceramic structure - A method for manufacturing a porous ceramic structure which comprises: mixing a ceramic material, a foamed resin and, if necessary, a forming auxiliary; forming the mixture; and then firing the thus formed body, wherein: a resin of an outer shell of the foamed resin is constituted of a copolymer containing 60 wt % or more of acrylonitrile and 40 wt % or less of methyl methacrylate. | 01-15-2009 |
Kyoko Masuda, Hyogo JP
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| 20110094824 | MATERIAL FOR PROCESSING AND MOLDED MEMBER USING MATERIAL FOR PROCESSING - A material for processing includes an elastically deformable single thin plate comprising a plurality of through-holes. The plate has a first wave-like shape, which is formed in a first direction and, in which troughs and ridges are alternately connected in repetition, and a second wave-like shape which is formed in a second direction crossing the first direction and in which troughs and ridges are alternately connected in repetition. The first wave-like shape has a corrugated shape in which the ridges each include a pair of side parts rising from the corresponding troughs and an apex part connected between the pair of side parts. An apex length of the apex part along the first direction is defined as being longer than an opening length, along the first direction, between base parts of the pair of side parts. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20120024645 | DAMPING STRUCTURE - According to the invention, there is provided a damping structure capable of obtaining a sufficient damping effect even against vibrations of small amplitudes, by promoting movements of powder/particle materials inside a hollow body. In the damping structure of the invention, a damping member | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024646 | DAMPING STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a damping structure capable of obtaining a sufficient damping effect even against vibrations with small amplitudes, by promoting movements of powder/particle materials in a hollow body. In the damping structure of the invention, a damping member | 02-02-2012 |
Kyoko Masuda, Kobe-Shi JP
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| 20110162908 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE WITH CAB NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE - A construction machine capable of effectively reducing noise which would intrude into a cab, without deterioration in ride quality, comfort and air-conditioning efficiency in the cab is provided. The construction machine includes a lower propelling body, an upper slewing body including an upper frame, a cab including a floor plate and installed on the upper frame, and a cab noise reduction device. The cab noise reduction device includes: the floor plate; an under-cab member including a cab deck supporting the cab and provided under the cab to define a closed-form under-cab space whose periphery is substantially closed, in cooperation with the floor plate; and a resonator reducing noise in the under-cab space by a resonance effect. | 07-07-2011 |
Kyoko Matsui, Ryugasaki-Shi JP
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| 20110010804 | GENES THAT INCREASE PLANT OIL AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - This invention is intended to be used to search for a transcription factor having novel functions of increasing the weight of an individual plant, increasing the weight of a given tissue per individual plant, or improving the productivity of a given substance per individual plant and to improve such properties in the plant. The weight of an individual plant is increased, the weight of a given tissue per individual plant is increased, the productivity of a given substance per individual plant is improved, or the content of a given substance per given tissue of a plant is increased via expression of a transcription factor that has been modified to suppress transcription accelerating activity. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20120144522 | GENE CAPABLE OF IMPROVING MATERIAL PRODUCTIVITY IN SEED AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to search for a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in material productivity, and particularly, fat and oil content. In the present invention, a chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 158 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor is expressed in a plant. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120159666 | GENE CAPABLE OF INCREASING SEED PROTEIN CONTENT AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - According to the present invention, a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in seed protein content is searched for. A chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 76 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor or a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 77 to 84 is expressed in a plant. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120159673 | GENE FOR INCREASING PLANT WEIGHT AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A gene having novel functions is searched for, by which plant weight (that is, biomass level) can be increased and by which substance productivity can be increased or decreased. A chimeric protein is expressed in which a transcriptional factor comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, or 6 is fused to a functional peptide that converts an arbitrary transcriptional factor into a transcriptional repression factor. | 06-21-2012 |
Kyoko Matsui, Tsukuba-Shi JP
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| 20110081691 | GENE THAT INCREASES PRODUCTION OF PLANT FAT-AND-OIL AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - This invention is intended to search for a transcription regulator having a novel function of improving the amount of substances produced per individual plant and to enhance such properties in a plant. A chimeric protein resulting from the fusion of a transcription factor belonging a transcription factor family that includes a transcription factor comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4 with the repressor domain is expressed in a plant. | 04-07-2011 |
Kyoko Matsushita, Ebina-Shi JP
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| 20100202011 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus is provided and includes: a memory that stores discrimination information and a setting value group associated with the discrimination information, the setting value group including a plurality of first setting values for carrying out processing and; a setting unit that sets second setting values needed for image processing, in which a portion of the first setting values in the setting value group associated with the discrimination information is set as at least a portion of the second setting values; and a processing unit that carries out image processing according to the second setting values. | 08-12-2010 |
Kyoko Miura, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20090247636 | AGENT FOR SUPPRESSION OF GASTRIC EMPTYING COMPRISING 4-HYDROXYISOLEUCINE - The present invention aims to provide a more effective gastric emptying suppressant and food intake suppressant, wherein the solving means are a gastric emptying suppressant containing 4-hydroxyisoleucine or a salt thereof and a food intake suppressant containing 4-hydroxyisoleucine or a salt thereof. | 10-01-2009 |
Kyoko Miura, Odawara-Shi JP
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| 20080293673 | N-ACETYGLUCOSAMINE DERIVATIVES AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to An N-acetylglucosamine derivative represented by the following formula (1), and a hyaluronic acid production promoting agent containing the same and a skin external preparation containing the same: | 11-27-2008 |
Kyoko Miura, Kyoto-Shi JP
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| 20090208465 | METHOD OF TREATING NEURAL DEFECTS - The present invention provides a therapeutic agent for a nerve injury and a method for treating a nerve injury. One aspect of the invention is the method for treating a nerve injury by administering to a patient with a nerve injury a therapeutic agent for a nerve injury containing a differentiated cell-derived pluripotent cell obtained by forced expression of reprogramming genes such as a combination of the Oct3/4 gene, Sox2 gene, Klf4, and c-myc gene. in a differentiated cell; or cells obtained by inducing the aforementioned differentiated cell-derived pluripotent cells to differentiate into an embryoid body or a neurosphere. | 08-20-2009 |
Kyoko Miwa, Kawasaki JP
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| 20110041004 | BACKUP MANAGEMENT METHOD BASED ON MODE OF FAILURE - A storage management program is provided with a function of determining a suspension/continuation of a remote backup based on an operation-at-failure management table, and accomplishes the suspension/continuation of the backup based on the application in which a failure has occurred and the mode of this failure. The storage management program is also provided with a function of computing a change in the quantity of data from the last backup before the occurrence of the failure until the first backup after the occurrence of the failure, and determining the suspension/continuation of the backup, enabling to suspend/continue the backup in line with the operating status of the application. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110307658 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A storage system comprising a storage apparatus having a storage control unit communicatively coupled to an external apparatus, forming a plurality of virtual storage areas each serving as a unit storage area used by the external apparatus as a data storing area, using a unit logical storage area selected among a plurality of unit logical storage areas provided by a physical storage medium, linking to each of the virtual storage areas, and any one of a plurality of attributes each representing a storage state of data stored in the virtual storage area, and maintaining the link wherein the storage control unit | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120030440 | STORAGE SYSTEM GROUP INCLUDING SCALE-OUT STORAGE SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR - A management system is coupled to a storage system group including a scale-out storage system (a virtual storage system). The management system has storage management information, which includes information denoting, for each storage system, whether or not a storage system is a component of a virtual storage system. The management system, based on the storage management information, determines whether or not a first storage system is a component of a virtual storage system, and in a case where the result of this determination is affirmative, identifies, based on the storage management information, a second storage system, which is a storage system other than the virtual storage system that includes the first storage system, and allows a user to perform a specific operation only with respect to this second storage system. | 02-02-2012 |
Kyoko Nakagawa-Goto, Chapel Hill, NC US
Kyoko Niimi, Dunedin NZ
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| 20090143308 | Yeast membrane protein expression system and its application in drug screening - The invention relates to an in vitro cell based expression system for overexpressing heterologous pump proteins associated with drug resistance into the membrane of the host cell for drug screening applications. | 06-04-2009 |
Kyoko Nishimura, Matsumoto-Shi JP
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| 20090153562 | IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, PROJECTOR, COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - A projector includes a storage section that stores character string data that indicates a character string in at least one language and arrangement designation data that indicates whether the character string in the at least one language is displayed in a left-to-right direction or a right-to-left direction, a determination section that determines arrangement of the character string based on the arrangement designation data, and an image generation section that generates an (OSD) image that shows the character string in the left-to-right direction or the right-to-left direction based on the character string data and the arrangement of the character string determined by the determination section, when the image generation section generates a special image that shows a special character string including at least one of alphanumeric characters and symbols as part of the OSD image, the image generation section generates the special image that displays the special character string in the left-to-right direction. | 06-18-2009 |
Kyoko Obase, Tokyo JP
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| 20080299866 | BUBBLE GENERATING TOOL AND BUBBLE GENERATING TOY HAVING THE BUBBLE GENERATING TOOL - The invention provides a bubble generating tool to generate bubbles continuously and a bubble generating toy having the bubble generating tool which generates bubbles continuously and can produce new entertaining effect. The bubble generating tool is comprised of a liquid container for filling a soap solution and a film forming part for forming a bubble film, wherein a pinhole which is small enough so that the soap solution does not flow out is formed on the wall part of the liquid container. | 12-04-2008 |
Kyoko Okada, Wakayama-Shi JP
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| 20100017970 | LIQUID SOFTENER COMPOSITION OR TRANSPARENT OR SEMITRANSPARENT LIQUID SOFTENER COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a liquid softener composition having pH 2 to 5 at 20° C. and containing (a) a polymer compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 to 90,000 and containing specific monomer units (A) and (B) in a specific molar ratio, (b) one or more compounds selected from specific quaternary ammonium salts and amine compounds, and (c) at least one compound selected from water and solvents having a C log P value of 2 or less within specified ranges. | 01-28-2010 |
Kyoko Okada, Wakayama JP
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| 20090054291 | Soil Releasing Agent for Fiber - The invention provides a soil releasing agent for fiber, including a polymer having a weight-average molecular weight in a range from 2,000 to 30,000, and containing a structural unit (A) and a structural unit (B) the content of the structural unit (A) in the polymer being 50 to 99 percent by weight, and the content of the structural unit (B) in the polymer being 1 to 50 percent by weight: (A) a structural unit derived from a monomer which has an unsaturated bond and at least one amino group selected from a primary amino group, a secondary amino group and a tertiary amino group; (B) a structural unit derived from a monomer which has an unsaturated bond and at least one hydrophobic group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl or alkenyl group, each having 4 to 22 carbon atoms, being straight, branched or cyclic, an arylalkyl group having 1 to 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl group and an aryl group, and which monomer has no primary to tertiary amino group and then a method for treating fiber is conducted in an aqueous solution which contains the soil release agent and is adjusted to pH 2 to 9. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20120010118 | LIQUID DETERGENT COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a liquid detergent composition containing the following components (a) to (c), wherein the total content of components (a) to (c), (a)+(b)+(c), is 40 to 90% by mass; a mass ratio of components (a) to (b), (a)/(b), is 25/75 to 90/10; and a mass ratio [(a)+(b)]/(c), is 95/5 to 70/30: | 01-12-2012 |
Kyoko Okada, Nagoya-City JP
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| 20100102857 | Switching circuit and driving circuit for transistor - A switching circuit includes: a transistor having a first electrode, a second electrode and a control electrode; a zener diode; and a capacitor. A connection between the first electrode and the second electrode is capable of temporally switching between a condition state and a non-conduction state by switching a control voltage of the transistor. The zener diode and the capacitor are coupled in series between the first electrode and the control electrode of the transistor. The first electrode is a drain or a collector. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20110210766 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR TRANSISTOR - A switching circuit includes: a transistor having a first electrode, a second electrode and a control electrode; a zener diode; and a capacitor. A connection between the first electrode and the second electrode is capable of temporally switching between a conduction state and a non-conduction state by switching a control voltage of the transistor. The zener diode and the capacitor are coupled in series between the first electrode and the control electrode of the transistor. The first electrode is a drain or a collector. | 09-01-2011 |
Kyoko Okada, Shimotsuga-Gun JP
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| 20100234367 | 7-CYCLOALKYLAMINOQUINOLONES AS GSK-3 INHIBITORS - Provided herein are aminoquinolones of formula I and compositions containing the compounds. The compounds and compositions provided herein are useful in the prevention, amelioration or treatment of GSK-3 inhibitors mediated diseases. | 09-16-2010 |
Kyoko Okada, Tochigi JP
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| 20090036489 | Novel Cyclic Aminophenylalkanoic Acid Derivative - The present invention provides cyclic aminophenylalkanoic acid derivatives that act as agonists for human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs), in particular human PPARα isoform, and are effective in the treatment of abnormal lipid metabolism, diabetes and other disorders. The present invention also provides addition salts of such cyclic aminophenylalkanoic acid derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20110034436 | SPIROCYCLIC AMINOQUINOLNES AS GSK-3 INHIBITORS - Provided herein are spirocyclic aminoquinolones of formula I and compositions containing the compounds. The compounds and compositions provided herein are useful in the prevention, amelioration or treatment of GSK-3 inhibitors mediated diseases. In Formula (I): X | 02-10-2011 |
Kyoko Oniyama, Kanagawa JP
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| 20120088410 | CONNECTOR AND SEMICONDUCTOR TESTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE CONNECTOR - Each of the signal terminal and the ground terminal includes a first extending portion extending toward its tip end, and a second extending portion extending in a direction opposite to the first extending portion. The first extending portion is formed such that a width thereof is smaller than a width of the second extending portion. The housing includes a first housing into which the first extending portions are inserted, and a second housing into which the second extending portions are inserted. The second housing is formed separately from the first housing, and the first housing includes a wall portion located between the first extending portion of the signal terminal and the first extending portion of the ground terminal. | 04-12-2012 |
Kyoko Oniyama, Lisle, IL US
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| 20120126845 | CONNECTOR AND SEMICONDUCTOR TESTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE CONNECTOR - A connector includes a first terminal. The first terminal includes a movable portion, and the movable portion has, on its tip side, a contact portion located on a course C of a case assembly. Further, the first terminal includes a fixed portion restricted from moving and located on a base side of the movable portion. The movable portion is elastically deformable to incline toward a side surface of an insertion hole while using the fixed portion as a fixed point. Further, the movable portion includes a hit portion between the contact portion and the fixed portion. The hit portion is located apart from the side surface of the insertion hole, and the hit portion is provided capable of hitting, midway during inclining of the movable portion toward the side surface of the insertion hole, against the side surface of the insertion hole. | 05-24-2012 |
Kyoko Sano, Nara JP
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| 20100119410 | Ink Composition for Detecting Hydrogen Peroxide and Indicator for Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide - An indicator for the detection of hydrogen peroxide. It undergoes a color change according to the concentration of hydrogen peroxide and this color change can be visually recognized with higher certainty. An ink composition for hydrogen peroxide detection is provided which comprises 1) at least one of styrene-acrylic resins and styrene-maleic acid resins and 2) a methine dye. A color change layer formed from the ink composition for hydrogen peroxide detection produces an effect that a color change according to, e.g., the concentration of hydrogen peroxide can be visually recognized. | 05-13-2010 |
Kyoko Sato, Nasushiobara-Shi JP
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| 20090198123 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A differential-image creating unit creates a three-dimensional image on which an artery is highlighted and a three-dimensional image on which a tumor is highlighted. An image compositing unit combines the three-dimensional images to composite an image. A display control unit displays the composite image on a monitor. Moreover, when compositing an image, the image compositing unit composites the image such that a tumor nutrient blood-flow inside and outside tumor is to be displayed in respective different colors. Furthermore, a blood-flow quantity inside tumor measuring unit calculates a blood-flow quantity inside tumor and a ratio of the blood-flow quantity inside tumor to a tumor volume, and the display control unit displays the blood-flow quantity inside tumor and the ratio of the blood-flow quantity inside tumor to the tumor volume. Accordingly, information that is meaningful for determining malignancy of a tumor can be provided. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20100040200 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS, X-RAY CT (COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY) APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE - A cardiac cavity region specifying part specifies the position of a cardiac cavity region represented in volume data. An image generation plane determining part determines an image generation plane that includes a rotation axis intersecting the cardiac cavity region. With a direction orthogonal to the image generation plane as a view direction, a first image generator generates three-dimensional image data that three-dimensionally represents a region excluding the cardiac cavity region, based on data excluding data included in the cardiac cavity of the volume data. A second image generator generates two-dimensional image data that two-dimensionally represents a region in the image generation plane, based on the data excluding the data included in the cardiac cavity region of the volume data. An image synthesizer synthesizes the three-dimensional image data with the two-dimensional image data. A display controller causes a display to display the synthesized image. | 02-18-2010 |
Kyoko Sawamizu, Kikuchi-Gun JP
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| 20090230399 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - An active matrix substrate with a high aperture ratio is provided, which is capable of preventing electrical short circuits between pixel electrodes and auxiliary capacitive electrodes. Gate lines and auxiliary capacitive electrodes are formed on an insulated substrate. The auxiliary capacitive electrodes have holes formed therethrough. To cover the gate lines and the auxiliary capacitive electrodes, a first interlayer insulating film is formed, on which source lines, a semiconductor layer, and drain electrodes are formed. Then, a second interlayer insulating film is formed to cover all those layers. In the second interlayer insulating film, contact holes are formed to reach the drain electrodes in areas corresponding to the areas of the holes. Pixel electrodes formed on the second interlayer insulating film are connected to the drain electrodes through the contact holes. | 09-17-2009 |
Kyoko Shimizu, Hokkaido JP
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| 20090176306 | METHOD OF INDUCING DIFFERENTIATION FROM VISCERAL PREADIPOCYTE TO VISCERAL ADIPOCYTE - The invention provides a method of inducing differentiation of a visceral preadipocyte and a method of culturing a visceral adipocyte comprising culturing the cell in a medium containing serum free of heparin-adsorbable components. The invention also provides for the removal of heparin-adsorbable components by, for example, applying serum to a heparin affinity column thereby adsorbing the heparin-adsorbable component to heparin. A visceral adipocyte cultured by the method of the present invention is useful in a study of differentiation, growth and metabolism of an adipocyte, elucidation of the mechanism of development and progress of diseases such as diabetes, hyperlipemia, hypertension and arteriosclerosis, and development of a drug for preventing and treating such a disease. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090233326 | METHOD FOR INDUCTION OF THE DIFFERENTIATION OF VISCERAL FAT CELL - A culture medium is disclosed for inducing the differentiation of visceral preadipocytes into mature visceral adipocytes; the culture medium contains 0.85 to 100 ng/mL insulin and 50 to 250 ng/mL IGF-1. Also disclosed is a method for using the culture medium to induce the differentiation of visceral preadipocytes into mature visceral adipocytes. Use of the differentiation induction system of the present invention enables a substantial induction of adipocyte differentiation without the addition of synthetic differentiation inducers or high insulin concentrations. The mature adipocytes obtained by the differentiation induction system of the present invention are useful for research into the biochemistry and physiology of adipocytes, for screening drugs effective for the treatment of lifestyle-related diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and for developing diagnostic reagents. | 09-17-2009 |
Kyoko Shimizu, Gunma JP
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| 20110060228 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING FLUIDITY OF BLOOD - In order to supply a method and a device that can evaluate the fluidity of blood with good sensitivity in a simple manner, there is provided a blood fluidity evaluation method in which a pressure member is pressed against a test site upon a test subject, blood at the test site is squeezed to flow out to the periphery of the test site, change over time of the amount of blood at the test site is measured at this time using optical scattering, and blood fluidity at the test site is evaluated from this measurement data; and, desirably, before the above method, a positioning process is performed in which: the pressure member is pressed against the test site with a weak force; pulse measurement data is acquired due to the absorption of light; and a relative position, at which the intensity of the pulse measurement data attains a local maximum, is determined as being an optimum measurement position. | 03-10-2011 |
Kyoko Takahashi, Tokyo JP
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| 20090054324 | Transcriptional Regulation of High Affitnity Ige Receptor Gamma-Chain - Transcriptional regulatory regions and transcriptional regulatory factors for the human high affinity IgE receptor (FcεRI) γ-chain gene are specified and are targets for the development of transcriptional regulatory agents for the FcεRI γ-chain gene. The following are provided: DNA comprising the full length or a portion of the base sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1, that regulates transcription of the human high affinity IgE receptor (FcεRI) γ-chain gene; and DNA comprising the full length or a portion of the base sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, that regulates transcription of the human high affinity IgE receptor (FcεRI) γ-chain gene. The present invention is promising for the development of novel agents for the prophylaxis/treatment of allergic diseases, autoimmune diseases, thrombosis, glomerulonephritis, and lupus nephritis. | 02-26-2009 |
Kyoko Takeda, Atsugi JP
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| 20120061714 | Fluorene Compound, Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device, Electronic Device, Lighting Device, and Organic Compound - A substance having a hole-transport property and a wide band gap is provided. A fluorene compound represented by a general formula (G1) is provided. In the general formula (G1), α | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120071668 | Carbazole Derivative, Light-Emitting Element Material and Organic Semiconductor Material - An object is to provide a novel carbazole derivative that has an excellent carrier-transport property and can be suitably used for a transport layer or as a host material of a light-emitting element. Another object is to provide an organic semiconductor material and a light-emitting element material each using the carbazole derivative. As the carbazole derivative that can achieve the above objects, a carbazole derivative in which a carbazolyl group whose either 2- or 3-position of carbazole is substituted by the 4-position of a dibenzothiophene skeleton or a dibenzofuran skeleton is bonded to aromatic hydrocarbon that has 14 to 70 carbon atoms and includes a condensed tricyclic ring, a condensed tetracyclic ring, a condensed pentacyclic ring, a condensed hexacyclic ring, or a condensed heptacyclic ring has been able to be synthesized. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120074390 | Light-Emitting Element and Electronic Device - An object is to provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency which includes a novel carbazole derivative that has a wide energy gap and can be used for a transport layer or a host material in a light-emitting element. A carbazole derivative in which the 4-position of dibenzothiophene or dibenzofuran is bonded to the 2- or 3-position of carbazole has been able to be provided by use of the carbazole derivative. Further, a light-emitting element having high emission efficiency has been able to be provided by use of the carbazole derivative. | 03-29-2012 |
Kyoko Uchibayashi, Hirakata-Shi JP
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| 20090010556 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE CODING PROGRAM FOR CODING AT LEAST ONE STILL FRAME WITH STILL FRAME CODING HAVING A HIGHER QUALITY THAN NORMAL FRAME CODING OF OTHER FRAMES - An image coding apparatus includes a still frame coding judgement unit for judging whether a target frame to be coded is a still frame or not from a difference value between the target frame and an immediately previous reference frame, and a quantization parameter control unit for performing control of a quantization parameter value to be used for coding, on an initial one frame at which an image starts to come into a standstill, wherein the initial frame is subjected to coding with less coding error as compared with coding for other frames. | 01-08-2009 |
Kyoko Uchida, Tokyo JP
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| 20100279034 | Thermal transfer receiving sheet and its manufacturing method - The present invention provides a thermal transfer receiving sheet obtained by sequentially forming a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer and an image receiving layer on one surface of a sheet-like support mainly comprising cellulose pulp, wherein the moisture content of the entire thermal transfer receiving sheet is from 2 to 8 mass % and the moisture permeability of the entire receiving sheet is 400 g/m | 11-04-2010 |
Kyoko Yamazaki, Tokyo JP
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| 20120108344 | GAME SYSTEM, PROGRAM FOR GAME SYSTEM AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention aims at facilitating reconstruction of a party after game over to avoid wastefulness in time required for party construction. Moreover, the present invention aims at hastening user to reconstruct a party thus to improve real thrill of an on-line game. The present invention essentially relates to an on-line game system in which user of the game performs display on a display part so that resurrection points of other characters included within the party can be selected. In the present invention, since resurrection points of other characters included within the party can be also selected and restored, wastefulness in time required for gathering with each other around one location for the purpose of reconstructing a party can be avoided. Thus, it is possible to hasten reconstruction of the party. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110479 | PARTY CHAT SYSTEM, PROGRAM FOR PARTY CHAT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - [Task] The present invention aims at providing a chat system capable of suitably displaying text information for which player requires in such a form that operability of the game is not damaged and in a form having reality. | 05-03-2012 |
Kyoko Yoshida, Nishinomiya-Shi JP
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| 20110002950 | PIG EDEMA DISEASE VACCINE - A technology for producing a pig edema disease vaccine at low cost and at high efficiency is developed. Specifically, a gene of a pig edema disease toxin protein (Stx2e protein) is efficiently expressed in plant cells to produce a plant vaccine for pig edema disease at low cost. An Stx2e protein including a secretory signal peptide derived from a plant added at an amino terminus is expressed in cells of a plant such as | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110231960 | BACTERIAL TOXIN VACCINE - A bacterial toxin protein such as a Shiga toxin protein is efficiently produced using plant cells. The plant cells are transformed using a DNA construct containing DNA encoding a hybrid protein in which the bacterial toxin proteins such as the Shiga toxin proteins are tandemly linked through a peptide having the following characteristics (A) and (B) to produce the bacterial toxin protein in the plant cells: (A) a number of amino acids is 12 to 30; and (B) a content of proline is 20 to 35%. | 09-22-2011 |
Kyoko Yoshino, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20100062315 | METHANOL FUEL CELL CARTRIDGE - The present invention provides a cartridge for a methanol fuel cell at low cost, which does not show deterioration in electric power generation performance, can be operated for a prolonged period of time, and can be reduced in size and weight. In the present invention, the cartridge for a methanol fuel cell has an inner resin layer containing a resin having such a property that, after a film of the resin is immersed in methanol at 60° C. for 7 days, the methanol is diluted twice in terms of a volume ratio with distilled water at room temperature to give a liquid, the liquid shows a light transmittance of 10% or higher at 300 nm. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100136458 | FUEL FOR FUEL CELL, FUEL CARTRIDGE FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL - Disclosed is a fuel for fuel cells which contains at least one organic compound selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, dimethyl ether and formic acid, and 1-200 ppm of a hydrocarbon compound in terms of a single component as determined by gas chromatography mass spectrometry. Also disclosed are a fuel cartridge for fuel cells and a fuel cell. | 06-03-2010 |