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The present invention relates generally to an article forming apparatus, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to an improved apparatus and method for automatically forming an article, such as a flower pot cover, from one or more sheets of material. | {
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Magnetic tape is now utilized for storage of digital and analog information in applications ranging from computers to video recordings. In normal use, magnetic tape picks up airborne dirt particles and oxide flakes from its surface. The presence of these contaminants on the tape causes errors in the writing of informat... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a signal detector to be used with a scanning probe in various observation and/or recording apparatuses utilizing the atomic force that is generated when a probe and a medium are brought into close proximity to each other. More particularly, the present invention relat... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an arch-beam-culvert structure and in particular to an arch-beam structure for use in the construction of culverts or the like.
2. Discussion of the Prior Art
At present, metal culvert type structures are constructed using arcuate metal plates forming the basic struct... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to an ink composition and a method of producing a processed product of printed matter.
2. Description of the Related Art
Various methods such as electrophotographic methods, sublimation-type thermal transfer methods, fusion-type thermal transfer methods, and inkjet metho... | {
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This application claims the priority of German patent document 197 17 067.6, filed Apr. 23, 1997, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
The invention relates to a multi-stage reforming reactor system.
Multi-stage reforming reactors are common, for example, for the water vapor reforming ... | {
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Over the past three decades a large variety of antibiotics have become available for clinical use. Unfortunately, the wide-spread use of these antibiotics has caused a rapid increase in the number of bacterial strains that are resistant to the currently available antibiotics.
S. Hecker et al., PCT Application WO 01/216... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an OLED panel in which an organic light emitting element formed on a substrate is enclosed between the substrate and a cover member. Also, the present invention relates to an OLED module in which an IC or the like is mounted on the OLED panel. Note that, in thi... | {
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1. Field
An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for forming a neural electrode, and more particularly, to a method for surface-modifying a neural electrode.
2. Description of the Related Art
Neural electrodes can be used in in vivo or in vitro neural interface fields. More specifically, the neural elec... | {
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Prior art digital PWM modulators generate a pulse width modulated signal with a carrier frequency of minimum twice the signal frequency to comply with the Nyquist criteria. The objective for such a system implementation is to achieve noise and distortion artifacts lower than quantization noise of the sampled signals, w... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same and, more particularly, a semiconductor device having a capacitor and a method of manufacturing the same.
2. Description of the Prior Art
As one of nonvolatile memories that can store information aft... | {
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Many industries, such as the oil and gas industry, are supplied with equipment that is overseen by an asset management system. The equipment is often transported in various types of containers. Containers can include boxes, crates, tanks, pallets, and the like. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) tracking devices... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a sheet feeding apparatus that includes a sheet stacking portion, which stacks sheets disposed in a sheet feeding apparatus body, and a heated air blowing portion, which blows heated air to the sheets stacked to the sheet stacking portion.
2. Description of the... | {
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This invention relates to apparatus for assisting circulation of blood and more particularly to a device for providing circulatory assistance to patients in ventricular failure whose hearts cannot maintain a blood circulation adequate to sustain life or to patients with acute coronary occlusion to reduce workload of th... | {
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In a conventional pneumatic tire of the “tubeless” type (that is to say of the type without an inner tube), the radially internal face comprises an airtight layer (or more generally a layer that is impermeable to any inflation gas) which enables the pneumatic tire to be inflated and kept under pressure. Its airtightnes... | {
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The present invention relates to techniques for manufacturing semiconductor devices, and relates to a technique effectively applied to the technique for manufacturing resin-sealed semiconductor devices, for example.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-257291 describes a technique, in which a brazing material, such as so... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image reading device for reading an original document image, and more specifically relates to an image reading device capable of discriminating the direction of an original document image. The present invention further relates to an image forming apparatus p... | {
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It is frequently useful to determine the total cost of ownership (meaning the total cost of owning one or more assets) and to track components of the total cost of ownership for an asset within an enterprise for accounting purposes and for making future purchasing decisions. However, tracking costs attributed to each s... | {
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There is always a need for a better cooler suitable for use when tailgating, on the beach, on the deck, at the soccer field and any other location where iced beverages are in order. While there have been numerous cooler designs over the years, they all reflect design tradeoffs and have drawbacks. Of course, different o... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to testing devices, and particularly to a lens module testing device.
2. Description of Related Art
Lens modules undergo various tests to ensure that standards of quality have been met. These tests are typically carried out manually. For example, the electronic devices ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is directed in general to the field of computer storage networks. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a standalone cache memory device which is connected between one or more host machines and a storage device.
2. Description of the Related Art
Data storage tec... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a continuously lockable adjusting device for use on pivotably mounted parts and vertically adjustable equipment, such as on slats and seats of vertically adjustable chairs.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the case of continuously lockable adjusting devices of the... | {
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There are an increasingly large number of devices that have network connectivity. Over the years, network connectivity has been extended to appliances such as refrigerators, home entertainment centers, and interactive box sets for use with television sets, digital cameras, and cell phones. With the evolution of these d... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present disclosure is related to refrigerant systems and methods of their control. More particularly, the present disclosure is related to refrigerant systems having pulse width modulated refrigeration components.
2. Description of Related Art
Refrigerant systems are commonly used to provi... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This field of the present invention is the manufacture of imitation cheese-like food products.
2. Brief Description of the Prior Art
The manufacture of natural dairy cheese conventionally involves the treatment of milk products, including inoculation with particular and specific strains of mic... | {
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As hydrocarbon resources become scarcer and more difficult to recover, secondary recovery operations are becoming more widespread. Such secondary recovery operations are commonly referred to as enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and enhanced gas recovery (EGR) operations. One such secondary recovery technique involves the inj... | {
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The present invention relates a process for ink jet printing on cloth using ultraviolet ray curable ink, more specifically a process for ink jet printing and a printing apparatus, by which an image, which is unblurred and has high optical density, can be obtained and design can be imparted to the printed matter obtaine... | {
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The present invention relates to computer software used to build and manage an end-user menu system, and in particular, it relates to a refinement of an end-user access method identified as a content menu that records menu paths selected by end-users and generates end-user profiles.
U.S. Patent Documents
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Polymer electrolyte membrane or proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems have intrinsic benefits and a wide range of applications due to their relatively low operating temperatures and good balance of specific power (Watts/kg), power density (Watts/liter), specific energy (Watt-hours/kg) and energy density (Wat... | {
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Xerography represents one method of copying or printing documents, which can be performed by uniformly charging a charge retentive surface such as a xerographic photoreceptor belt (i.e., a type of substrate). This uniformly charged surface is then preferentially exposed in the desired image areas in order to create an ... | {
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US2004/0069209 A1 discloses such a method and such a diamond layer. In this known method, a metal oxide substrate is provided with an iridium layer. Diamond from the gas phase is deposited in a CVD process on the surface of the iridium layer.
However, a drawback of this known method is the lattice mismatch between diam... | {
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Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to methods and apparatus for monitoring temperature, humidity, and/or other environmental or chemical analog variables. More particularly, although not exclusively, these embodiments are concerned with the detection of product abuses such as spoilage and/or the det... | {
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This invention relates to a display arrangement which is capable of presenting bright, but readily alterable displays with modest power consumption and without being excessively bulky.
According to a first aspect of this invention a display arrangement includes a sealed envelope containing a mesh electrode positioned b... | {
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Valves are often used to control the flow of fluids and/or gases. Since the valves may be located in remote and/or dangerous areas, controlling the valves is important. | {
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In the prior art, amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin film transistors are formed by depositing a first layer of a-Si semiconductor material over a gate and gate insulator layer and then depositing a layer of highly doped silicon (e.g. n+ layer) on top of the first layer. Metal contacts for the source and drain are then form... | {
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The present invention relates to transmission of data in a network environment. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and apparatus redirecting network traffic. Still more specifically, techniques are described herein for replicating packet flows for a variety of purposes including, for example, t... | {
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Films or sheets of polymeric barrier materials are formed into a finished package or "film package" such as a pouch by various techniques. For instance, by forming heat or adhesive seals about the periphery of the shape to be formed into a pouch. For example, if a square pouch is desired, a rectangular film twice the d... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to peptides which affect the biological activity of cells in culture. In particular, the invention is directed to specific peptides affecting adherence, growth or secretion of cells.
2. Description of Relevant Art
Tissue and protein hydrolysates have been routinel... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to substituted 9-(1-0- or 3-0-monosubstituted or 1,3-di-0-substituted-2-propoxymethyl)purines which are useful as antiviral agents. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing the above compounds in combination with a suitable non-toxic excipien... | {
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The present application relates generally to the field of toilets. More specifically, the present application relates to improved systems and methods for installing a toilet (e.g., coupling the toilet to a trap assembly and/or mounting the toilet to the floor).
There is an increasing demand from consumers for toilets h... | {
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The present invention relates to an inner container useful for shipping products. The inner container provides satisfactory protection during transportation and storage, and is easily and efficiently manipulated to display contained products for sale.
Many products are shipped as multiple units of the product in one la... | {
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The invention relates to a novel analysis process based on a simple or complex agglutination reaction, inter alia for blood analysis, more particularly but not exclusively for blood groupings, and to a novel apparatus for carrying the process into practice.
The known methods, most of which are either manual or part-aut... | {
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A varistor is broadly used as an over-voltage protection component and surge absorption component for circuit, equipment and components because of its non-linear volt-ampere character. Irrespective whether the varistor is used in power circuitry or electrical circuitry, if transient over-voltage happens frequently, the... | {
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The present invention relates to a combined proximity and impact fuze and more particularly to a circuit arrangement for such a fuze for preventing the actuation of a detonation upon impingement on a rain drop.
Combined proximity and impact fuzes are used, in particular, to fight flying targets by means of barrel weapo... | {
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In the lace arrangement of the type used in this invention the lace is held on one flap of the shoe frontal opening through holes and retained on the opposite flap around grooves. By disengaging the lace from the grooves, the shoe frontal opening is no longer restricted by the lace.
In Dorr U.S. Pat. No. 470,183 of 03/... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a switching device suitable as a microswitch for position detection and so on.
2. Description of the Related Art
In a well-known type of a switching device as a microswitch for position detection, a normal-close contact and a common contact are normally electri... | {
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1. Field
Various embodiments of the invention relate to a photographing apparatus, a method of controlling the photographing apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon computer program codes for executing the method.
2. Description of the Related Art
Since demands for intuitive manipula... | {
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Internet, particularly the World Wide Web (WWW) is a tremendous source of information for a variety of topics (e.g., sports, science, culture, politics, economics, psychology, law, industry, weather, etc.). Frequently, a user browses one or more pieces of information about an interested topic and the browsed informatio... | {
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The sensitivity of the human skin to the ultraviolet rays (UVR) of the sun is determined by the amount of the pigment melanin contained within the skin. Many individuals with fair or light/white complexions (Skin Types I, II, III) burn because they do not produce sufficient melanin to protect the skin against sunburn. ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a vertical cartoner having a gate that drops away from a scoreline of the carton.
2. Description of Related Art
Vertical cartoners are used in varied applications requiring the deposit of a product or, more typically, a number of products, such as food, pharmaceutical... | {
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Electrical breakdown on surfaces of insulators was perhaps first discovered by German scientist Georg Licthenberg in about 1777, and treelike patterns evidencing such breakdown are sometimes called Lichtenberg figures.
Dielectric breakdown in high-voltage vacuum applications has been a problem for half a century, as th... | {
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Sumps providing access for underground storage containers. Various types of fittings are used around pipes that enter through a sump wall. | {
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Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) is a water soluble, biocompatible and bioresorbable semi-synthesized polysaccharide. The safety of commercially available CMC having high purity has been identified and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for incorporation into many products. CMC is able to react with various... | {
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To date, integrating services such as web services and local services with client applications has been a challenging task. Challenges are posed not only from the standpoint of easing integration with client applications, but also exposing services in a graceful, consistent way. These challenges have resulted in comple... | {
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Glycosylation is the covalent linkage of an oligosaccharide chain to a protein resulting in a glycoprotein. In many glycoproteins, the oligosaccharide chain is attached to the amide nitrogen of an asparagine (Asn) residue and leads to N-glycosylation. Glycosylation represents the most widespread post-translational modi... | {
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Oscillating power tools are lightweight, handheld tools configured to oscillate various accessory tools and attachments, such as cutting blades, sanding discs, grinding tools, and many others. The accessory tools and attachments can enable the oscillating power tool to shape and contour workpieces in a many different w... | {
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The disclosed invention is directed generally to multiplexing circuits, and more particularly to an analog signal selection and summing circuit having multiplexing capability.
Multiplexers provide for selection of a desired analog signal source from a plurality of analog signal sources, and are commonly utilized in mul... | {
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This invention relates generally to semiconductor manufacture, and more particularly to a method for forming a transparent window in a polishing pad for use in chemical mechanical polishing (CMP).
In the process of fabricating modern semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs), it is necessary to form various material laye... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program capable of providing information relating to restaurants.
2. Description of Related Art
There is an augmented reality ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to mechanical structures for mounting a mcirowave device such as a diode in a microstrip line circuit.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The generation of high power microwave output signals by microwave devices such as diodes requires adequate dissipation of heat g... | {
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A major surgery commonly is carried out under general anesthesia. At this time, in order not to induce the respiratory arrest, maintenance of the airway is carried out by inserting a tracheal catheter into the oral cavity of a patient. In such a case, in order to suppress the production of saliva, a drug such as atropi... | {
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In order to maintain healthy growth, plants must extract a variety of elements from the soil. In terms of the quantity of nutrients needed, the “basic nutrients,” carbon, hydrogen and oxygen are the largest. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are in the group known as the “primary nutrients” and are needed in the secon... | {
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With the proliferation of location-aware mobile devices, crowd tracking and services based thereon are starting to emerge. For example, an exemplary system for forming and tracking crowds of users is described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/645,532 entitled FORMING CROWDS AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO CROWD DATA IN A... | {
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The wind-and-react method involves winding the precursor to a superconducting material around a mandrel in order to form a coil, and then processing the coil with high temperatures and an oxidizing environment. The processing method results in the conversion of the precursor material to a desired superconducting materi... | {
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1. Field
The present invention relates generally to wireless communications, and more specifically to enhanced block acknowledgement.
2. Background
Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication such as voice and data. A typical wireless data system, or network, provides mu... | {
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It is well known in the art to provide modular furniture that can be stored in a compacted condition, and when moved to a destination or point of use, can be assembled into fully operational components. The modular furniture of the prior art can take the form of chairs or sofas, and may utilize techniques such as those... | {
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Gripper assembly designs for automated tape libraries have traditionally been lacking in one or more of the following areas: reliability, cost size, speed, simplicity, and flexibility. U.S. Pat. No. 5,253,911, assigned to the assignee of the present invention, provided an improvement over prior art gripper assemblies b... | {
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This invention relates to piston suspension assemblies for small electrodynamic acoustical transducers and particularly to those utilizing a single piece of resilient plastic material for the sound radiating dome and the piston suspension.
Piston suspension assemblies of many different shapes have been devised for use ... | {
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Tyrosine sulfation is a common post-translational modification in secreted and membrane-bound proteins (Kehoe and Bertozzi, “Tyrosine sulfation: a modulator of extracellular protein-protein interactions,” Chem Biol 7:R57-61 (2000)). Although we are only beginning to understand the extent of its biological function, sul... | {
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Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine, a glycoprotein of 14–15 kD. Constitutive expression has been reported in various cells and tissues including monocytes and macrophages, fibroblasts, keratinocytes and dendritic cells (Waldmann and Tagaya, 1999; Fehniger and Caligiuri, 2001). The expression is upreg... | {
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The temperature of a charging battery is a critical factor in the proper control and the ultimate safety of equipment and personnel in the charging process. If the temperature of the battery increases significantly, the internal resistance of the battery decreases and consequently the charging current increases, causin... | {
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This invention relates to a plate for connecting bone fragments, in particular base splinters with bone shafts.
Nowadays, in orthopedic surgery there is a tendency to ensue, apart from connection of bone spinters, a firm internal stabilization thereof and to eliminate, in this way, a stiff dressing. This is a therapeut... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This present invention relates to guards for use with handles usable with hand saws including a variety of different types of carpenter saws, metal cutting saws, wood cutting saws, crosscut saws and the like. The present invention is particularly adaptable for use with conventionally configure... | {
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The invention relates to the field of radar for the detection and location of targets. All radar devices require a source of radio frequency energy to provide illumination of targets and a sensor of radio frequency energy to detect echo signals scattered by the targets. In prior devices, called active radar systems, th... | {
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The present disclosure relates to closures for mounting on top of bottles or other containers, and in particular, to a closure including a lid and a ring. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a closure that can withstand a high pressure and high temperature sterilization process known as retort. | {
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In general, the frequency from 20 Hz to 20 KHz is a commonly employed frequency range utilized in an audio and video signal processing system that performs digital signal processing of acoustic or sound signals. A digital signal processing technique has a tendency to have wider dynamic range and characteristics, compar... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to an imaging apparatus, and particularly to an imaging apparatus having a picture memory function to simultaneously achieve a recursive noise reduction circuit (hereinafter, referred to simply as xe2x80x9crecursive NR circuitxe2x80x9d), and long time ac... | {
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Resistive random access memory (RRAM) is a nonvolatile memory type that is one possible target for future advancement in memory technology. Generally, RRAM usually employs a dielectric material, which although normally insulating can be made to conduct through a filament or conduction path formed after application of a... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a roadway equipped with a power-generating means to generate power by virtue of the movement of a motor vehicle over the roadway. More particularly, this invention relates to a roadway equipped with such a power-generating means which is responsive to and actuated by ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a rotation angle detection device and, in particular, to a rotation angle detection device consisting of a stator, which is provided with an excitation winding of one phase and excitation windings of two phases, and a rotor having salient poles.
2. Description ... | {
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The conventional liquid crystal display (LCD) is configured into separate regions with each region containing a number of individually activated segments that can display various alpha-numeric characters. One region may conventionally have 7 segments configured in a figure eight pattern. Different combinations of the s... | {
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The invention had the object of finding novel compounds having valuable properties, in particular those which can be used for the preparation of medicaments.
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I and to the use thereof for the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases in which the inhibition, regulati... | {
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The Field Of The Invention
The present invention relates to a method and means for termination of a flat transmission cable and/or ribbon cable having a plurality of conductors on a close centerline arrangement and in particular to a method and means which cause at least some of the conductors to be acted on to extend ... | {
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An office machines such as a multifunction peripheral and an image scanning apparatus becomes an essential electronic device in the office. For continuously feeding a stack of documents to increase the scanning speed, the multifunction peripheral and the image scanning apparatus usually has an automatic document feeder... | {
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There are equipments for the thermal containers structures such as those known from the document U.S. Pat. No. 4,196,817, granted to Moser D. Wescott, dated Apr. 8, 1980, consisting of a layered pliable couplings bag for creating a thermal environment wherein a container is housed, wherein ice may be provided there bet... | {
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Embodiments of the present invention relate to sharing of information, and more particularly to techniques for sharing content from a web page.
Web pages contain content of different types including text, images, video, flash, advertisements, embedded content, and the like. However, in spite of advances in web page con... | {
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The present invention relates to an image sensing apparatus and an image display method therefor and, more particularly, to an image display method of displaying an input image and photographed image in an image sensing apparatus.
A conventional image sensing apparatus such as a digital camera has an image display devi... | {
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Fuel cells are being developed as a power source for many applications including vehicular applications. One such fuel cell is the proton exchange membrane or PEM fuel cell. PEM fuel cells are well known in the art and include in each cell thereof a membrane electrode assembly or MEA. The MEA is a thin, proton-conducti... | {
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Along with progress of digital technology and enhancement of life quality, digital electronic products have gone deeply into every aspect of life. Because digital still cameras (DSCs) have the advantages of small volume, convenient use, powerful function, real-time preview, and unneeded development of negatives as comp... | {
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Driven by a growing demand by industry, governmental regulatory agencies and consumers for durable and inexpensive products that are functionally comparable or superior to metal products, a continuing need exists for improvements in composite articles subjected to difficult service conditions. This is particularly true... | {
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Metal framing systems, which are also referred to as space framing systems, have been known for over fifty years. Such systems basically comprise a channel nut with a spring on one side thereof and a pair of arms which extend outwardly, and the nuts are designed to move through an opening in a channel. Outwardly extend... | {
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The present invention relates generally to black ink compositions for use in ink jet printers. More particularly, the present invention relates to black ink compositions having improved properties such as neutral color, light fastness, optical density, and gray scaling.
An ink jet image is formed when a precise pattern... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an engine starter which starts an internal combustion engine by using an ultra-compact direct current motor, and more particularly to an electric engine starter which can remove a conventional recoil driving unit from its body and arrange a battery for driving ... | {
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1) Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to the fabrication of capacitors in a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell and more particularly to a method and process for fabricating capacitors with a large capacitance.
2) Description of the Prior Art
In dynamic semiconductor memory storage devices, it... | {
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Since electronic devices made of sensitive materials have many advantages and features, these electronic devices are widely used in the field of organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays and adopted for mass production by the related industry in recent years.
The preparation of electronic devices made of sensitive m... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a new jet burner construction and to a new heating apparatus utilizing such a jet burner construction as well as to new methods of making such a jet burner construction and such a heating apparatus.
2. Prior Art Statement
It is known to provide a jet burner constructi... | {
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Spam has been a serious problem for email administrators and users for many years, growing from one in sixteen emails in 2002 to approximately three out of four emails in 2007. In fact, after five years of dealing with spam and throwing significant resources at the problem, over half of messaging decision-makers in mid... | {
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In general, a solar cell module is formed by interconnecting individual solar cells and laminating the interconnected cells into an integral solar cell module. More specifically, the module usually includes a stiff transparent cover layer made of a polymer or glass material, a transparent front encapsulant which adhere... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the problem of resonance due to plating stubs on circuit boards.
2. Background of the Related Art
An integrated circuit (IC), also commonly referred to as a “microchip” or “chip,” is an electronic circuit comprising miniaturized semiconductor devices formed in ... | {
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Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the fields of molecular biology, and more specifically to tau protein, and protease-active fragments and variants thereof. In particular embodiments, truncated tau fragments and tau protease variants are provided that retain substantial serine protease.
... | {
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