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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to functionalized carbosilane polymers and photoresist compositions containing the same.
2. Description of Background
Dry 193 nm resist materials are generally limited to indices of refraction near or below 1.7. It has been predicted that using a high refractiv... | {
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This invention relates generally to cassette tape recorders, and more particularly, the present invention relates to information or music scanning circuitry adapted to such cassette tape recorders.
Nowadays, many cassette tape recorders having a radio has a music scanning function so that a desired piece of music in a ... | {
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The present invention is a process for the hydrogenation of chlorosilanes. The process comprises contacting a chlorosilane with aluminum and a hydrogen source selected from a group consisting of hydrogen gas and gaseous hydrogen chloride in the presence of a catalyst. The catalyst is selected from a group consisting of... | {
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U.S. Pat. No. 5,135,785 describes films consisting of a polyethylene or polypropylene layer between two layers of an ethylene/vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer containing at least 18% by weight of acetate. These films may be welded to make flexible sachets. These films have a permeability to oxygen; indeed, when the sachet... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a brake control system that controls braking force applied to a wheel provided on a vehicle and a control method for the brake control system.
2. Description of the Related Art
Japanese Patent Application Publication No. JP-A-11-180294, for example, describes a brake h... | {
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A. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Disease ("IBD") is the collective term used to describe two chronic, idiopathic inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract: ulcerative colitis ("UC") and Crohn's disease ("CD"). UC and CD are considered together because of their overlapping clinical, etiologic, ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a foldable display apparatus. More particularly, the invention relates to a foldable display apparatus for minimizing a bending stress of a display panel.
2. Discussion of the Related Art
A display apparatus using a flat display panel, such as a liquid crystal ... | {
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Whether in the context of a sport practice or of a daily use, people tend to tighten the shoelaces of their shoes too much in particular in order to feel an accentuate holding of the foot. Furthermore, during a physical effort, such as running or walking, the foot swells naturally inside the shoe, by blood inflow, and ... | {
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Hearing instruments have over the later years been increasingly able to communicate with the surroundings, including communicating with remote controls, spouse microphones, other hearing instruments and lately also directly with smart phones and other external electronic devices.
Hearing instruments are very small and ... | {
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(1) Summary of the Invention
The invention relates to a vacuum cleaner and to a filter assembly therefor. It will be understood that the term "vacuum cleaner" is here used so as to encompass any type of cleaning apparatus which uses the creation of a vacuum to draw air along an airflow path.
(2) Description of Related ... | {
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This invention relates in general to apparatus for sensing displacement or position of an object, and in particular to apparatus which utilizes a flexible moveable band or other moveable element to convert a physical measure of displacement and position of an object into an electrical signal representing such measure.
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During the processing of molten steel in a ladle, an inert gas such as argon is typically bubbled into and through the molten steel. The bubbling of inert gas into the ladle facilitates uniform composition, uniform temperature control, oxygen removal, and purification of molten metal in the ladle. One conventional meth... | {
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The present invention relates generally to the production and collection of electrical wire harnesses, and more particularly to an apparatus for handling and storing electrical wire harnesses of varying lengths.
Many machines are known in the art for production of electrical wire harnesses. Such harnesses typically inc... | {
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A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touchscreens also can sense other passive objects, such as a stylus. Touchscreens are common in devices such ... | {
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There has been an ongoing global proliferation of lighting products. Typical lighting products use one or more incandescent bulbs. Incandescent bulbs are inexpensive to buy, but generate 90% heat and merely 10% of light, which makes them inefficient and expensive to operate. Further, incandescent bulbs have a very shor... | {
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This invention relates to chemical mechanical polishing machines for planarizing semi-conductor wafers; and in particular to such machines having improved bearings.
Chemical mechanical polishing machines for semiconductor wafers are well known in the art, as described for example in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,335,453, 5,329,732,... | {
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The present invention relates to a catalytic system which can be used for copolymerization of ethylene and a conjugated diene monomer, a method for preparation of this catalytic system, and a method for preparation of a copolymer of ethylene and a conjugated diene monomer, using the catalytic system.
It is known that e... | {
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Geofencing is a technique for monitoring and providing an alert in response to the movement of a mobile device outside of a prescribed area around which a geofence is defined. A geofence is thus determined with reference to a geographical area. Location data from the mobile device are compared with the coordinate range... | {
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When Unix was being developed in 1969 based on a filesystem, the concept of device drivers was already well defined, when it was also viewed as an extension of the same filesystem. Also the model of a portable operating system was already decided early on when it was broken into two main components; the device independ... | {
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The wide adoption of mobile devices along with ubiquitous cellular data coverage has resulted in an explosive growth of mobile applications that expect always-accessible wireless networking. This explosion has placed demands on network performance including demands for fast and reliable communication paths and for redu... | {
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Hand puppets featuring a chamber for receiving a human hand and appendages that can be manipulated by the inserted hand and/or its fingers have delighted children of all ages for many decades. Frequently, such puppets are in the form of animals and the chamber is situated to permit the fingers of a hand to work such pa... | {
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Snap hooks in the safety and lifting industries take a variety of different forms and have an equally wide number of different applications. Such applications include use in fall arrest systems and in the lifting of heavy objects by means of a crane or other lifting devices.
The safe lifting of heavy objects and the pr... | {
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A Gilbert Cell type variable gain amplifier (hereinafter referred to simply as a “differential amplifier”) may be used as a circuit for driving an optical modulator in an optical transceiver or the like. The differential amplifier has a variable gain which can be varied in accordance with a gain control signal given to... | {
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Glaucoma is characterized by a progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells, a characteristic optic neuropathy and patterns of visual field loss in the more advanced stages. Even though glaucoma can be caused by many different risk factors, the increased intraocular pressure (IOP) is identified as the main risk factor of... | {
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This invention relates in general to vehicle transmissions and in particular to a method and apparatus for automatically controlling the operation of a clutch for use with an automated mechanical transmission in a vehicle drive train assembly.
In virtually all land vehicles in use today, a transmission is provided in a... | {
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It is customary to drive power looms by an electric motor that is connected to an a.c. power supply or a three-phase power supply network. Preferably, pole-switchable or frequency-controlled motors are used. The main power drive is coupled by power transmission means, such as a belt and pulley drive, to a flywheel mass... | {
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The present invention is related to the field of data storage systems.
Data storage systems may utilize a file-based representation of block-oriented storage objects that are exposed to external users, such as host computers accessing the data storage system via a network. For example, a logical unit of storage or LUN ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a photo-electric conversion device having a photo-electric conversion section.
2. Description of Prior Arts
The photoelectric conversion type information processing device having a solid state photoelectric conversion section is applicable to a television image pick-u... | {
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Depending on the required selected power class, mobile telephones emit transmission power levels of up to 2 W via the transmitting antenna. Particularly in the edge of the supply area of a radio cell or when transmission is interfered with by multipath propagation, the network system administration for the mobile telep... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to cavity filters including resonator tubes.
2. Description of Related Art
Cavity filters are the basic circuitry behind a duplexer and are in a sharply tuned resonant circuit that allows only certain frequencies to pass. A typical cavity filter has one or more resonato... | {
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This invention relate; to a computer having memory protection function, a computer readable recording medium adapted so that address validity collation program is recorded, and an address validity collation method at such a computer, and more particularly to a computer having function in which, in response to request o... | {
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1. Field
Directed carbon nanotube growth is described, and in particular growing carbon nanotubes with a well-controlled direction, orientation and size.
2. Related Art
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) have been investigated for a wide range of possible applications. However, at present, it remains difficult to control the size ... | {
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The lifting of a certain body mass, commonly called load, is typically carried out by mechanized equipment vertically suspending it, by means of hooks associated with flexible linear elements such as cables or chains, subsequently interconnected or attached to mechanical devices, placed at a upper position in relation ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The application relates generally to strontium titanate (SrTiO3), and more particularly to forming strontium titanate with large single crystal domains.
2. Description of the Related Art
Crystalline strontium titanate (SrTiO3) is an interesting material as a building block for functional oxide... | {
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This invention generally relates to improved multi-layer steel gaskets. More specifically the present invention relates to an improved anti-fret primer coating for a multilayer gasket.
Gaskets are used in a variety of locations in an internal combustion engines. The primary requirement of these gaskets is that they be ... | {
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Embodiments of the inventive concept are directed to an integrated circuit, and more particularly, to a computer-implemented method and a computing system for designing an integrated circuit by considering process variations of wires.
An integrated circuit can be designed based on standard cells. Specifically, a layout... | {
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Roofing battens are used widely in securing flexible membranes to underlying materials. Mechanical fasteners, such as roofing screws, are passed through the battens, which may be pre-punched with holes to accommodate such fasteners. Typically, roofing battens comprise metal, wooden, or polymeric strips.
A polymeric mat... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the art of welding dissimilar tubes end to end and more specifically to a welding ring designed to effect that desired union.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The present practice of end joining tubes or pipes composed of dissimilar grades or compositions and having un... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to apparatus for use in treatment of the human body. More particularly, the present invention relates to an elongated device which may be a single catheter assembly or a multiple component catheter assembly and which is suitable for use through percutaneous or oth... | {
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Electronic techniques have been widely applied in various kinds of fields including not only the electric or communication fields of telephones, televisions, computers (including personal computers), lights and controlling devices utilized in various kinds of manufacturing industries, but also other fields including au... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electric potential sensor, and more particularly, to a feedback type electric potential sensor which measures the electric potential of an object by causing the electric potential of the sensor to be equal to the electric potential of the object.
2. Descript... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This application relates to improvements in dual temperature exchange system for concentrating a desired material by exchanging, at different temperatures, said desired material with another material between chemically different lighter and heavier fluids, e.g. gas and liquid, which are physic... | {
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1. Field of Invention
The invention relates to plastic product manufacturing processes and more particularly to a process of manufacturing a plastic product with decorated surfaces (e.g., an inner surface of the plastic product) by forming a thin film structure made of natural or synthetic fiber, placing the thin film ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an information processing apparatus for performing a setup to control a device, its device setting method, and a memory medium in which a device driver program has been stored. More particularly, the invention relates to an information processing apparatus having means... | {
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Since the early 1980's, three dimensional seismic image technology has revolutionized subsurface geologic mapping and hydrocarbon exploration in the petroleum industry. However, interpretation of three dimensional seismic images has been mainly a subjective process involving a human interpreter extracting and discrimin... | {
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In a spread spectrum communication system, the transmitted signal is spread over a frequency band that is significantly wider than the minimum bandwidth required to transmit the signal. By spreading transmission bandwidth across a broader bandwidth than minimally required, power levels at any given frequency within the... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a climb assist system and, more particularly, relates to a climb assist system adapted for installation in locations providing limited access space.
2. Background of the Invention
The present invention provides a climb assist system which may be readi... | {
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In carrying several fishing rod and reel assemblies at the same time, it frequently occurs that the fishing lines of the various rods may become entangled. Further, there is frequently no convenient place to store small items of equipment associated with the fishing rods such as fishing tackle.
The prior art is already... | {
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Submicron manufacturing uses lithographic techniques to build up layers of materials on a substrate to create transistors, diodes, light-emitting diodes (LEDS), capacitors, resistors, inductors, sensors, wires, optical wires, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and other elements which collectively produce a device t... | {
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Along with increased practical uses of variable voltage variable frequency inverter devices and other devices, application fields of various kinds of power converter have been developed.
For example, technologies applied to a boost/buck converter have been actively developed for a power converter in recent years. Meanw... | {
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Many electronic systems utilize high voltage signals that exceed the 5V or less logic signal levels of typical digital systems. For example, applications such as communications systems that incorporate modems, serial line drivers, etc., may be required to operate at elevated voltage levels. In many flat panel displays,... | {
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This application is based on application No. H11-208367 filed in Japan on Jul. 23, 1999, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a camera that is mounted on the human body to shoot a moving object.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Came... | {
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Solid-state memory, such as flash, is currently in use in solid-state drives (SSD) to augment or replace conventional hard disk drives (HDD), writable CD (compact disk) or writable DVD (digital versatile disk) drives, collectively known as spinning media, and tape drives, for storage of large amounts of data. Flash and... | {
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The present invention relates to brushless direct current (DC) motors and, more particularly, to a stator structure and method of manufacture of a claw-pole stator structure for such motors.
One form of brushless DC motor includes a stator structure comprising a pair of opposed, complementary, claw-pole stator members ... | {
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As is well known, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is the most serious and stubborn infectious disease all over the world, which was first found in the United States in the 20th century. It has been classified as one of category B fulminating infectious diseases by the World Health Organization (WTO), and its... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention pertains generally to invoking run-time routines in computer programming languages, and more particularly to a method for linking related run-time routines to functional modules or "chains".
2. Description of the Background Art
In existing programming languages, including the "C... | {
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Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, there is shown a conventional stand for supporting a saxophone 15. The stand includes a base 11, a post formed on the base 11, an inclined rod 12 formed on the post, a clip 13 attached to the inclined rod 12 and an inverted yoke 14 attached to the inclined rod 12. The clip 13 includes two pr... | {
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Biological testing for the presence and/or concentration of an analyte may be conducted for a variety of reasons including, amongst other applications, preliminary diagnosis, screening samples for presence of controlled substances and management of long term health conditions.
Lateral flow devices (also known as “later... | {
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The present invention generally relates to a gaming environment. In particular, the present invention relates to player tracking in a gaming environment.
Gaming machines, such as slot machines, fruit machines, or poker machines, have in recent years become one of the more popular, exciting, and sophisticated wagering a... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The field of the invention is data processing, or, more specifically, methods, apparatus, and products for testing an electrical component.
2. Description of Related Art
The development of the EDVAC computer system of 1948 is often cited as the beginning of the computer era. Since that time, c... | {
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The field of catalytic cracking and particularly fluid catalyst systems has been in a constant state of development since conception of fluid systems. Thus, as new product demands increased and experience was gained in operating and design parameters, so also were new catalyst concepts developed which further increased... | {
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Liquid crystal display panels are increasingly used for the general display of alpha-numeric information and in particular they are finding application to such areas as control panels in the cockpit of aircraft or the like where the pilot user may view the display by looking down at an angle from the horizontal.
An inh... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of display, and in particular to a high resolution demultiplexer (demux) driver circuit.
2. The Related Arts
The panel display devices, such as, liquid crystal display (LCD) and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, comprise a plurality of pixe... | {
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This invention relates to a combination anti-theft and adjustable mounting assembly for a citizen's band radio receiver and transmitter of the type adapted for operation within a vehicle, such as an automobile, truck or the like. More particularly, the present invention relates to an arrangement of parts to inhibit acc... | {
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This invention relates generally to systems and methods for reducing vehicle-collision injuries and damage and concerns more specifically such systems and methods that are particularly suitable for use with large vehicles, such as truck trailers, for preventing smaller vehicle from under-riding them.
Deployable interio... | {
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Grouping of social connections to form social networks have become useful in many contexts. Better understanding of a user's social connections can provide better insight into the user. Such insight can facilitate the placement of the user into optimal social networks so that the user can enjoy association with similar... | {
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Field of the Invention
Protein-based binding reagents have various uses in therapeutic or diagnostic application. Antibodies have proven to be an excellent paradigm for such reagents. Indeed, a number of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have been successfully used for treating cancers, infectious diseases, and inflammatory... | {
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The invention relates to a pneumatic nailing machine in which, even when actual hammering is repeatedly conducted on asphalt roofing shingles or the like, tar adhering to a driver is prevented from sticking to the interior of a nose portion.
When an asphalt roofing shingle which is formed into a sheet-like shape is to ... | {
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Noodles can be divided into sliced noodles, fresh noodles, dried noodles, and so on based on the different production processes. In hand rolled noodles, which are a type of fresh noodles, flour proteins are utilized to generate a great amount of gluten, which is distributed evenly in the noodles during the unique knead... | {
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The present disclosure relates generally to electron microscopes and more particularly to an electron microscope using radio frequencies and/or super-cooling.
It is known to employ transmission electron microscopes and scanning electron microscopes to obtain a magnified image of a specimen. Exemplary conventional elect... | {
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The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform and an apparatus therefor which can manufacture optical fibers exhibiting a reduced transmission loss caused by hydroxyl groups in the region of wavelengths between 1280 nm and 1600 nm.
Hydroxyl groups that are present in glass used in... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a wheel chair comprising at least two rear wheels, at least one front wheel, a supporting frame, a seat assembly, simply called xe2x80x9cseatxe2x80x9d hereinafter and in the claims, and a backrest assembly, simply called xe2x80x9cbackrestxe2x80x9d hereinafter and in th... | {
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To maximize hydrocarbon production, wellbores are routinely steered to desired targets within a formation while being drilled. Accurately delineating the actual path of an existing wellbore, as well as predicting a trajectory that a wellbore being drilled will take, however, has proven difficult. Sensors in the drill s... | {
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Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Several hundred thousand individuals die as a result of some form of cancer. Therefore, the need to diagnose and treat cancerous or otherwise harmful lesions at the earliest stage possible is highly coveted. Frequently, areas of the body may arouse susp... | {
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This invention relates to a device for receiving and displaying television images comprising buffer means for storing television images. The invention also relates to a television apparatus provided with such a device.
A device of the type described in the opening paragraph is known from EP-B-0 375 764. The known devic... | {
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Peer-to-peer communication, and in fact all types of communication, depend on the possibility of establishing valid connections between selected entities. However, entities may have one or several addresses that may vary because the entities move in the network, because the topology changes, or because an address lease... | {
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The present invention relates to the measurement of gas or liquid flow, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to a flow meter apparatus, for measurement of substance (say gas or liquid) flow through a conduit.
The measurement of liquid or gas flow under pressure in enclosed pipes has historically been performed t... | {
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Evaporative emissions of fuel vapor from a vehicle having an internal combustion engine occur principally due to venting of the fuel tank of the vehicle. When the vehicle is parked, diurnal changes in temperature or pressure of the ambient atmosphere cause air to waft into and out of the fuel tank. Some of the fuel ine... | {
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The invention relates generally to mobile (cellular) telephone communications services. More specifically, the invention relates to methods and systems that enable businesses to subscribe to a mobile telephone service that allows subscriber's to a mobile telephone service provider to place a telephone call to a busines... | {
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1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a microscope apparatus for viewing microscopic features. More specifically, the present invention relates to an optical microscope which provides high contrast and sharp images, providing for higher detail.
2. Background Art
Microscopes have assisted scientists and... | {
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Arcade game operators prefer to install arcade games, such as video games, pinball games, redemption games, claw cranes, etc., in locations where people may be localized for long periods of time, such as hotels, restaurants, theaters, shopping centers, and other public places. In particular, operators often have agreem... | {
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This invention pertains in general to analog-to-digital converters and in particular to analog-to-digital converters having a very high operating clock frequency, small die size, and low power consumption and methods of stabilizing the same against drift.
Conventional high-speed analog-to-digital converters (xe2x80x9cA... | {
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There is a method, called secure computation, for obtaining computational results without decrypting encrypted numerical values (see Non-patent literature 1, for example). In the method in Non-patent literature 1, encryption is performed that distributes pieces of a numerical value are distributed among three secure co... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a group judgment device that judges whether a device connected to its network belongs to a predetermined group.
2. Background Art
Recent years have seen the realization of home networking, i.e., networking home devices for sharing various pieces of content among them.... | {
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Mechanical fasteners, which are also called hook and loop fasteners, typically include a plurality of closely spaced upstanding projections with loop-engaging heads useful as hook members, and loop members typically include a plurality of woven, nonwoven, or knitted loops. Mechanical fasteners are useful for providing ... | {
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An important need exists to dry grain quickly and effectively after harvest to retain maximum quality, to attain a moisture content sufficiently low to minimize infestation by insects and microorganisms (e.g., bacteria, fungi, etc.), to prevent germination and to maximize consumer acceptability of appearance and other ... | {
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Light emitting diode (LED) lighting devices provide the advantages of low power consumption and long service life. Thus, LED lighting devices may be used as general lighting equipment to replace, for example, fluorescent lamps, bulbs, halogen lamps, and the like. | {
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This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/297,763, filed Jan. 17, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,968,534.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an apparatus and process for chemically impregnating paper and other non-woven web, and is more particularly concerned with an apparatus wh... | {
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Memory devices are typically assembled into memory modules that are used in a computer system. These memory modules typically include single in-line memory modules (SIMMs) having memory devices on one side of the memory module, and dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs) having memory devices on both sides of the memory mo... | {
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The present invention concerns vehicle shifters for shifting manual transmissions, and more particularly concerns a shifter having a shift lever and a lockout device for controlling movement of the shift lever into a reverse gear position.
Vehicle manufacturers have lockout mechanisms designed to prevent an operator fr... | {
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The present invention relates to the epitaxial growth of semiconductor materials in a manner which produces monocrystal material with improved characteristics, and to the structures based on such material. In particular, the invention relates to a method of fabricating semiconductor materials with the bandgap width exc... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present application relates to measuring devices, more specifically to coordinate measurement machines.
2. Description of the Related Art
Portable coordinate measurement machines (PCMMs) such as articulated arm PCMMs can be used to perform a variety of measurement and coordinate acquisitio... | {
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The present disclosure generally relates to reinforced packages for holding products and to methods of forming the packages. More specifically, the present disclosure is directed to a package including a bag or liner attached to a carton or blank having features to reinforce the shape of the formed package and allow ac... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to the field of spinal orthopedics, and more particularly to methods and systems for securing interbody cages within the intervertebral space.
2. Background
The spine is a flexible column formed of a plurality of bones called vertebra. The vertebrae are ... | {
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The present disclosure relates to a vehicle seat to be mounted on a vehicle.
The vehicle seat has a cushion frame, and a back frame. The cushion frame forms a frame of a seat cushion which supports the buttocks of a seat occupant.
The back frame forms a frame of a seatback which supports the back of the seat occupant. ... | {
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One conventional form of product dispenser for spices, condiments and other similar dry particulate materials includes a container with a round server lid screwed onto its neck. The round server lid is often known and referred to as a "closure" by those skilled in the art. In the product dispensing art, round closures ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a substrate for an information recording medium in which information is optically recorded and reproduced as well as to a method of producing the same.
2. Description of the Related Art
There have hitherto been methods of reading of signals from optical cards. ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a liquid biocidal composition containing (a) formaldehyde adduct compounds and (b) an isothiazolone, which is intended to provide synergistic biocidal. activity against bacteria and fungi. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of a biocide... | {
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Massive computing capability has traditionally been provided by highly specialized and very expensive supercomputers. As technology advances, however, inexpensive desktop and server hardware has steadily supplanted expensive high end systems. More recently, inexpensive hardware has been gathered together to form comput... | {
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With respect to a switching power supply used as a power supply of an electronic appliance, there is a demand for a reduction in the loss (heat generation) and an increase in the efficiency. Moreover, also with respect to an image forming device for which load variation is great and which stays in a wait state for a lo... | {
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