Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Anderson, Kill & Olick
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Patent number: 7312070Abstract: The present invention relates to a ?-catenin oligonucleotide microchip for detecting mutation in the mutational hot spot regions of ?-catenin gene, a manufacturing process thereof and a method for detecting the ?-catenin mutation employing same, wherein specific oligonucleotides are selectively designed to detect various missense mutations and in-frame deletion at the mutational hot spots of ?-catenin gene. The ?-catenin oligo chip of the present invention can be used in studies to detect ?-catenin mutations and unravel the signal transduction mechanism and tumorigenesis related to ?-catenin gene.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2003Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: National Cancer CenterInventors: Jae-Gahb Park, Il-Jin Kim, Hio-Chung Kang, Jae-Hyun Park
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Patent number: 7306738Abstract: There is provided a method for deionizing a decomposition produced solution resulting from decomposition of a polyester by ethylene glycol. The ester interchange reaction and hydrolysis reaction along with cation removing treatment of a decomposition product resulting from decomposition of a polyester by ethylene glycol are suppressed. Thereby, a method for deionizing the decomposition produced solution with small reductions in yield and purity can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2002Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Aies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuji Inada, Kikuchi Sato
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Patent number: 7308117Abstract: The present invention provides a system that applies the latest technology related to compression, rendering, and geographical data processing to present an interactive interface to users, which enables them to efficiently manipulate maps and queries for information over the World Wide Web. The method includes a World Wide Web application to display GIS information and obtains user input, and a server application to process user input and to communicate with the database to retrieve or store data.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2001Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: National Science and Technology Development AgencyInventors: Royol Chitradon, Sitthichai Laoveerakul, Justin A. Hickey
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Patent number: 7296934Abstract: An optical transmission module is disclosed that comprises an optical element having an optical path formed therein, optical connection parts respectively arranged on both sides of the optical element so as to connect the optical element to plural optical fibers, and reinforcement parts. The reinforcement parts are applied to a part of or an entire circumference of respective connected portions between the optical element and the optical connection parts, and then cured to reinforce connections between the optical element and the optical connection parts.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tadashi Ono
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Patent number: 7293727Abstract: A mobile crushing machine, equipped with an impact crusher having a separable casing 31 comprising a stationary casing 70 and a movable casing 30, is adopted for casing 31 with the upper end 724 of the stationary casing 70 positioned below the upper end 820 of the movable casing 80 and with the movable casing 80 arranged to permit an operator to collapse the feeding port 31A side of movable casing 80 into the rotation mechanism 39 for transporting the mobile crushing machine The impact crusher is equipped with a gap adjustment device (60).Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2002Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Moriya, Hiroshi Yoshida, Tohru Nakayama, Yuji Ozawa
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Patent number: 7287508Abstract: An engine lubrication method is provided. The four-cycle engine has a lightweight aluminum alloy engine block having a cylindrical bore and an enclosed oil reservoir formed therein. A crankshaft is rotatably mounted in the engine block for rotation about a crankshaft axis. A piston reciprocates within the bore and is connected to the crankshaft by a connecting rod. An oil pump driven by the cam gear, which mates with crank gear that is driven by crank shaft, inhales the oil from the oil reservoir to splash lubricate into the cylinder bore. The engine is provided with a cylinder head assembly defining a compact combustion chamber having a pair of overhead intake and exhaust ports and cooperating intake and exhaust valves. A lightweight, high-powered engine is thereby provided having relatively low HC and CO emissions. A circular arc wall surrounds around web of the crankshaft with a slight distance from the web.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2006Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: ETG LimitedInventor: Katsumi Kurihara
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Patent number: 7287417Abstract: Ultrasonic waves passing through guides (5, 6) are emitted towards a target (2) immersed in a liquid in order to infer the wetting of this target from certain features of the received signal. The invention is notably applied to the study of liquid heavy metals.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie AtomiqueInventors: Philippe Ducret, Quentin Jogand
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Patent number: 7284919Abstract: A printer capable of printing to both roll paper and slips. The printer includes a condition setting unit 15 for setting or not setting the absence of roll paper in the printer as a set condition for taking the printer off-line. An off-line status determination circuit 16 for generating an output in response to the set condition of the condition setting unit 15 when the power is turned on or reset, and a print controller responsive to the output from said off-line status determination circuit for determining whether to set the printer to be taken off-line or not according to the set condition of the condition setting unit . Accordingly, when roll paper is not needed, the printer can thus print to slips without ever loading roll paper.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2004Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yoshiaki Kinoshita
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Patent number: 7284922Abstract: A label printer has an on-board peeling mechanism that easily replaces label paper and removing paper jams with limited space for opening and closing the printer. The label printer has a printing mechanism for printing labels while conveying label paper having a plurality of label affixed to a continuous web liner, and a peeling unit for peeling printed labels from the web liner conveyed through a curved transport path by bending the printed label paper acutely from the back side of the web liner. The peeling unit is attached to a printer cover which is mounted openably and closably to the label paper compartment in the printer housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2005Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Toru Takami, Koji Yamada
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Patent number: 7279568Abstract: The present invention relates to a highly efficient eukaryotic expression vector containing an exogenous transcription regulatory element which comprises a promoter/enhancer and the nucleotide sequence upstream of the translation initiation codon derived from human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) immediately early (IE) gene or human elongation factor 1? (EF1?) gene.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2003Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: ViroMed LimitedInventors: Sunyoung Kim, Seung-Shin Yu
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Patent number: 7280478Abstract: A control packet of an OBS network comprises a label which is switched for fast transmitting each packet from a source host to a corresponding destination host, a wavelength ID for distinction of channel and switching, a CoS field providing different type of CoS, an offset time indicating the difference between an arrival time of the control packet and an arrival time of the data burst, a data burst size and a CRC for error detecting. A data burst generation algorithm uses hysterisis characteristics in the queueing model for an ingress edge node in an optical burst switching network. This algorithm adaptively changes the data burst size according to the offered load and offers high average data burst utilization with a lower timer operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2002Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Information and Communications University Educational FoundationInventors: Se-Yoon Oh, Minho Kang
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Patent number: 7278596Abstract: A mobile crushing machine, equipped with an impact crusher having a separable casing 31 comprising a stationary casing 70 and a movable casing 30, is adopted for casing 31 with the upper end 724 of the stationary casing 70 positioned below the upper end 820 of the movable casing 80 and with the movable casing 80 arranged to permit an operator to collapse the feeding port 31A side of movable casing 80 into the rotation mechanism 39 for transporting the mobile crushing machine The impact crusher is equipped with a gap adjustment device (60).Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2006Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Moriya, Hiroshi Yoshida, Tohru Nakayama, Yuji Ozawa
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Patent number: 7277362Abstract: An audio signal reproduction apparatus for reproducing scratch sound from an optical disk. Scratch reproduction operation is performed through use of a jog dial and a turntable. When either the jog dial or the turn table has been actuated, a rotational operation signal of the thus-actuated element is supplied to a main system controller of the apparatus. The main system controller detects a rotational direction and a rotational speed, which have been achieved at the time of scratching operation, on the basis of the rotational operation signal, thereby controlling reading of audio data from memory. The main system controller processes the rotational operation signal in accordance with a jog dial/turntable switching signal, thereby controlling reading of audio data such that the same scratching sound is output when the same rotational operation has been performed.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2004Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: TEAC CorporationInventors: Hideo Inoue, Kenji Oniki, Tomohiko Kikuchi
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Patent number: 7270753Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer gel having a surfactant-like micelle structure obtained by polymerization or condensation polymerization of an ionic surfactant and an organic or inorganic compound having polymerizable moiety, which is capable of adsorbing and separating specific compounds in an easy recyclable manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2003Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Inventor: Hongdoo Kim
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Patent number: 7255005Abstract: A piezoelectric vibrating gyro element is constructed by crystal and includes at least in the same plane a base portion; a pair of vibrating arms for detection extended out from the base portion to both sides in a straight line shape, and having groove portions; a weight portion connected to the tip of each of the vibrating arms for detection; a pair of connecting arms extended out from the base portion to both the sides in directions perpendicular to the vibrating arms for detection; pairs of vibrating arms for driving each extended out from the tip portion of each of the connecting arms to both the sides perpendicularly to this tip portion, and having groove portions; and a weight portion connected to the tip of each of the vibrating arms for driving; wherein, when the vibrating arm for driving is set to Ld in length and Wd in width, and the vibrating arm for detection is set to Lp in length and Wp in width, and the connecting arm is set to Lc in length and Wc in width, the piezoelectric vibrating gyro elemType: GrantFiled: January 11, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Seiichiro Ogura
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Patent number: 7250228Abstract: A bismuth yttrium titanate (BYT) film having the composition of formula (I) has enhanced residual polarization and electric fatigue properties with excellent ferroelectric property, and therefore, it can be advantageously used in an electric or electronic device including a FRAM device: Bi4-xYxTi3O12??(I) wherein x is an integer of 0.1 to 2.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2003Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Postech FoundationInventors: Shi-Woo Rhee, Sang-Woo Kang
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Patent number: 7247325Abstract: The present invention provides a crude drug composition comprising extracts of radish and tea leaf and additionally comprising an extract extracted from at least one crude drug selected from a group consisting of Daucus carota var sativa, Aurantii nobilis Pericapium, Aurantii immatri Pericarpium, Ficus carica L., Allium cepa L., Mume Fructus and Prunus armeniaca. Inventive composition induces the functional activation of intestine in the charcoal-administered animal model experiment and constipation-induced animal model and improves the constipation by activating mucus secretion in the intestine. And the composition is confirmed to inhibit the growth of intestinal harmful bacteria without affecting the growth of beneficial bacteria. Therefore, the crude drug composition of the present invention may be useful for the pharmaceutical composition and health care food for preventing, alleviating and treating intestinal disease and constipation.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2006Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: K.T.& G. CorporationInventors: Soon-Ok Baik, You-Hui Lee, Hyun-Kyoung Kim, Young-Sook Kim
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Patent number: 7248787Abstract: DVD-video data and DVD-audio data are recorded in a DVD-Avd disc. The DVD-audio data is composed of an audio manager having an audio manager information, an audio manager menu, a first audio title set including first audio data and a second audio title set including second audio data. The first audio data of the first audio title set is connected with audio contents included in the DVD-video data, and a real time information (RTI) pack or a still picture (SPCT) pack is included in the second audio title set. Therefore, the audio contents of the DVD-video data and the audio data of the DVD-audio data are managed by the audio manager information, and text information indicated by real time information or a still picture is displayed while reproducing the audio data. Also, DVD-video data recorded in a DVD-video disc, which is normally reproduced by using a reproducing apparatus dedicated to the DVD-video disc, can be reproduced by using a reproducing apparatus for the DVD-Avd disc.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2003Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: JVC Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiaki Tanaka, Shoji Ueno, Norihiko Fuchigami
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Patent number: 7245571Abstract: An optical disk drive that can automatically adjust an erase power to an appropriate level to keep the error rate low and not to shorten the life of an erasable optical disk. The optical disk drive obtains a reference erasing modulation factor using a test area of the erasable optical disk when the disk is set. While overwriting data in the erasable optical disk, the optical disk drive obtains an erasing modulation factor based on the read signal detected in an erased region from time to time to adjust the erase power so that the erase power continually adjusted to the appropriate level.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2002Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: TEAC CorporationInventors: Toshiki Shimizu, Akira Mashimo
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Patent number: D557700Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2004Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Blue Maze, LLCInventors: Reginald Mars, Evan Shapiro, Mitch J. Towbin