Patents Represented by Law Firm Birch, Stewart, Kolasch and Birch
  • Patent number: 8013517
    Abstract: Disclosed are a phosphor, a coating phosphor composition, a method for preparing the phosphor, and a light emitting device. A silicate-based phosphor is expressed in a chemical formula of (4-x-y-z)SrO.xBaO.zCaO.aMgO.2(SiO2).bM2O3:yEu, wherein M is at least one of Y, Ce, La, Nd, Gd, Tb, Yb or Lu, in which 0<x?3.95, 0<y?1, 0?z<3.95, x+y+z<4, 0<a<2, and 0<b<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: LG Innotek Co., Ltd., Force4 Corp.
    Inventors: Choong Youl Kim, Sung Min Kong, Hee Seok Choi, Seung Hyok Park, Ho Shin Yoon, Chang Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 8011789
    Abstract: A rear projection display includes a projector for projecting light from a light source as an optical image, an exterior cabinet for enclosing the projector, a projection screen provided for the exterior cabinet on which the optical image is projected, and two or more optical sensors provided in a region where the optical image is projected from the projector other than an image display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Taisuke Murata
  • Patent number: 8014893
    Abstract: A groove (Da) extending in a Y-axis direction of a workpiece (D) is finish machined with an offset tool (T) that has a cross-section with a shape (L3) offset in a reducing direction by only a predetermined offset amount relative to a finished shape (L1) of the groove (Da) and that rotates around an axis of rotation parallel to a Z axis. Each time an incising step in which the offset tool (T) is relatively moved within the X-Z plane only by a predetermined distance on the circumference of an imaginary circle (C) having an initial position as its center and the offset amount (o) as its radius is carried out, a cutting step in which the entire length of the groove (Da) is cut while relatively moving the offset tool (T) in the Y-axis direction is carried out repeatedly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Miki, Joji Kikuhara
  • Patent number: 8012836
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating the same are provided. An exemplary embodiment of a semiconductor device comprises a substrate with a plurality of isolation structures formed therein, defining first and second areas over the substrate. A transistor is formed on a portion of the substrate in the first and second areas, respectively, wherein the transistor in the second area is formed with merely a pocket doping region in the substrate adjacent to a drain region thereof. A first dielectric layer is formed over the substrate, covering the transistor formed in the first and second areas. A plurality of first contact plugs is formed through the first dielectric layer, electrically connecting a source region and a drain region of the transistor in the second area, respectively. A second dielectric layer is formed over the first dielectric layer with a capacitor formed therein, wherein the capacitor electrically connects one of the first contact plugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacuturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chyuan Tzeng, Jian-Yu Shen, Kuo-Chi Tu, Kuo-Ching Huang, Chin-Yang Chang
  • Patent number: 8013323
    Abstract: A P-type nitride semiconductor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A nitride semiconductor includes a P-type nitride layer formed on a active layer, wherein the P-type nitride layer is a P-type nitride layer with the group 4 element doped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Chul Choi
  • Patent number: 8008232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazolecarboxanilides I in which the variables are as defined below: n is zero or 2; m is 2 or 3; X1 is fluorine or chlorine; X2 is halogen; Y is CN, NO2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, methoxy or methylthio; p is zero or 1; R1 is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-haloalkyl; R2 is hydrogen or halogen; R3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; W is O or S; with the proviso that, if a) W=O, R1=methyl and R3 is hydrogen, R2 is not fluorine, or b) W=O, n=0, m=2, p=0, R2 and R3 are hydrogen, R1 is not trifluoromethyl or difluoromethyl, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising them and to methods for using them for controlling harmful fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus Gewehr, Jochen Dietz, Thomas Grote, Carsten Blettner, Wassilios Grammenos, Udo Hünger, Bernd Müller, Frank Schieweck, Anja Schwögler, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Joachim Rheinheimer, Peter Schäfer, Siegfried Strathmann, Reinhard Stierl
  • Patent number: 8007726
    Abstract: The present invention provides a microarray bioprobe device integrated with an amplifier having bottom-gate thin film transistors. The present invention utilizes a micro-electro-mechanical process as well as a semiconductor process to integrate microarray bioprobes and an amplifier having bottom-gate thin film transistors on a flexible substrate. As such, a signal obtained by the microarray bioprobes can be amplified nearby to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and impedance matching. The microarray bioprobes are formed on the flexible substrate such that the present microarray bioprobe device can be disposed to conform to the profile of a living body's portion so as to improve electrical contact between the bioprobes and the living body's portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Chung Hua University
    Inventors: Jium-Ming Lin, Li-Chern Pan, Po-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 8008103
    Abstract: A nitride-based light emitting device capable of achieving an enhancement in emission efficiency and an enhancement in reliability is disclosed. The light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer, and a light extracting layer arranged on the semiconductor layer and made of a material having a refractive index equal to or higher than a reflective index of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignees: LG Innotek Co., Ltd., LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyun Kyong Cho, Sun Kyung Kim, Jun Ho Jang
  • Patent number: 8008437
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide represented by SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2. The DNA according to the present invention is highly expressed in prostatic adenocarcinoma and ovarian carcinoma, and is a cancer-associated gene, so that it is possible to inhibit cancer by blocking the binding of the present protein to its ligand. Accordingly, the present antibody is used not only in the detection of the present protein, but also as an agent for the treatment or prevention of cancers such as prostatic adenocarcinoma and ovarian carcinoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignees: Kazusa DNA Research Institute Foundation, Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Ohara, Takahiro Nagase, Daisuke Nakajima, Shin-ichi Funahashi
  • Patent number: 8008293
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I): wherein R1 represents a C1-3 alkyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-3 alkyl group, Ar represents a phenyl group or the like which may be substituted with 1 to 3 substituents, X represents an oxygen atom or the like, n and m are the same or different and integers of 0 to 2, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt, and use thereof as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teiji Kimura, Koki Kawano, Eriko Doi, Noritaka Kitazawa, Mamoru Takaishi, Koichi Ito, Toshihiko Kaneko, Takeo Sasaki, Nobuaki Sato, Takehiko Miyagawa, Hiroaki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 8008389
    Abstract: Provided is a polyamide resin composition superior in mechanical properties such as strength and elastic modulus and also in toughness, durability, frictional abrasion resistance, and water absorption resistance, wherein the polyamide resin composition contains 0.1 to 4 parts by mass of an aliphatic epoxy compound (B) having three glycidyl groups in the molecule, formulated to 100 parts by mass of a polyamide resin (A) with silicate layers of swellable lamellar silicate dispersed therein. The epoxy equivalence of the aliphatic epoxy compound (B) is preferably 180 g/eq or less, and the aliphatic epoxy compound (B) preferably has trimethylolpropane and/or glycerol as a skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukinari Negi
  • Patent number: 8008434
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of at least one solid phase bound peptide. PNA or a chimera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Stiftung des Offentlichen Rechts
    Inventors: Ole Brandt, Anette Jacob, Jörg Hoheisel
  • Patent number: 8009663
    Abstract: A mobile station device transmits a random access preamble to a base station device and performs uplink timing alignment based on the synchronization timing deviation information included in a random access response which the base station device transmits in response to the transmitted random access preamble, wherein in an uplink synchronous status, the mobile station device does not perform uplink timing alignment based on synchronization timing deviation information included in a random access response, which is a response to a random access preamble whose preamble ID is randomly selected by the mobile station device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shohei Yamada, Yasuyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 8010163
    Abstract: A method for displaying dialing information is disclosed. A touch panel of a mobile communication device comprises a first display area and a second display area. When a trigger signal generated by pressing a virtual button of a virtual keypad of the mobile communication device is received, it is determined whether the trigger signal corresponds to a dialing operation. If the trigger signal corresponds to the dialing operation, a first contact information corresponding to a pattern of the pressed virtual button is displayed in the second display area, and the pattern is overlapping displayed on a specified portion of the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Yuan-Mao Tsuei
  • Patent number: 8007593
    Abstract: A remover composition containing 1,3-propanediamine (a), 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid (b) and water, wherein the remover composition contains the component (a) in an amount of from 0.2 to 30% by weight, the component (b) in an amount of from 0.05 to 10% by weight, and the water in an amount of from 60 to 99.75% by weight, and wherein the composition has a pH at 20° C. of from 9 to 13; and a remover composition containing an organic amine (A), an organic phosphonic acid (B), a linear sugar alcohol (C) and water, wherein the remover composition contains the component (A) in an amount of from 0.2 to 30% by weight, the component (B) in an amount of from 0.05 to 10% by weight, the component (C) in an amount of from 0.1 to 10% by weight, and the water in an amount of from 50 to 99.65% by weight, and wherein the composition has a pH at 20° C. of from 9 to 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Sadaharu Miyamoto, Yasushi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8010162
    Abstract: A mobile communication terminal including an input unit, a display unit, a receiving unit configured to receive a signal including at least one interactive function, a memory configured to store at least one symbol indicating a type of the at least one interactive function, and a control unit configured to detect the type of the interactive function included in the signal received by the receiving unit, to search the memory for the symbol indicating the at least one interactive function, to control the display unit to display the searched symbol, and to control an operation of the interactive function according to a signal provided via the input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: In Hwan Kim, Chang Soo Kim, Kwang Hyo Son
  • Patent number: 8007545
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a deodorant composition including (a) a polyhydroxyamine compound having a specific structure and/or a salt thereof, and (b) a penetrant including at least one substance selected from the group consisting of (b1) a nonionic surfactant having a specific structure, (b2) a surfactant having a residue of a monosaccharide, etc., (b3) a nonionic organic solvent having a log P value of from 0 to 4; and (b4) an amine oxide type or carbobetaine type amphoteric surfactant; as well as a deodorizing method using the deodorant composition. The deodorant composition of the present invention is capable of reducing or eliminating a composite odor derived from sweat smell and aldehydes, readily producing a water-based deodorant, and is safe even upon contacting with a human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Motoko Fujii, Akira Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8008838
    Abstract: Provided is a device of a high-frequency resonator using Lamb wave type elastic wave having excellent frequency temperature characteristics, the device having a significantly small frequency change, and including an interdigital transducer for generating at least one Lamb wave type elastic wave, or the interdigital transducer and a reflector, arranged on a quartz substrate. The cut angle of the quartz substrate and a propagation direction of the Lamb wave type elastic wave expressed in Euler angles (?, ?, ?) satisfy any one of following expressions (Expressions 1 to 3): ?=90°, ?=17° to 21° or ?=159° to 163°, ?=0° to 10°??(Expression 1) ?=210°, ?=17° to 21° or ?=159° to 163°, ?=0° to 10°??(Expression 2) ?=330°, ?=17° to 21° or ?=159° to 163°, ?=0° to 10°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: University of Yamanashi
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8008486
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the industrial manufacture of polymorph B of N-{2-Fluoro-5-[3-(thiophene-2-carbonyl)-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-yl]-phenyl}-N-methyl-acetamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Ferrer Internacional, S.A.
    Inventors: Luis Anglada, Albert Palomer, Antonio Guglietta
  • Patent number: D644712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Woon Kyu Seo, Jung Yeon Hwang, Jin Won Kang, Myung Dong You, Han Jin Jung