Patents Represented by Attorney Husch Blackwell Sanders
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Patent number: 7776290Abstract: The invention relates to a container (10) for a multi-component reaction, having at least two chemical chambers (20) and at least one mixing space, the container (10) being formed from a base film (40) provided with recesses (30) and an upper film (50), which is optionally structured, the upper film (50) being joined, especially sealed, to the base film (40), at least over sections. The invention relates also to a method of filling such a container.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Huhtamaki Ronsberg Zweigniederlassung der Huhtamaki Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Michalsky, Raphael Cholodewicz
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Patent number: 7777710Abstract: A display device is proposed in which scan line driver circuits are not disposed on opposite sides of a scan line, but one end of the scan line is driven by a scan line driver circuit, while the other end of the scan line is driven by a scan line auxiliary circuit which has a significantly smaller circuit scale and lower power consumption than the scan line driver circuit. The scan line auxiliary circuit is controlled with a selection pulse of the scan line or a signal of the scan line driver circuit, and is electrically connected to a fixed potential through a transistor. When a potential of the scan line is switched by the scan line driver circuit, the scan line auxiliary circuit operates so that the scan line is driven from its opposite ends.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mitsuaki Osame
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Patent number: 7775561Abstract: A connection assembly for pipes is provided. The assembly includes a pipe, a corrugated conduit, a circumferentially contractible seal positioned between portions of the conduit and the pipe, a clamp encircling the conduit, seal and pipe, and a plurality of discrete projections on the inside of the seal to limit the extent of overlap between the pipe and the conduit. The seal is circumferentially contractible to secure the conduit and the pipe together with the seal serving to effect a gas-tight seal while filling the annular gap between the conduit and pipe.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2006Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Tru-Flex Metal Hose Corp.Inventor: Scott R. Swank
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Patent number: 7778405Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for controlling a plurality of contacts with respective clients on a terminal of an agent of an organization. The method includes the steps of setting up the plurality of contacts with the respective clients under an Internet protocol and simultaneously displaying a respective line softkey of each contact of the plurality of contacts on a terminal of the agent where the respective line softkey depicts a status of the contact.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2004Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Aspect Software, Inc.Inventor: Mike Hollatz
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Patent number: 7773066Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized active matrix type liquid crystal display device that may achieve large-sized display, high precision, high resolution and multi-gray scales. According to the present invention, gray scale display is performed by combining time ratio gray scale and voltage gray scale in a liquid crystal display device which performs display in OCB mode. In doing so, one frame is divided into subframes corresponding to the number of bit for the time ratio gray scale. Initialize voltage is applied onto the liquid crystal upon display of a subframe.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2004Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama
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Patent number: 7773740Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for assigning a call to one of a plurality of agents. The method includes the steps of providing a description of the call to each of the plurality of agents, receiving a bid to handle the call from each of the plurality of agents and assigning the call to an agent of the plurality of agents with a highest relative received bid.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2003Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Aspect Software, Inc.Inventors: Robert Beckstrom, Anthony Dezonno, Michael J Sheridan, David Wesen
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Patent number: 7770839Abstract: The flight machinery includes a structure in which a main body and a lightweight wing having an unvalued weight compared with the main body are connected by use of a power joint on a line joining the center of a lift force and the center of gravity of the wing in the manner that the main body is positioned under the wing. Accordingly, it is possible to exhibit a function of the flight machinery by adjusting the power joint connecting the upper part and the lower part or the wing to the main body even if the wing and the main body have different characteristics. Additionally, it is possible to stabilize a posture by positioning the total center of gravity at the main body at the lower part. At the same time, it is possible to stabilize the posture just by controlling the position of the servomotor of the power joint.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventor: Kakuya Iwata
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Patent number: 7767595Abstract: In a manufacturing process of a semiconductor device, a manufacturing technique of a semiconductor device by which a lithography step that uses a photoresist is simplified is provided. A manufacturing cost is reduced and throughput is improved. An irradiation object is formed over a substrate by sequentially stacking a first material layer and a second material layer. The irradiation object is irradiated with a first laser beam that is absorbed by the first material layer and a second laser beam that is absorbed by the second material layer so that the laser beams overlap. A part or all of the region irradiated with an overlap part of the laser beams is ablated to form an opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichiro Tanaka, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 7765836Abstract: A circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like, comprising a needle cylinder with vertical axis and multiple axial surface slots, each of which accommodates a needle and an actuation element for the needle. The actuation element comprises at least one connecting element. The connecting element is provided with a radially extractable movable heel, that engages connecting element actuation cams facing the lateral surface of the needle cylinder. The cams comprise at least one extraction cam or one retraction cam, which has a portion whose profile is inclined with respect to an ideal plane perpendicular to the axis of the needle cylinder. The machine comprises extraction means causing extraction of the movable heel and keeping thereof in extracted position over the entire extension of the portion having an inclined profile of the extraction cam or of the retraction cam.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Lonati S.p.A.Inventors: Ettore Lonati, Tiberio Lonati, Fausto Lonati, Jan Ando
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Patent number: 7765834Abstract: A double-cylinder circular knitting machine for hosiery or other knitted articles comprises a lower needle cylinder with a vertical axis and an upper needle cylinder arranged above and coaxially to the lower needle cylinder. Aligned axial slots are formed on the lateral surface of the lower and upper needle cylinders. Each of the axial slots of the lower and upper needle cylinders accommodates an actuation element which can engage a needle to be actuated and is provided with a fixed heel, and with a heel which can be extracted radially on command from the axial slot. The transfer of a needle from one needle cylinder to the other is performed by fixed cams and by a selection device producing transition into the extracted position of the movable heel exclusively of the actuation elements that correspond to the needles to be moved to the lower needle cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Lonati S.p.A.Inventor: Jan Ando
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Patent number: 7767874Abstract: A patient-friendly medical device is provided for removal of excess fluids from body tissue and is particularly useful to treat soft tissue inflammation, damage, edema and/or lymphedema. The comfortable medical device comprises a composite multilayered assembly that provides a gradient pressure compression device to compress body tissue of a patient in a controlled and graduated manner. The composite multilayered assembly can have an inner and/or outer layer to enhance uniform distribution of compression about the affected portion of the patient and can have flexible intermediate layers with elastomeric components such as foamed chips, foamed pieces, and/or chopped foam that can have a different density and/or size and/or shape to form channels (canals) therebetween to enhance flow of excess fluids from the body tissue of the patient. The channels or canals can create zones of gradient pressure to help move excess fluid from the tissue of the affected portion of the body of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Telesto Holding, LLCInventors: Donald L. Kellogg, Jack Kellogg
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Patent number: 7768488Abstract: A liquid crystal display device afflicted with no image persistence is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention comprises a pixel portion in which a plurality of pixel TFTs are matrix-wise disposed, a source driver and a gate driver which feed a plurality of the TFTs with picture signals, and a liquid crystal material which has substantially no threshold value, characterized in that one frame is formed of a plurality of sub-frames, and, during at least one of a plurality of the sub-frames, the display by a reset signal is performed.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 7768193Abstract: There is provided a display element capable of efficiently emitting generated light externally and a method of manufacturing the display element, without damaging an organic electroluminescent layer. First, a transparent electrode protection material (11) is deposited on a first holding substrate (10); then organic electroluminescent light-emitting elements (12, 13, 14) are manufactured thereon; and then after sealing and holding with a sealing material (15) and a second holding substrate (16), the first holding substrate (10) and a transparent electrode protection material (11) are removed by etching or the like. According to the present invention, the removal of the first holding substrate (10) enables improvement of the emission rate generated in the electroluminescent layer (13), and improvement of brightness and contrast in the display element.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2008Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Tsutsui, Kazuhiro Sumioka
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Patent number: 7766071Abstract: A rheo-casting container for containing a charge of semi-solid metal alloy includes an elongate body defining a side wall of the container, a mouth at a first end of the body, an opening at a second end of the body, and a closure member to close the opening. The closure member is configured to be displaceable along an interior volume of the body from the second end towards the first end to display a charge of semi-solid metal alloy contained in the container. The closure member is of a metal alloy the same as or similar to the semi-solid metal alloy for which the container is to be used and has a melting point which is not less than the temperature at which the metal alloy is to be introduced into the container.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2004Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: CSIRInventors: Hristov Lillian Ivanchev, Daniel Jeremias Wilkins
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Patent number: 7767020Abstract: A method for manufacturing a single crystal semiconductor, in which, in a process of pulling up the single crystal semiconductor from melt for growing it, an impurity is incorporated more uniformly into the single crystal semiconductor so that a variation in impurity concentration across the semiconductor wafer surface can be reduced, and thus, the planarity of the wafer can be improved. In the process of pulling-up the single crystal semiconductor (6), fluctuation in a pulling-up speed is controlled, whereby the variation in concentration of the impurity in the single crystal semiconductor (6) is reduced. Especially, a width of speed fluctuation (?V) in 10 seconds is adjusted to less than 0.025 mm/min. Furthermore, in carrying out the control for adjusting the pulling-up speed such that a diameter of the single crystal semiconductor (6) becomes a desired diameter, a magnetic field having strength of 1,500 gauss or more is applied to the melt (5).Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2005Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Sumco Techxiv CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Inagaki, Masanori Honma, Shigeki Kawashima, Masahiro Shibata
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Patent number: 7768617Abstract: When a conductive layer is formed, a first liquid composition containing a conductive material is applied on an outer side of a pattern that is desired to be formed (corresponding to a contour or an edge portion of a pattern), and a first conductive layer (insulating layer) having a frame-shape is formed. A second liquid composition containing a conductive material is applied so as to fill a space inside the first conductive layer having a frame-shape, whereby a second conductive layer is formed. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are formed so as to be in contact with each other, and the first conductive layer is formed so as to surround the second conductive layer. Therefore, the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer can be used as one continuous conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hironobu Shoji, Ikuko Kawamata
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Patent number: 7762406Abstract: A modular folding shoe rack includes first and second side rails; first and second arms pivotably connected with the side rails at a first end of the arms; a first crossbar connected with the opposite ends of the arms; and a second crossbar connected with the side rails. Each side rail may also include complementary male/female connectors at its opposite ends to allow for connection of one side rail to another, resulting in a modular design.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2007Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Whitmor Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventor: Lu Zhi Qiang
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Patent number: 7765563Abstract: A viewer response method for use with an interactive telecommunications system. The viewer response method includes accumulating a user interaction history of a user of the system, the user interaction history including user interaction information associated with a plurality of user interaction events and providing user-sensible feedback, based at least in part on the user interaction history.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2003Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: NDS LimitedInventors: Ilan Bauminger, Yossef Tsuria
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Patent number: 7764176Abstract: A method for confirming entry and/or exit state of a mobile object relative to all entrance of an underground passageway by utilizing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. At least one RFID tag is physically attached to the mobile object. At least a first RFID reader and a second RFID reader, each having a monitoring range and being in communication with the RFID tag, are disposed at the entrance and a relatively inner position of the passageway respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2007Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Kailai Zhang, Jichuang Xu, Wenhao Qin
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Patent number: D620745Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Inventor: Danny Lavy