Abstract: A laser trimming is favorably performed by a strengthened laser beam energy. A level difference portion having a taper portion that is oblique with respect to the thicknesswise direction of a semiconductor substrate is formed at a surface of a semiconductor substrate. An insulating film is formed thereon and has its surface made flat, and then the thin film element is formed thereon. Thereafter, laser trimming is performed with respect to the thin film resistor. As a result, a state of interference between incident laser beam and reflected laser beam reflected from the interface between the semiconductor substrate and the insulating film is varied to thereby enable the production of a zone where laser beam energy is strengthened and a zone where laser beam energy is weakened.

Abstract: A perfumed product containing an antibacterial agent and a perfume material is prepared. The perfumed product can contain triclosan as the antibacterial agent and a mixture of perfume materials such as Amberlyn Super PM 577, clover leaf, dihydro myrcenol, phenyl propyl alcohol and terpineol alpha.

Abstract: A multivalent antigen-binding protein comprises a first polypeptide comprising, in series, three or more variable domains of an antibody heavy chain and a second polypeptide comprising, in series, three of more variable domains of an antibody light chain, said first and second polypeptides being linked by association of the respective heavy chain and light chain variable domains, each associated variable domain pair forming an antigen binding site. Methods for their production and uses thereof, in particular for therapeutic and diagnostic applications, are disclosed.

Abstract: A printed-circuit board according to the present invention includes: a plurality of insulating layers; a plurality of conductive patterns formed in each insulating layer; and a plurality of closed and curved patterns each formed around the conductive patterns in each insulating layer, and each formed by a material having a coefficient of linear thermal expansion smaller than that of the insulating layer. In this case, each closed and curved pattern is made of copper and formed of same material as that of each conductive pattern. Further, when the coefficient of linear thermal expansion of each insulating layer is &agr;1, when the coefficient of linear thermal expansion of each conductive layer is &agr;2, and when the coefficient of linear thermal expansion of each closed and curved pattern is &agr;3, the following condition, i.e., &agr;1>&agr;2≧&agr;3, is satisfied.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antiballistic shaped part composed of a stack of composite layers which layers are not linked to one another. Each composite layer having two or more monolayers of unidirectionally oriented fibers in a matrix. The fibers in each monolayer being at an angle to the fibers in an adjoining monolayer, and composed of poly(p-phenylenebenzobisoxazole. The composite layer containing at most 10% by weight of an elastomeric matrix material (calculated on the basis of the total weight of the composite layer), and having an areal density of at most 500 g/m2. The fiber content in each monolayer being between 10 and 200 g/m2. The invention also relates to method for fabricating said shaped part and body armour in which the shaped part is used.

Abstract: An IC card processing system includes a telephone set for generating random number data, an IC card for processing value data, a secret key, and random number data by an authenticator generation function to generate authentication code, a switching unit for processing value data, a secret key, and random number data by an authenticator generation function to generate authentication code, and a comparator for comparing the authentication code generated by the IC card with the authentication code generated by the switching unit to authenticate the IC card.

Abstract: The invention relates to laminate plastics, preferably in the form of tubes, having an inner layer of thermoplastic and an outer layer of typically fiber-reinforced reaction resins, and is characterized in that the curing of the reaction resins is effected by light curing at temperatures between approximately 20 and 60° C.

Abstract: A wiper controller apparatus of the water drop sensitive type comprises: light emitting means 7 for guiding light into a window glass so as to undergo total internal reflection within said window glass; light receiving means 8 for receiving the light which has undergone total internal reflection within said window glass; means for detecting the amount of water drops adhered or present upon an outside surface of said window glass based on an output of said light receiving means, and for driving a wiper thereupon; wherein the apparatus further comprises wiper driving means 18 for driving the wiper again by only one cycle if a time interval from an initiation of said wiper action exceeds a predetermined time. The apparatus further comprises anther wiper driving means 18 for driving said wiper when the signal duration time of the output signal S1 of said light receiving means 8 is equal to or greater than a predetermined time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel monophosphate salt of isopropyl-methyl-[2-(3-n-propoxyphenoxy)ethyl]amine. Moreover, the present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the monophosphate salt of isopropyl-methyl-[2-(3-n-propoxyphenoxy)ethyl]amine as well as a pharmaceutical formulation containing it and its use in medicine.

Abstract: A device is provided with a structure capable of forming a display stand for a cover or card. The device may be used with books, folders and albums, as well as with binders such as ring-back binders, spring-back binders or other similar items. The device includes a first and second sides, each of which includes an upper, lower, and forward edge. A spine connects the first and second sides. Finally, a fold line is provided on one surface of the device, permitting the device to bend along the line and form a display stand for supporting the device.

Abstract: A height sensor has an exciting coil for generating an alternating magnetic field and a pickup coil for detecting the magnetic field. The exciting coil is fixed to a suspension arm and the pickup coil is fixed to a body so as to face each other. Distance between these coils is determined by a voltage outputted from the pickup coil, and a height of the vehicle is calculated from the distance between these coils by taking the mounting position of the pickup coil on the suspension arm into account. The height sensor is readily fixed and a detection accuracy is improved by setting the mounting position of the pickup coil in a range of {fraction (1/10)} to ½ of a length of the suspension arm from a connecting portion between the suspension arm and the body.

Abstract: A rocket motor assembly is insulated or thermally protected with a rocket motor ablative material formed from a prepreg. The prepreg contains at least an impregnating resin matrix and, as a precursor prior to carbonization, carded and spun staple cellulosic fibers. When patterned and carbonized, the rocket motor ablative material can be lined or otherwise placed into a rocket motor assembly, such as between the solid propellant and case, in the bulk area of the exit nozzle liner, or at susceptible portions of a re-entry vehicle, such as the nose cone.

Abstract: A glass substrate is provided with a durable and abrasion-resistant water-repellent surface, by coating a surface of the substrate with a silica solution which has been subjected to a two-step aging process, respectively in the presence of basic and acidic catalysts, which is then thermally treated to provide a coarse-surfaced silica layer including fine crystalline silica particles, which is then coated with a water-repellent layer made of fluoroalkylsilane.

Abstract: A method of monitoring the status of a current ovulation cycle of an individual human female subject, involving testing of the body fluid concentration of an analyte of significance in relation to the status of the ovulation cycle, such as urinary E3G, during at least part of the pre-ovulation phase of the current ovulation cycle of the individual subject, and identification from the results of such testing an analyte concentration change indicative of imminent ovulation, relative to an analyte concentration reference value that has been adapted to the individual human subject on the basis of analyte concentration test data obtained from the individual human subject during one or more previous ovulation cycles.

Abstract: An interferometric thin film measuring device has a source of illumination light, a detector disposed in a return path of light reflected from a specimen of illumination light, a plurality of wavelength filters that filter light into image channels, a weight vector calculating device that receives detected signals, a look-up table storage unit that stores calibration weight vectors, a weight vector comparing unit that compares calibration weight vectors from the look-up table storage unit to subject weight vectors, and a data output/storage unit to output the measured thin film values.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical data link having a structure which is quite easy to manufacture at a low cost and realizes high optical accuracy, high mechanical accuracy, and high reliability. This optical data link comprises a light-receiving module for outputting an optical signal from an optical fiber transmission line as an electric signal, and a light-emitting module for transmitting the optical signal to the optical fiber transmission line. Each of these optical modules comprises a body portion including an electronic device; a head portion including a light-receiving device or light-emitting device; and a neck portion, processed into a predetermined form, for communicating the body portion and head portion to each other. The optical modules are mounted on an insulating substrate, and are at least partly accommodated in a housing, while being separated from each other by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprising a source and a drain formed in a P-type semiconductor substrate and a floating gate and a control gate constituting a two-layer gate. Electric-field moderating layer is provided in the P-type semiconductor substrate to contact with a side face of the drain. P-type region is formed in contact with channel region side surface and bottom surface of the electric-field moderating layer. P-type region lower part of the P-type region in contact with the bottom surface of the electric-field moderating layer is given a lower impurity concentration than P-type region side part formed at the channel region side of the electric-field moderating layer. By this means it is possible to increase the writing speed of the semiconductor memory device while suppressing delay in the switching speed during reading operation.

Abstract: A TDMA cellular radio system and a method of allocating available frequency bands to different cells in a TDMA cellular radio system wherein at least some of the receivers within the system use interference cancellation methods which cancel the effects of co-channel interference in a desired signal. To enable efficient use of interference cancellation and the resulting capacity increase in the system, the frequency bands available for the cellular radio system are allocated to different cells so that groups of adjacent service areas are formed in the system. Each group uses the same frequency band within the service areas, whereby at least one co-channel signal interfering with the desired signal is significantly stronger than other co-channel interfering signals.

Abstract: A panel which comprises a substrate of transparent or translucent material having applied to one or both sides a design superimposed on, or forming part of, an opaque pattern so that the design on one side of the panel cannot be seen from the other side. This is a Reissue of a Patent which was the subject of a Reexamination Certificate No. B1 4,673,609, dated Jul. 25, 1995, Request No. 90/003,201, Sep. 21, 1993.