Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • GASTRO-RETENTIVE FORMULATIONS
    Publication number: 20160000721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions of the poorly soluble drugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, in a controlled-release gastric retained oral dosage form. Such compositions are formulated so as to deliver the majority of the incorporated drug into the stomach and upper gastrointestinal tract, with restricted drug delivery in the lower gastrointestinal tract. The dosage forms have multiple layers including an active layer with a first swellable polymer with raltegravir incorporated therein and a non-active layer with a second swellable polymer having a similar molecular weight or a higher molecular weight as the swellable polymer in the active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Pranav Gupta, Ashlesh Sheth, Ronald L. Smith
  • Display panel
    Patent number: 9230997
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel including a novel structure that is suitable for preventing a short circuit between terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takao Saitoh, Junya Tane, Yuki Komine, Kazuya Numata
  • Aliphatic spirolactam CGRP receptor antagonists
    Patent number: 9227972
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to aliphatic spirolactam derivatives which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which CGRP is involved, such as migraine. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical\compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CGRP is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Mark Fraley, Tesfaye Biftu, Cheng Zhu, Anilkumar Nair, Helen Mitchell
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 9229284
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention is provided with: an array substrate (10) in which a pixel electrode (41), a TFT (20), and a storage capacitor element (30) are provided for each pixel (P); an opposite substrate (50) in which a plurality of common electrodes (59A, 59B) are provided for each pixel (P); a liquid crystal layer (81); and a driver circuit (4) that dividedly drives the liquid crystal layer (81) of each pixel (P) through each of the common electrodes (59A, 59B) by supplying a predetermined potential to each pixel electrode (41) and supplying different potentials to the respective common electrodes (59A, 59B) in each pixel (P). The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention has improved viewing angle dependency of the gamma characteristics, while increasing the aperture ratio of each pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Seiichi Uchida
  • Display device and television receiver
    Patent number: 9230487
    Abstract: A display device that can adjust brightness of each of a plurality of regions of an image by performing local dimming executes local dimming in a case of displaying a multi-color image (color image), and does not execute local dimming in a case of displaying a grayscale image. Moreover, in a case of displaying a mixed image of a multi-color image and a grayscale image, the display device does not execute local dimming in regions including a grayscale image among a plurality of regions of an image. Displaying a multi-color image at high contrast and displaying a grayscale image at high tone reproduction are both achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Gotoh
  • Display device having each pixel divided into sub pixels for improved view angle characteristic
    Patent number: 9230497
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device having a configuration in which one pixel is divided into a plurality of sub pixels, low power consumption is realized by reducing an amplitude of a video signal. In each pixel formation portion, an amplification circuit unit including a second-capacitor is provided between a dark display pixel electrode and a bright display pixel electrode. A selection period consists of a precharge period and an amplification period. In the precharge period, a potential of a control wiring is applied to the dark display pixel electrode, and a potential of a video signal line is applied to the bright display pixel electrode. In the amplification period, a potential of the video signal line is applied to the dark display pixel electrode in the state where the bright display pixel electrode is placed in a floating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kohhei Tanaka
  • Communication using control information that includes information specifying the access scheme and TPC (transmit power control) control data
    Patent number: 9232483
    Abstract: TPC is appropriately operated in response to access method switching timing, an error is prevented from occurring in communication, and influence given to another cell due to transmission of unnecessary power is reduced. A base station apparatus which performs wireless communication with a mobile station apparatus while switching a plurality of kinds of communication method, transmits control information for performing transmit power control of the mobile station apparatus to the mobile station apparatus. The mobile station apparatus receives the control information for performing the transmit power control from the base station apparatus and determines a transmitted power according to the control information when switching the communication method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hamaguchi, Kazunari Yokomakura, Osamu Nakamura, Jungo Goto, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Light emitting device, display device and method of driving light emitting device
    Patent number: 9232608
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes light emission units, a voltage generator, a lighting selector, and a drive control unit. Each light emission unit includes light emitting component groups each of which includes a light emitting component array and a drive switch. The light emitting component array includes light emitting components that are connected in series. The drive switch is connected in series to the light emitting component array to drive the light emitting component array. The lighting selector selects the light emitting component group that is to be lit on according to brightness intensity required for each light emission unit. The drive control unit controls each drive switch independently according to the selection by the lighting selector and controls to light on each light emitting component group independently and controls the voltage generator to generate a common drive voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tsukasa Fujita
  • Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds as mTOR inhibitors
    Patent number: 9227971
    Abstract: The present invention provides Pyrazolopyrimidine Compounds of Formula (I): wherein L, T, Z, U, V, W, R3, R6, R7, R8, and m are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such Pyrazolopyrimidine Compounds. The Pyrazolopyrimidine Compounds are useful in the treatment of cancer and other diseases or disorders wherein mTOR is deregulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: M. Arshad Siddiqui, Yang Nan, Mehul F. Patel, Panduranga Adulla P. Reddy, Umar Faruk Mansoor, Zhaoyang Meng, Lalanthi Dilrukshi Vitharana, Lianyun Zhao, Amit K. Mandal, Duan Liu, Shuyi Tang, Andrew McRiner, David B. Belanger, Patrick J. Curran, Chaoyang Dai, Angie R. Angeles, Liping Yang, Matthew Hersh Daniels
  • Light projection apparatus, light condensing unit, and light emitting apparatus
    Patent number: 9228710
    Abstract: A light projection apparatus that can produce an elongate light projection pattern is provided. The light projection apparatus includes a fluorescent member which is excited with exciting light and a light projecting member which reflects or transmits the light emanating from the fluorescent member to project it outside. The fluorescent member includes an irradiated region which is irradiated with the exciting light, and the length of the irradiated region in a first direction is greater than its length in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Takahira
  • Backlight unit
    Patent number: 9229154
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes: light sources; a light guide member (120) arranged at a prescribed gap to the light sources such that light from the light sources enters from respective side faces (121) and exits from a light exiting surface (122); a first extending part (181) that extends along the side face (121) of the light guide member (120); and a second extending part (182) that extends along a surface of the light guide member (120) that is opposite to the light exiting surface (122). The backlight unit is provided with heat dissipation plates (180) that dissipate heat generated by the light sources. Each heat dissipation plate (180) has a larger area at the top portion than the bottom portion when the backlight unit is installed in a liquid crystal display device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshitake Ishimoto
  • Character display apparatus, character display method, and computer readable medium
    Patent number: 9229608
    Abstract: A character display apparatus, a character display method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a character display program are capable of automatically avoiding a handwriting character being illegible during input of the character by detecting an overlap between lines to be drawn during drawing based on trajectory data of a handwriting character to determine a presence/absence of an illegible part. If it is determined that an illegible part is present, the thickness of the handwriting character is automatically selected again to be thinner and the image of the handwriting character is drawn again, which avoids illegible part occurring in the handwriting character without inputting the character all over again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Teppei Hosokawa
  • Light-emitting device
    Patent number: 9231042
    Abstract: Occurrence of a crosstalk phenomenon in a light-emitting device is inhibited. A light-emitting device including an insulating layer 416; a first lower electrode 421a formed over the insulating layer; a second lower electrode 421b formed over the insulating layer; a partition 418 formed over the insulating layer and positioned between the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode; a stacked-layer film 423 which is formed over the first lower electrode, the partition, and the second lower electrode and includes a light-emitting layer containing a light-emitting substance and a layer having higher conductivity than that of the light-emitting layer; an upper electrode 422 formed over the stacked-layer film; and a shield electrode 419 which is formed under the partition and does not overlap with the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Nishido, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Shigetsugu Yamanaka
  • Compounds that are ERK inhibitors
    Patent number: 9226922
    Abstract: Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of formula (1.0), having a pyrazolopyridine base structure, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of formula (1.0).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Wilson, David J. Witter, Matthew H. Daniels, Angie R. Angeles, Phieng Siliphaivanh, David Sloman, Brendan O'Boyle, Danielle Falcone, Catherine White, Ron Ferguson, Wei Zhou, Kathryn Lipford, Umar Faruk Mansoor, Salem Fevrier, Xianhai Huang, Ravi Kurukulasuriya, Judson E. Richard, Shuyi Tang, Christopher Boyce, Joseph Kozlowski, Raman Kumar Bakshi, Ganesh Babu Karunakaran
  • Light-emitting device having a plurality of concentric light transmitting areas
    Patent number: 9231023
    Abstract: The light-emitting device of the present invention includes LED chips provided on a ceramic substrate and a sealing material in which the LED chips are embedded. The sealing material contains a fluorescent substance and divided into a first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer and a second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer by a first resin ring and a second resin ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Agatani, Toshio Hata, Toyonori Uemura
  • Gamma secretase inhibitors
    Patent number: 9226927
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I) (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein each of the substituents is given the definition as set forth in the specification and claims. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound of Formula (I) and use of the compound in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases or conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Wen-Lian Wu, Duane A. Burnett
  • Wireless communication system, base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus, wireless communication method and integrated circuit
    Patent number: 9232535
    Abstract: It is possible to perform effective communication based on an A-SRS transmitted from a mobile station apparatus. A base station apparatus: notifies the mobile station apparatus of control information for setting, to the mobile station apparatus, whether to transmit a first sounding reference signal assigned in a physical uplink shared channel resource or to transmit a second sounding reference signal assigned in a resource different from the physical uplink shared channel resource; and notifies the mobile station apparatus of an uplink grant including an indication of transmission of a sounding reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru Ouchi, Tatsushi Aiba, Yosuke Akimoto, Shoichi Suzuki
  • Display device and method of driving the same
    Patent number: 9230496
    Abstract: This display device has a demultiplexer (501) formed on a liquid crystal panel, the demultiplexer including three switching elements SW1 to SW3 for time-division drive, which are connected to video signal lines SL1 to SL3. Here, the number of switching control signal lines for transmitting switching control signals GS1 to GS6 to be provided to switching elements coupled to the video signal lines is six, which is twice the number of time divisions, and switching control signals (e.g., GS1 and GS4) with the same timing are individually transmitted by two switching control signal lines, so that the number of switching elements to be coupled to the switching control signal lines as loads can be halved, resulting in reduced waveform rounding of the control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seijirou Gyouten, Makoto Yokoyama, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Shige Furuta
  • Display device and method for producing same
    Patent number: 9229559
    Abstract: A display device (100) of the present invention is configured in such a manner that a liquid crystal module (30) is inserted in the inside (of the inner faces) of a positioning frame (20) that is attached to a top window (10). This eliminates the need to consider a positioning tolerance for the attachment. As a result, the display device can be reduced in size and a narrow frame can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tazo Ikeguchi
  • Manufacturing device and manufacturing method for organic EL element
    Patent number: 9231210
    Abstract: A vapor deposition source (60), a plurality of limiting plates (81) and a vapor deposition mask (70) are disposed in this order. A substrate spaced apart from the vapor deposition mask at a fixed interval is moved relative to the vapor deposition mask. Vapor deposition particles (91) discharged from vapor deposition source openings (61) of the vapor deposition source pass through between neighboring limiting plates, pass through mask openings (71) formed in the vapor deposition mask, and adhere to the substrate, whereby coating films (90) are formed. The limiting plates limit the incidence angle of the vapor deposition particles that enter the mask openings, as viewed in the relative movement direction of the substrate. In this way, an organic EL element can be formed on a large-sized substrate without increasing the pixel pitch or reducing the aperture ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Kawato, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Tohru Sonoda, Satoshi Inoue