Patents Assigned to Sharp
  • Patent number: 8759352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-(4-ureidobenzoyl)piperazine derivatives having the general Formula I (We bring to your attention that formula I is not provided on this electronic version as it is provided in the abstract of the paper copy) Wherein R1 is (C1-8)alkyl, (C3-8)cycloalkyl or (C3-8)cycloalkyl(C1-3)alkyl, each of which may be substituted by hydroxy, cyano or halogen; R2 represents 1 or 2 optional halogens; R3 is (C1-6)alkyl, (C3-6)cycloalkyl or (C3-6)cycloalkyl(C1-3)alkyl, each of which may be substituted by one or more halogens; A represents a heteroaryl ring system comprising 1-3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S, which ring system is 5- or 6-membered when X is C, and 5-membered when X is N; n is 1 or 2; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and to the use of a these 1-(4-ureidobenzoyl)piperazine derivatives for the manufacture of a medicament for treating or preventing atherosclerosis and related disorders associated with cholester
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V., Pharmacopeia LLC.
    Inventors: Andrew John Cooke, David Jonathan Bennett, Andrew Stanley Edwards, Andrew Laird Roughton, Irina Neagu, Jui-Hsiang Chan, Koc-Kan Ho, Nasrin Ansari, Michelle Lee Morris, Yajing Rong, Michael Ohlmeyer
  • Patent number: 8760655
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for inspecting a mold which has a porous alumina layer over its surface. The method includes providing, based on a relationship between a first parameter indicative of a thickness of the porous alumina layer and a color parameter indicative of a color of reflected light from the porous alumina layer, first color information which represents a tolerance of the first parameter of a porous alumina layer which has an uneven structure that is within a tolerance; providing a mold which is an inspection subject, the mold having a porous alumina layer over its surface; obtaining a color parameter which is indicative of a color of reflected light from the porous alumina layer of the inspection subject mold; and determining a suitability of the first parameter of the inspection subject mold based on the obtained color parameter and the first color information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hayashi, Takao Imaoku
  • Patent number: 8761282
    Abstract: Disclosed is a receiver in a communication system provided with one transmitting station or two or more transmitting stations and the receiver for reception from the transmitting stations. For a case where identical signals are sent from the one transmitting station or the two or more transmitting stations, the receiver includes a first demodulator which executes demodulation processing of the signals as a single signal group, a second demodulator which executes demodulation processing of the signals as multiple signal groups, a determination unit which discriminates between the single signal group and the multiple signal groups, and a control unit which controls which one of the first demodulator and the second demodulator is to execute the demodulation processing based on a determination result by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Okamoto, Ryota Yamada
  • Patent number: 8759166
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor device that includes the following steps: forming slanted portions 51 in edges of crystalline semiconductor films 13 (13a and 13b); forming a resist film 15 on the crystalline semiconductor film 13a so as to expose the slanted portions 51 and so as to cover the entire crystalline semiconductor film 13b; performing half exposure of the resist film 15 that is formed on the crystalline semiconductor film 13a; injecting a p-type impurity only into the slanted portions 51 of the crystalline semiconductor film 13a; removing the resist film 15 that is formed on the crystalline semiconductor film 13a by ashing; and injecting the p-type impurity into the entire crystalline semiconductor film 13a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Mori, Masaki Saitoh, Takumi Tomita
  • Patent number: 8759366
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrimidine amines of formula (I) which are potent inhibitors of spleen tyrosine kinase, and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases mediated by said enzyme, such as asthma, COPD and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Merck Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Kaleen Konrad Childers, Andrew M. Haidle, Michelle R. Machacek, Alan B. Northrup
  • Patent number: 8760600
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a backlight that provides light and selectively modifies the transmission of light from the backlight to the front of the display. The backlight includes a plurality of spaced apart light waveguides and a plurality of selection elements associated with the light waveguides that change the characteristics of the material of the light waveguides to selectively direct the transmission of light toward the liquid crystal layer. The combination of the waveguides and the selection elements provide light to the front of the display in a non-uniform temporal manner and a non-uniform spatial manner during a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Lieven Verslegers, Xiao-fan Feng
  • Patent number: 8761843
    Abstract: Used is a battery a battery (100) including: a battery terminal (106); a circuit (108) being electrically connected with the battery terminal (106); and a resonance frequency adjusting section (110) being directly connected or capacitively-coupled with the circuit (108), and being electrically connected with the battery terminal (106) not via the circuit (108). This makes it possible to provide a battery which does not require electrical connection except via a battery terminal for connection with an apparatus on which the battery is mounted, and which battery is unlikely to deteriorate an antenna characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ikehata, Hiroyuki Takebe
  • Patent number: 8759337
    Abstract: This invention provides novel compounds that are modulators of gamma secretase. The compounds have the formula (Chemical formula should be inserted here as it appears on abstract in paper form). Also disclosed are methods of modulating gamma secretase activity and methods of treating Alzheimer's Disease using the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Theodros Asberom, Xianhai Huang, Zhaoning Zhu, John W. Clader, Dmitri A. Pissarnitski, Hubert B. Josien, Hongmei Li
  • Patent number: 8760056
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electron emitting element, comprising: a first electrode; an insulating fine particle layer formed on the first electrode and composed of insulating fine particles; and a second electrode formed on the insulating fine particle layer, wherein the insulating fine particle layer is provided with recesses formed in a surface thereof, the surface facing the second electrode, the recesses each having a depth smaller than a thickness of the insulating fine particle layer, and when a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, electrons provided from the first electrode are accelerated in the insulating fine particle layer to be emitted though the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kanako Hirata, Hiroyuki Hirakawa, Ayae Nagaoka, Yasuo Imura, Tadashi Iwamatsu
  • Patent number: 8756799
    Abstract: A substrate accommodating tray pallet has a substrate in a horizontal state, includes openings for inserting substrate removal tools for raising the substrate, and is used for transferring substrate accommodating trays which can be vertically stacked, wherein: the substrate accommodating trays are to be mounted on an upper surface; and substrate removal tool insertion openings for inserting the substrate removal tools are positioned so as to oppose openings of the mounted substrate accommodating trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sydek Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Yoshizawa, Hideo Taniguchi, Hiroto Shibata
  • Patent number: 8761949
    Abstract: Method and system for mitigating the impact on peak load management of a malfunction in determining actual load at a site by substituting a predicted load for actual load while the malfunction persists. Using a predicted load as a substitute for actual load during the malfunction period avoids use of a grossly overestimated or underestimated actual load that if used could cause suboptimal use of battery power and decimate cost savings from peak load management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Carl Mansfield
  • Publication number: 20140166903
    Abstract: There is provided a particle detector that can increase a detection sensitivity to fluorescence emitted from biogenic particles. A particle detector for detecting biogenic particles includes a substrate having a principal surface and configured to collect the biogenic particles on the principal surface, a light emitting element configured to irradiate particles collected on the principal surface with excitation light, and a light receiving element configured to receive fluorescence emitted from the particles when the particles are irradiated with the excitation light from the light emitting element. An optical axis of the Fresnel lens and a ray direction of the excitation light intersect with each other. The principal surface is a mirror surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki Fujita, Haruki Kamiyama, Kazushi Fujioka, Hiroki Okuno
  • Publication number: 20140170154
    Abstract: Antibodies to human IL-23R are provided, as well as uses thereof, e.g. in treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, and proliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventor: Leonard G. Presta
  • Publication number: 20140168560
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a plurality of storage capacitor lines and a storage capacitor drive circuit. The storage capacitor lines are connected to the respective storage capacitors. The storage capacitor drive circuit generates storage capacitor signals CSs1, CSs2 applied to the storage capacitors via the storage capacitor lines. Waveforms of the storage capacitor signals CSs1 and CSs2 in a vertical blanking interval K2 of image display is pulse waveforms. Each waveform includes an upper waveform region in which a signal level is higher than a mean voltage Vcom and a lower waveform region in which the signal level is lower than the mean voltage Vcom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryo Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20140168161
    Abstract: A sense line drive circuit (24) (i) receives signals passing through capacitances and outputted via sense lines (SeL1, SeL2 . . . and SeLn) during a period other than a period during which image data is sequentially written to a plurality of pixels in a liquid crystal panel and (ii) detects where, in a plurality of portions where the sense lines (SeL1, SeL2 . . . and SeLn) and drive lines (DL2, DL2 . . . and DLn) are close to each other, a detection target is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sugita, Kazutoshi Kida, Shinji Yamagishi, Yuhji Yashiro, Hiroyuki Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20140166860
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus 100a comprises: photoelectric conversion elements PD1 and PD2 formed within a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate 100; and transfer transistors Tt1 and Tt2 formed on a first main surface of the semiconductor substrate 100, for transferring the signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion elements outside the photoelectric conversion elements. The gate electrode 107 of each of the transfer transistors is configured to be disposed over a surface of a first main surface side of an electric charge accumulating region 102, which configures each of the photoelectric conversion elements PD1 and PD2. As a result, a high-resolution image can be achieved, in which noises and afterimages are further suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takefumi Konishi
  • Publication number: 20140168182
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device with reduced power consumption employing a CS drive method. A CS driver (500) consists of a CS shift register (510) and a CS output portion (520). The CS shift register (510) outputs control signals (COUT(1) to COUT(m)) in accordance with a CS clock signal CCK. The CS output portion (520) outputs auxiliary capacitance signals (CSS(1) to CSS(m)) in accordance with the control signals (COUT(1) to COUT(m)), respectively. An idle period (T2) is set following a scanning period (T1). During the idle period (T2), the CS driver (500) is driven in accordance with the CS clock signal (CCK) at an idle-period CS frequency (fcck2). The idle-period CS frequency (fcck2) is lower than a scanning-period CS frequency (fcck1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaoru Yamamoto, Seiji Kaneko, Yasuyuki Ogawa, Kohhei Tanaka, Seiichi Uchida, Yutaka Takamaru, Shigeyasu Mori
  • Publication number: 20140170658
    Abstract: Purified genes encoding a cytokine or composite cytokine from a mammal, reagents related thereto including purified proteins, specific antibodies, and nucleic acids encoding these molecules are provided. Methods of using said reagents and diagnostic kits are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: JACQUELINE C. TIMANS, STEFAN KARL-HEINZ PFLANZ, ROBERT A. KASTELEIN, J. FERNANDO BAZAN, DONNA RENNICK, RENE DE WAAL MALEFYT, JEANNE CHEUNG
  • Publication number: 20140168549
    Abstract: Provided is a vertically and horizontally positionable stereoscopic display device that is capable of, while preventing the crosstalk ratio from deteriorating, increasing the brightness during 3D display, switching 2D display and 3D display without decreases in the resolution during 2D display, and achieving a switching response speed at the same level as that in the parallax barrier method. A switching liquid crystal panel (14) realizes a parallax barrier (48) in which transmission parts (52) and light shielding parts (50) are arrayed alternately. The switching liquid crystal panel includes a pair of substrates (30, 32). On the substrates, drive electrodes (36, 42) and auxiliary electrodes (38, 44) are arranged alternately. When the switching liquid crystal panel is viewed from the front, the drive electrodes and the auxiliary electrodes formed on one of the substrates are orthogonal to the drive electrodes and the auxiliary electrodes formed on the other substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehiro Murao, Takuto Yoshino, Hiroshi Fukushima, Tomoo Takatani
  • Publication number: 20140168940
    Abstract: A headlamp (1) that utilizes a laser beam includes a scattered-light emitting unit (21) that emits scattered light upon receipt of a laser beam deviated from a predetermined path through which the laser beam is to pass or a predetermined irradiation region that is to be irradiated by the laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Shiomi, Masaru Nomura, Yoshiji Ohta, Hiroshi Iwata, Koji Takahashi, Katsuhiko Kishimoto