Abstract: An apparatus for use in forming colored segments of a color filter on a substrate includes at least one pair of first and second masking plates, and a securing device for securing together the first and second masking plates and the substrate. The substrate has an outer periphery and a first surface which is adapted to be coated with the colored segments. The first masking plate overlies the first surface, and has a first outer periphery corresponding to the outer periphery of the substrate, and at least one first cutout part to expose a portion of the first surface. The second masking plate has a second outer periphery corresponding to the first outer periphery, and at least one second cutout part corresponding to the first cutout part.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of Acacia mangium regeneration through organogenesis and a method of genetic transformation of Acacia mangium. The method of regeneration comprises inducing callus from different parts of seedlings and vegetatively micropropagated plantlets as explants; adventitious bud induction followed by pinnate leaf and bud elongation and eventually, elongated shoots were induced to root. Based on the regeneration system, a marker gene GUS under cauliflower mosaic virus promoter was introduced to Acacia mangium via Agrobacterium infection. GUS staining in the regenerated plants and Southern blot hybridization prove the incorporation of the foreign gene into the host genome and expression of the foreign gene.

Abstract: A method of forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer. A dielectric layer containing boron and phosphorous is formed overlying a substrate. A plasma treatment is subsequently performed on the dielectric layer using argon or nitrogen as a process gas. A capping layer is formed in-situ overlying the dielectric layer to serve as the ILD layer with the dielectric layer. A reflow process is subsequently performed on the ILD layer. A method for preventing formation of etching defects in a contact is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer. A dielectric layer containing boron and phosphorous is formed overlying a substrate. A plasma treatment is subsequently performed on the dielectric layer using argon or nitrogen as a process gas. A capping layer is formed in-situ overlying the dielectric layer to serve as the ILD layer with the dielectric layer. A reflow process is subsequently performed on the ILD layer. A method for preventing formation of etching defects in a contact is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of Acacia mangium regeneration through organogenesis and a method of genetic transformation of Acacia mangium. The method of regeneration comprises inducing callus from different parts of seedlings and vegetatively micropropagated plantlets as explants; adventitious bud induction followed by pinnate leaf and bud elongation and eventually, elongated shoots were induced to root. Based on the regeneration system, a marker gene GUS under cauliflower mosaic virus promoter was introduced to Acacia mangium via Agrobacterium infection. GUS staining in the regenerated plants and Southern blot hybridization prove the incorporation of the foreign gene into the host genome and expression of the foreign gene.

Abstract: A system and method for effectively managing telephone functionality by utilizing a settop box may preferably include a television coupled to the settop box for displaying television programming from a television programming source, and a telephone coupled to the settop box for receiving telephone calls from a telephone network. The settop box may include a TV mute manager for controlling a television mute mode that may be activated to mute audio programming on the television when receiving incoming telephone calls. The settop box may further include a caller ID manager that controls a caller ID mode that may be activated to display caller identifications on the television when receiving incoming telephone calls. The settop box may also include a phone mute manager that controls a telephone mute mode that may be activated to mute telephone ringing when receiving incoming telephone calls.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of enhancing communications in a set-top box having a high speed modem and a lower speed modem. A selected one of the modems can be used, depending upon noise and speed considerations, to receive a response packet by selectively substituting the appropriate IP address as the source address in a request message.

Abstract: A system and method for effectively managing telephone functionality by utilizing a settop box may preferably include a television coupled to the settop box for displaying television programming from a television programming source, and a telephone coupled to the settop box for receiving telephone calls from a telephone network. The settop box may include a TV mute manager for controlling a television mute mode that may be activated to mute audio programming on the television when receiving incoming telephone calls. The settop box may further include a caller ID manager that controls a caller ID mode that may be activated to display caller identifications on the television when receiving incoming telephone calls. The settop box may also include a phone mute manager that controls a telephone mute mode that may be activated to mute telephone ringing when receiving incoming telephone calls.

Abstract: A curve tracing system and method of extracting a smooth curve from a plurality of image data points includes the steps of: partitioning the data points into a plurality of groups each defined by a center point, manipulating the center points into a sequential order, and re-partitioning the data points into a plurality of groups each defined by a center point with the condition that a curve passing through the center points must be smooth.

Abstract: A system and method for effectively managing telephone functionality by utilizing a settop box may preferably include a television coupled to the settop box for displaying television programming from a television programming source, and a telephone coupled to the settop box for receiving telephone calls from a telephone network. The settop box may include a TV mute manager for controlling a television mute mode that may be activated to mute audio programming on the television when receiving incoming telephone calls. The settop box may further include a caller ID manager that controls a caller ID mode that may be activated to display caller identifications on the television when receiving incoming telephone calls. The settop box may also include a phone mute manager that controls a telephone mute mode that may be activated to mute telephone ringing when receiving incoming telephone calls.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gene, derived from cotton plants, which encodes (+)-&ggr;-cadinene 8-hydroxylase. The present invention further relates to a vector which expresses such a gene, and to polypeptides expressed by said gene.

Abstract: As disclosed herein, the present invention is directed to unique gene cassettes, and methods for their use, wherein the gene cassettes comprise multifunctional transgenic DNA sequences that completely, or nearly completely, excise themselves from the genome of plants into which they are introduced. The excision process is triggered in response to specific internal or external stimuli by means of excision/recombinase systems in unique combinations and orientations within the multifunctional transgenic sequences. Complete, or nearly complete, removal of the heterologous DNA significantly reduces the possibility of uncontrolled propagation of the transgenic species and may, more importantly, permit crops produced from transgenic plants to be co-mingled with non-transgenic crops for marketing purposes.

Abstract: A method and device for detecting partial discharges in an electrical apparatus placed in a tank filled with oil, wherein the tank wall is provided with at least one drain tap. The device includes a probe mounted on a carrier that is movable through the opened drain tap into the tank. To move the probe into the tank while avoiding leakage of the oil, a sleeve maybe coupled to a flange of the drain tap an the carrier may be moved within the sleeve. The probe may be moved so that it at least coincides with the inner surface of the tank wall, or even further, and then measurements may be performed to detect partial discharges.