Abstract: A new distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Shiela’, characterized by short, dense and bushy plant form with inverse pyramidal shape; more upright stems and differently shaped leaves; more large, upright inflorescences per plant consisting of ray florets that are primarily orange-red in color with red-purple color at base, and dark red-purple disc florets; and vigorous growth habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Diascia plant named ‘KLEDI04017’, characterized by its compact, upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; light orange-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘KLEVE04342’, characterized by its outwardly spreading to trailing and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; large and numerous violet-colored flowers with pale yellow-colored centers and with flowers held above and beyond the foliage; and resistance to Powdery Mildew.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Diascia plant named ‘KLEDI04018’, characterized by its compact, upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; light red-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Tikscarl’, characterized by its vigorous and spreading growth habit; freely basal branching and flowering habit; light red-colored non-persistent flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct apple tree named ‘GUN-300’ is disclosed. The fruit of ‘GUN-300’ is notable for its even, early coloring and firm flesh.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Dekallcream’, characterized by its daisy-type inflorescences with elliptic-shaped, light yellow-colored ray florets; typically grown as a spray-type; strong and upright flowering stems; freely flowering habit; early and uniform flowering response; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Veronica plant named ‘Verobiblue’, characterized by its upright, uniform, outwardly spreading and low-mounding plant habit; freely basal branching habit, dense and bushy plant form; early, freely and long flowering habit; and deep violet blue-colored flowers.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘KJ 2003 0871’, characterized by its upright and freely branching plant habit; dark green-colored leaves; large orange-colored flowers with more than 20 petals per flower; and excellent postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant named ‘Intraigold’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; early flowering habit; numerous large golden yellow-colored flowers; and long flowering period.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sumipas 02’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading, compact and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely, early and continuous flowering habit; and inflorescences with white-colored ray florets.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sumipas 01’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading, compact and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely, early and continuous flowering habit; and inflorescences with light purple-colored ray florets.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Abutilon plant named ‘Oosttrump’, characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading and weeping plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and pale yellow-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Strawberry plant named ‘Figaro’, characterized by its vigorous growth habit; large and uniformly rounded fruits; very firm fruits; glossy light red-colored fruits; and pleasant fruit aroma and taste.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Euonymus plant named ‘Waldbolwi’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; freely basally branching growth habit; distinct yellow-colored stems and leaves; and stems and leaves resist sunburning.

Abstract: A pelargonium cultivar particularly distinguished by single-type lavender flowers with white eyes, medium to large umbrella-shaped inflorescences, medium-green to grass-green foliage with very weak zonation, a compact to medium-sized with a spreading, prostrate to semi-trailing plant habit, a very well-branched and dense plant habit, and an early to mid-season flowering response, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Barberry plant named ‘Maria’, characterized by its upright and columnar plant habit; freely basally branching growth habit; distinct bright yellow to yellow green-colored leaves; and resistance to leaf scorch.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Euphorbia plant named ‘Innthal’, characterized by its compact and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; early flowering habit; large dark green-colored flower bracts; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant named ‘Intraired’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading to trailing plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; early flowering habit; numerous large dark red-colored flowers; and long flowering period.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Sedum plant named ‘Bronco’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; freely basal branching growth habit; relatively short peduncles; and yellow green-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Bracteantha plant named ‘Golbra’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and uniform plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; daisy-type inflorescences with bright yellow-colored elliptical involucral bracts and orange-colored disc florets; and strong peduncles that hold the inflorescences just above the foliar plane.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Victoria’, characterized by its compact, symmetrical, upright, outwardly arching and rounded plant habit; dense and bushy growth habit; undulate strap-like leaves that are rugose giving a highly textured appearance; and red, pink and green-colored leaves.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mini Impatiens plant named ‘Bodlizviosta’, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; small dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and red purple and white bi-colored flowers that are positioned above and beyond the foliage.

Abstract: A new petunia plant particularly distinguished by abundant, small, yellowish-white flowers, abundant branching with a great profusion of blooms, excellent tolerance to rain and a vigorous, decumbent growth habit is disclosed.

Abstract: A new variety of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Posh Pink’, having an upright growth habit and medium soft pink decorative flowers with a greenish center.

Abstract: A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJ352’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of nonshowy flowers, fruit that ripen in latter part of mid-season, attractive fruit with a yellow-orange ground color, freestone fruit with a juicy, melting texture and moderately acidic flavor, and good production of firm fruit.

Abstract: A new garden rose plant of the floribunda class which has abundant, red flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Jeanny Bronze’, characterized by its decorative pompon-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped, bronze orange-colored ray florets; strong and upright flowering stems; freely flowering habit; early and uniform flowering response; and good postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant cultivar is disclosed, characterized by large decorative type inflorescences, consistent flowering response to short days, blooming consistently after 49 days of short day length, bright orange ray florets, free branching habit, and a consistent natural season flowering habit during the second week of September.

Abstract: A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant cultivar is disclosed, characterized by large decorative type inflorescences, consistent flowering response to short days, blooming consistently after 49 days of short day length, pale orange ray florets, free branching habit, and a consistent natural season flowering habit during the first week of September.

Abstract: A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant cultivar is disclosed, characterized by large decorative type inflorescences, consistent flowering response to short days, blooming consistently after 49 days of short day length, salmon-pink ray florets, free branching habit, and a consistent natural season flowering habit during the last week of August.

Abstract: A new cultivar of shrub rose, ‘BAIcer’, characterized by its clusters of double, ruffled, bi-colored flowers with petals that are deep red-purple on the upper surface and white blushed with pink on the lower surface. ‘BAIcer’ blooms abundantly in May and June and then recurrently throughout the season. The upright rounded plant habit with foliage resistant to black spot and mildew make ‘BAIcer’ well suited for the landscape. The new variety is readily propagated on its own roots and hardy in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Balfafpinsar’ characterized by its pink-colored flowers with lavender edges, dark green-colored foliage, and vigorous, trailing growth habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Ingrosab’ characterized by its good branching habit with short internodes, medium sized dark green foliage, large light red-purple flowers with darker spot in the center, and good vigor.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine is provided with a variable valve train capable of altering opening and closing timings and/or opening amounts of at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine is characterized in that the internal combustion engine is further provided with a negative pressure mechanism that operates using intake pipe negative pressure generated in an intake passage of the internal combustion engine, a throttle valve for adjusting the flow rate of intake air flowing through the intake passage, and negative pressure generating device that controls at least one of the variable valve train and the throttle valve to generate the intake pipe negative pressure, when the intake pipe negative pressure for operation of the negative pressure mechanism is insufficient.

Abstract: A charge control apparatus and a method for operating an reciprocating internal combustion engine are provided. The charge control apparatus includes a rotary disc valve disposed in the intake conduit upstream of the intake valve and connected to a motor and a control unit. The rotary disc valve is movable by the motor between a position in which the rotary disc valve closes the intake conduit and a position in which it permits flow along the intake conduit to the intake valve. The control unit controls the movement of the rotary disc valve in its closing position in the intake conduit such that the closing time point of the rotary disc valve is set increasingly ahead of the closing time point of the intake valve as a function of decreasing performance demands.

Abstract: A backpack having a waist encircling belt, and an attached set of shoulder straps which retract into a discreet pocket when not in use. There is a set of shoulder straps having clips on one end, and these are carried in, and attached to, a discreet pocket at the other end which is location on the outside, rear panel of the pack where the shoulder straps are readily accessible and can easily be drawn out and attached to rear side portions of the waist encircling belt. This provides additional support for the pack on an as-needed basis, and has the added benefit of being quickly and easily stowed when not in use.

Abstract: A method for producing chip scale IC packages includes the step of mounting a lead frame panel on a temporary support fixture in order to provide support and protection during the manufacturing process. An embodiment of the temporary support fixture includes a sheet of sticky tape secured to a rigid frame. The rigid frame maintains tension in the sheet of sticky tape to provide a stable surface to which the lead frame panel can be affixed. Installation of IC chips and encapsulation in protective casings is performed as in conventional IC package manufacturing. If encapsulant material is to be dispensed over the IC chips, an encapsulant dam can be formed around the lead frame panel to contain the flow of encapsulant material. The temporary support fixture can be used in any IC package manufacturing process in which lead frames require supplemental support.

Abstract: A hot swappable system is described. It included software controlled hot swapping operations which provided a graceful booting or power-down of the system. In the even of force insertion or extraction of the system blades, a set of hardware features (such as using different pin lengths in the connectors and dampening resistor) prevents these types of operations from damaging the system hardware or affecting the operation states of other blades within the system.

Abstract: A multicolor LED lamp bulb includes a hollow lamp body which has a substantially tapered intermediate portion, a longitudinal portion and a stem portion, a lens sealingly engaged with the longitudinal portion, a plurality of different colored LED bulbs mounted in a predetermined spaced-apart arrangement on a circuit board wafer mounted inside the lamp body in an orientation normal to the central axis of the lamp body, a controller circuit electrically connected wherein predetermined arrays of the plurality of different colored LED bulbs activate at predetermined sequences for predetermined time intervals, and a screw-type base affixed to the stem portion and adapted to engage a conventional lamp socket. The controller circuit includes a rectifier circuit for converting a 12 volt-ac source applied to the LED lamp bulb to a 12 volt-dc circuit for supplying electrical power to the arrays of the plurality of different colored LED bulbs.

Abstract: The infrared absorption filter of the present invention has a transmittance of not higher than 30% in the near-infrared region in the wavelength range of 800 to 1100 nm; a difference of 10% or less between a maximum value and a minimum value of transmittance in the visible light region in the wavelength range of 450 to 650 nm; and a transmittance of not lower than 50% at a wavelength of 550 nm, the filter being so excellent in environmental stability that after being left to stand in the air atmosphere at a temperature of 60° C. and a humidity of 95% for 1000 hours, the filter can maintain said spectral property in said range. Consequently, when used for a plasma display or the like, the filter can absorb the unwanted infrared rays radiated from the display, resulting in preventing erroneous operation of a remote control using infrared radiation even in such a high-temperature and high-humidity environment.

Abstract: The infrared absorption filter of the present invention has a transmittance of not higher than 30% in the near-infrared region in the wavelength range of 800 to 1100 nm; a difference of 10% or less between a maximum value and a minimum value of transmittance in the visible light region in the wavelength range of 450 to 650 nm; and a transmittance of not lower than 50% at a wavelength of 550 nm, the filter being so excellent in environmental stability that after being left to stand in the air atmosphere at a temperature of 60° C. and a humidity of 95% for 1000 hours, the filter can maintain said spectral property in said range. Consequently, when used for a plasma display or the like, the filter can absorb the unwanted infrared rays radiated from the display, resulting in preventing erroneous operation of a remote control using infrared radiation even in such a high-temperature and high-humidity environment.

Abstract: At least one of four rectangular prisms in a dichroic prism is made longer than the other rectangular prisms. Parts of the rectangular surfaces of the long rectangular prisms partially protrude from the rectangular surfaces of the other rectangular prisms in the longitudinal direction. The protruding parts of the rectangular surfaces of the long rectangular prisms are not provided with a dichroic film. Such a construction makes it possible to prevent return light, which returns from the light emitting surface side of the dichroic prism and the dichroic prism, from emitting again from the light emitting surface.

Abstract: An optical disc apparatus for recording, reproducing or erasing an information signal by converging a light flux onto a recording layer through a transparent substrate. The apparatus includes one or a plurality of optical heads having a plurality of objective lenses whose aberrations have respectively been corrected for a plurality of disc substrates of different thicknesses, a cartridge for enclosing the optical disc, a discrimination hole which is formed on the cartridge, and a sensor for detecting the opening/closing state of the discrimination hole and for generating a discrimination signal. In accordance with the result of the discrimination as to the thickness of the loaded optical disc, the objective lens, in which the occurrence of the aberration is smallest, is used, so that the information signal can preferably be recorded, reproduced or erased onto/from the optical discs having different substrate thicknesses.

Abstract: A method of female contraception involves administering a combination of estrogen and progestin for 60-110 consecutive days in which the daily amounts of estrogen and progestin are equivalent to about 5-35 mcg of ethinyl estradiol and about 0.025 to 10 mg of norethindrone acetate, respectively. The advantages include less menstrual bleeding, less patient anemia, less total exposure to medication, higher compliance rates and more lifestyle convenience for patients.

Abstract: The invention relates to new unsaturated 14,15-cyclopropano-androstanes of the general formula (I) to their synthesis and to pharmaceutical compositions, containing these compounds. The compounds of formula (I) have gestagenic and/or androgenic activity.

Abstract: A system and apparatus for protecting the face of a user while allowing for adjustment of the size of the protected area are described. A protective face shield includes a substantially flat, at least partially transparent, waterproof sheet material of a shape configured to extend over the face of a user, where the sheet material includes a portion configured to assist in the modification of the size of the sheet material. The portion may include predefined lines and notches corresponding to different sizes that the sheet material may be trimmed to achieve. An adhesive component secures the sheet material to the face of the user. The sheet material also may include indicium corresponding to a size of the face shield, user specific information, and/or other information.

Abstract: A method to manufacture a neck sash of elastic insulating material unitarily formed with a face-mask so as to contour and comfortably shelter the user's throat and upper sternum area against adverse weather conditions.

Abstract: A pant cuff protecting device includes a clip member that has a central section and a first leg and a second leg each attached to and extending away from the central section so that the clip member is U-shaped. Each of the first and second legs has an inner surface facing each other and an outer surface facing away from each other. The central member biases the first and second legs toward each other. The clip member is positioned on a pant cuff such that the cuff is adjacent to and extends along the central member and such that the first leg is positioned outside of a pant leg of the pant cuff.

Abstract: A toilet seat and handle combination comprising a toilet seat and at least one handle. The toilet seat has an upper side and a bottom side, right and left sides, and at least one groove located in the bottom side. The handle comprises at least one section that fits inside the groove, which has sufficient depth to ensure that the section fits at least partially inside the groove with respect to the bottom side of the toilet seat.