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| Methods and compositions for diagnosis of iga-and igm-mediated kidney diseases | 20130095036 | 20130418 |
 The present invention features noninvasive methods for diagnosing IgA or IgM kidney disorders, such as IgA nephropathy, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, and IgM nephropathy, in a mammal. The invention also features compositions and kits useful in diagnosing these disorders.
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| Antibody preparations | 20130045199 | 20130221 |
 An antibody preparation suitable for intravenous administration in humans includes IgG, IgA and at least 5% IgM antibodies by weight of the total amount of antibodies. The preparation is prepared from human plasma, has specific complement activating activity, and, in an in vitro assay with human serum suitable to determine the ability of the antibody preparation to activate complement unspecifically, the antibody preparation generates substantially no C5a and/or substantially no C3a. The antibody preparation can have medical uses.
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| Detection kit containing a novel recombinant 15-kda polypeptide useful for detecting human infection with bartonella henselae | 20130040323 | 20130214 |
 Disclosed are the cloning and expression of a novel antigen of Bartonella henselae. The recombinant polypeptide is found to be highly immunogenic and is useful as a diagnostic test antigen. The polypeptide of the present invention provides the basis of a diagnostic assay that is sensitive, rapid and accurate diagnosis of infection with Bartonella henselae using patient's sera. Disclosed also are the ELISA for both IgG and IgM and allows diagnosis of early and late infection.
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| Use for production of therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for osteoarthritis | 20130034563 | 20130207 |
 Methods for treating or preventing diseases classified as any of grade 1 to 3 according to the ICRS classification of osteoarthritis, classified as grade 1 to 3 according to the Kellgren-Lawrence classification of osteoarthritis, or classified as grade 1 to 3 according to the Outerbridge classification of osteoarthritis, include administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of treatment agents or preventive agents containing an anti-Fas IgM antibody as an active ingredient to alleviate osteoarthritis symptoms by inhibiting the production of cartilage matrix degrading enzymes and by increasing the production of cartilage matrix.
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| Pharmaceutical composition for treatment or prevention of osteoarthritis, and method of production therefor | 20130011407 | 20130110 |
 Pharmaceutical compositions for treating or preventing diseases classified as any of grade 1 to 3 according to the ICRS classification of osteoarthritis, classified as any of grade 1 to 3 according to the Kellgren-Lawrence classification of osteoarthritis or classified as any of grade 1 to 3 according to the Outerbridge classification of osteoarthritis and methods of manufacturing same contain anti-Fas IgM antibody as an active ingredient and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier with acidity of pharmaceutical compositions ranging from pH 4 to pH 9 to alleviate osteoarthritis symptoms by inhibiting the production of cartilage matrix degrading enzymes and by increasing the production of cartilage matrix.
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| Egg white antibodies for prevention and treatment of specific localized intestinal infections and diseases associated with a pathogenic organism or molecule | 20130011410 | 20130110 |
| The present invention provides the method for prevention and treatment of specific localized intestinal infections and diseases using IgA and IgM antibodies obtained from the eggs of hens which have been hyperimmunized to the same specific infections and diseases. The invention describes the high functionality of IgA and IgM antibodies present in the white of an egg from a hyperimmunized chicken as compared to the IgY from the same egg. The invention also describes the resistance of IgA and IgM to low pH environments such as stomach acids. The invention also describes the inhibition of bacterial growth when bacteria are exposed to IgA antibodies specific to said bacteria together with lysozyme from egg whites.
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| Injectable solution containing therapeutic agent for osteoarthritis | 20130011416 | 20130110 |
| Injections for treating and preventing diseases classified as any of grade 1 to 3 according to the ICRS classification of osteoarthritis, diseases classified as any of grade 1 to 3 according to the Kellgren-Lawrence classification of osteoarthritis or diseases classified as any of grade 1 to 3 according to the Outerbridge classification of osteoarthritis contain anti-Fas IgM antibody as an active ingredient and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to alleviate osteoarthritis symptoms by inhibiting the production of cartilage matrix degrading enzymes and by increasing the production of cartilage matrix.
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| Method for separating fractions of avian eggs exclusively containing iga and igm antibodies | 20130012688 | 20130110 |
| The present invention provides the method of obtaining IgA and IgM antibodies from chicken egg whites. The method involves separating chicken egg whites into two fractions which contain IgA and IgM antibodies exclusively. This separation method consists of raising the volume of the egg whites using purified water, lowering the pH of said volume, filtering the IgM fraction from said volume, precipitating the IgA fraction from the remaining volume, dialyzing the IgA fraction and drying the IgA and IgM fractions.
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| Human artificial chromosome vector | 20120222140 | 20120830 |
| The present invention provides a human artificial chromosome vector comprising a gene encoding the human antibody heavy chain, a gene encoding the human antibody light chain, and a gene encoding IgM heavy chain constant region derived from a nonhuman animal; and being capable of producing a human antibody with a higher efficiency when the vector is introduced into an animal. By immunizing the animal produced using a human artificial chromosome vector of the present invention with a desired antigen, a large quantity of human polyclonal antibodies can be supplied.
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| Babesia microti genomic clones containing novel antigens useful in the diagnosis of babesiosis | 20120202227 | 20120809 |
| Disclosed are the cloning and expression of novel antigens in Babesia microti. The recombinant polypeptides are highly immunogenic. The polypeptides of the present invention provide the basis of a diagnostic assay that is sensitive, rapid and accurate using patient's sera. Also disclosed is an IgG and IgM ELISA using two novel recombinant antigens in the diagnosis of Babesia infection.
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| Antibodies and epitopes specific to misfolded prion protein | 20120107321 | 20120503 |
| The present invention relates to antibodies and immunogenic peptides specific to misfolded prion protein (PrP, e g, PrPSc), and uses thereof. The immunogenic peptides comprise the amino acid sequence tyrosine-methionine-leucine (YML). The antibodies or peptides can be used for treating or preventing a disease or disorder associated with misfolded PrP, including cancer. In particular, a IgM monoclonal antibody designated “1A1” was generated using a peptide consisting of the sequence GGYMLGS (i e, SEQ ID NO 8), which corresponds to residues 126-132 of human PrP 1A1 recognizes misfolded PrP, but not normal PrP.
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| Amelioration of heterophile antibody immunosensor interference | 20120073969 | 20120329 |
| The invention is directed to methods and devices for reducing interference from heterophile antibodies in an analyte immunoassay. In one embodiment, the invention is to a method comprising the steps of (a) amending a biological sample such as a whole blood sample with non-human IgM or fragments thereof by dissolving into said sample a dry reagent to yield a non-human IgM concentration of at least about 20 μg/mL or equivalent fragment concentration; and (b) performing an electrochemical immunoassay on the amended sample to determine the concentration of said analyte in said sample. Preferably, the sample is amended with IgG or fragments thereof in addition to the IgM of fragments thereof.
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| Phosphorycholine conjugates and corresponding antibodies | 20120039895 | 20120216 |
| In subjects with hypertension, increases in intima-media thickness (IMT) at four years were less in subjects also having high autoantibodies particularly IgM, to phosphorylcholine. The presence or absence of autoantibodies, particularly IgM, against phosphrylcholine is thus related to an increased or decreased risk of developing ischemic cardiovascular diseases. A method to determining antibodies, particularly IgM antibodies, toward phosphorylcholine is proposed in this invention to identify subjects at risk of developing ischemic cardiovascular diseases. Animal experiments show that medium to high levels of antibodies, particularly IgM antibodies, can be detected in plasma after active immunization with a keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH)-phosphorylcholine conjugate. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a phosphorylcholine conjugate or antibody preparations, for example a monoclonal antibody, with specificity to a phosphorylcholine conjugate is proposed as is use... |
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| Breast cancer eradication program | 20120034206 | 20120209 |
| A method of treating breast cancer that is at least partially ER+ is disclosed. The method comprises administering at a tumor site in a mammalian subject a pharmaceutically acceptable form of Fe(II) or Fe(III) in a suitable carrier. A four-part program aimed at eradicating breast cancer includes (a) local treatment and prevention of spread from a contained breast site, preferably using local administration of a ferric iron composition, (b) treatment of disseminated (metastatic) breast cancer, (c) reduction in the risk of developing breast cancer, preferably by enhancing dimeric/polymeric IgA and polymeric IgM inhibition of estrogen responsive cell growth, and (d) protection against cancer causing agents.
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| Neoplasia-specific autoantibodies and methods | 20120034626 | 20120209 |
| ENOX2 proteins are growth-related cell surface proteins expressed specifically by cancer cells; they catalyze NADH oxidation and protein disulfide-thiol interchange reactions. Taught herein are IgM class autoantibodies specific to ENOX2 (tNOX) in a variety of cancer patient sera. Early cancer patients produce these autoantibodies as a possible defense mechanism. Because ENOX2 is bound to autoantibodies in patients, it is unavailable to bind conventional ENOX2-specific antibodies in standard ELISA assays, but two-dimensional gel electrophoresis dissociates ENOX2 protein from autoantibodies, allowing detection. Probing ENOX2 using cancer sera as a source of ENOX2 autoantibodies followed by horseradish peroxidase-coupled anti-human IgM allows visualization and detection of the ENOX2 autoantibody. ENOX2 autoantibodies from breast cancer sera reacts with the ENOX2 isoforms from, e.g., lung and ovarian cancer patient sera. ENOX2 autoantibodies... |
| Stabilizer of color former and use thereof | 20110015391 | 20110120 |
| (2) at least one pigment substance selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (I), a compound represented by the following formula (II), and a flavonoid pigment
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| Offset printing ink | 20110015339 | 20110120 |
| An offset printing ink in which a modified pigment (D) is dispersed in a vehicle as a colorant, the modified pigment (D) contains a polymer (P) on the surface thereof, and the polymer (P) is obtained by polymerizing a resin or fat (B) which has a polymerizable unsaturated group, and is soluble in a nonaqueous solvent, and at least one of polymerizable unsaturated monomers (C) which are soluble in a nonaqueous solvent and insoluble or poorly-soluble after polymerization, and specifically, the resin or fat (B) is selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins having a polymerizable unsaturated group, alkyd resins which are soluble in the nonaqueous solvent, natural resin-modified phenol resins, and fats.
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| Sigma ligands for neuronal regeneration and functional recovery | 20110015209 | 20110120 |
| The invention discloses methods and compositions useful for facilitating neuronal regeneration and functional recovery in neurodegenerative diseases. The methods and compositions utilize ligands for the sigma receptor, wherein the ligand is preferably AGY-94806, or salts, or solvates thereof. These molecules can be delivered alone or in combination with agents which treat or prevent neurodegenerative diseases such as those caused by multiple sclerosis. In other methods, the sigma receptor ligands are administered after MS to facilitate functional recovery. The administration of the sigma receptor ligands causes fasted functional recovery.
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| Substituted pyrazole sigma receptor antagonists | 20110015183 | 20110120 |
| and to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use therapy and prophylaxis, in particular for the treatment of psychosis or pain.
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| Colored toners | 20110014559 | 20110120 |
| The present disclosure provides violet toners and methods for their production. In embodiments, methods of the present disclosure include systems which may be utilized to predict the color properties of a violet toner, thereby permitting adjustment of the pigment loading and/or target mass per unit area.
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| Colored curable composition, color filter, and method for producing color filter | 20110014554 | 20110120 |
| A colored curable composition including: a resin obtained by reacting a polymer of an alkylene imine having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, a number average molecular weight of the polymer being 300 to 1,500, with a polyester having a carboxyl group at least one terminal, a number average molecular weight of the polyester being 1,000 to 1,000,000; a pigment; a photopolymerization initiator; a compound containing an ethylenically unsaturated double bond; and a solvent.
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| Inkjet-recording non-aqueous ink composition, inkjet recording method, and recorded matter | 20110014440 | 20110120 |
| An inkjet-recording non-aqueous ink composition including a metallic pigment, an organic solvent, and a cellulose acetate butyrate resin having a butyl content of 16.5 to 48%.
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| Ink, process and use | 20110014439 | 20110120 |
| wherein the binder is chemically different from the dispersant in the shell. The process provides prints having good highlighter smear resistance. The inks print well and are especially stable.
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| Active energy ray-curable ink composition and printed matter | 20110014438 | 20110120 |
| Disclosed is an active energy ray-curable ink composition comprising a coloring agent, a binder resin, and a radically polymerizable varnish and/or a radically polymerizable monomer as main components. The coloring agent is a modified pigment wherein the surface of a pigment (A) is provided with a polymer (P) which is obtained by polymerizing a polymer (B), which is soluble in nonaqueous solvents, with at least one polymerizable unsaturated monomer (C), which is originally soluble in nonaqueous solvents but becomes insoluble or poorly soluble after polymerization. Also disclosed is a printed matter which has a coating film obtained by curing and drying the active energy ray-curable ink composition.
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| Pigment-dispersed composition, colored photosensitive composition, photocurable composition, color filter, liquid crystal display device, and solid-state image pickup device | 20110014401 | 20110120 |
| A pigment-dispersed composition includes (a) a high-molecular compound containing at least one kind of repeating unit selected from repeating units each represented by the following Formula (I) or (II), (b) a pigment, and (c) an organic solvent, wherein, in Formulae (I) and (II), R1 to R6 each represent a hydrogen atom or another group; X1 and X2 each represent —CO—, —C(═O)O—, —CONH—, —OC(═O)—, or a phenylene group; L1 and L2 each represent a single bond or a divalent organic linking group; A1 and A2 each represent a monovalent organic group; m and n each represent an integer of from 2 to 8; and p and q each represent an integer of from 1 to 100. Also disclosed is a pigment-dispersed composition containing (A) a graft high-molecular... |
| Adhesive compositions and methods for use in failure analysis | 20110014354 | 20110120 |
| Thermally curable adhesive compositions and method for failure analysis in micro-fluid ejections heads. The adhesive composition may be provided by a composition including from about 50.0 to about 95.0 percent by weight of at least one cross-linkable resin, from about 0.1 to about 30.0 percent by weight of at least one thermal curative agent, and from about 0.0 to about 5.0 percent by weight filler, from about 0.1 to about 10.0 percent by weight fluorescent pigment. Upon curing, the adhesive composition exhibits a relatively low shear modulus.
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| Inhibitors of 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase for stimulating pigmentation of the skin or skin appendages | 20110014250 | 20110120 |
| Inhibitors of 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH), for example tetrazole, styrylpyrazole, phenylfuran, phenylthiophene, phenylpyrrazole, pyrazolecarboxamide, 2-thioacetamide and azo compounds, are useful for promoting or stimulating pigmentation of the skin and/or skin appendages and/or for preventing and/or for limiting depigmentation and/or whitening of the skin and/or skin appendages, notably for preventing and/or limiting canities.
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| Integrators for delta-sigma modulators | 20110013465 | 20110120 |
| Methods, systems and devices are disclosed. Among the disclosed devices is an electronic device that, in certain embodiments, includes a plurality of memory elements or imaging elements connected to a bit-line and a delta-sigma modulator connected to the bit-line. The delta-sigma modulator may include an integrator having a differential amplifier.
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| Ink composition for a color filter, a color filter substrate manufactured using the ink composition and method of manufacturing a color filter substrate using the ink composition | 20110013302 | 20110120 |
| An ink composition for a color filter includes about 100 parts by weight of a pigment dispersion, about 7 parts by weight to about 65 parts by weight of a thermosetting resin having hydroxyl group at a side chain of the thermosetting resin, about 0.015 part by weight to about 1.5 parts by weight of a thermal initiator, about 0.8 part by weight to about 15 parts by weight of an epoxy-based resin containing fluorine, and about 15 parts by weight to about 165 parts by weight of a solvent. A color filter substrate is manufactured using the ink composition for color filter. The ink composition for the color filter improves straightness of ink jetting through an ink-jetting nozzle and prevents the ink composition from spreading... |
| Signal processing circuit for electrostatic capacity type touch sensor | 20110012863 | 20110120 |
| There is offered a signal processing circuit for an electrostatic capacity type touch sensor capable of detecting a larger number of locations with a smaller number of touch pads as well as improving noise immunity. A selection circuit selects either a signal from a combination of the first and second kinds of touch pads outputted through the first and second output terminals CO1 and CO2 in a touch panel or a signal from a combination of the third and fourth kinds of touch pads outputted through the third and fourth output terminals CO3 and CO4. An electric charge amplifier outputs first and second output voltages V1 and V2 corresponding to a difference between capacitances of the touch pads on the touch panel based on the signals... |
| Electrophoretic particles and processes for the production thereof | 20110012825 | 20110120 |
| In electrophoretic media, it is advantageous to use pigment particles having a polymer chemically bonded to, or cross-linked around, the pigment particles, the polymer comprising repeating units derived from a fluorinated acrylate or fluorinated methacrylate monomer. The polymer desirably has a branched chain structure with side chains extending from a main chain. Desirably, the fluorinated acrylate or fluorinated methacrylate monomer comprises from 1 to 5 mole per cent of the polymer.
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| Delta-sigma analogue-to-digital converters | 20110012768 | 20110120 |
| A feed-forward structure for a delta-sigma analogue-to-digital converter, the structure comprising at least one modified integrator, wherein the or each modified integrator includes a resistive element connected in series with the capacitive element that is connected between the input and output of the modified integrator's amplifying means.
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| 2-phase gain calibration and scaling scheme for switched capacitor sigma-delta modulator | 20110012767 | 20110120 |
| A sigma-delta modulator may have a plurality of capacitor pairs, a plurality of switches to couple any pair of capacitors from the plurality of capacitor pairs selectively to an input signal or a reference signal, and a control unit operable to control sampling through the switches to perform a charge transfer in two phases wherein any pair of capacitors can be selected to be assigned to the input signal or the reference signal, and wherein after a plurality of charge transfers a gain error cancellation is performed by rotating the capacitor pairs cyclically such that after a rotation cycle, each capacitor pair has been assigned a first predetermined number of times to the input signal, and has also been assigned a second predetermined number of times... |
| Multi-bit sigma-delta modulator with reduced number of bits in feedback path | 20110012766 | 20110120 |
| A sigma-delta modulator for an ADC, passes an input signal to a loop filter, then to a multi-bit quantizer of the modulator. An output of the quantizer is passed to a digital filter, and a feedback signal is passed back to the loop filter, the feedback signal having fewer bits than are produced by the multi-bit quantizer. The digital filter has an order greater than one in the passband of the sigma-delta modulator.
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| Use of hydrophobic solvent-based pigment preparations in electronic displays | 20110012072 | 20110120 |
| The invention relates to the use of a pigment preparation as a dye for producing a colored optical image in an electronic display, said pigment preparation containing (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) at least one solvent-soluble or solvent-dispersible polymeric dispersant, (C) at least one aldehyde resin or ketone resin, (D) optionally further additives common for producing solvent-containing pigment preparations, and (E) at least one hydrophobic solvent.
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| Method of preparing modified colored pigments | 20110011307 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a method of preparing a modified colored pigment comprising a pigment having attached at least one organic group. The method comprises the step of combining, in any order, a) a solution of an organic colorant in a solvent, b) at least one aromatic amine comprising the organic group, c) at least one diazotizing agent, d) an aqueous medium, e) optionally at least one acid, and f), optionally at least one second solvent, to form the modified colored pigment.
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| Azo pigments, pigment dispersion, coloring composition, and ink for inkjet recording | 20110011306 | 20110120 |
| wherein G represents an aliphatic group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group, Y represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic group, R1 represents an aliphatic group, an aliphatic amino group, an arylamino group, a heterocyclic amino group, an acylamino group, a sulfonamido group, an amino group, or a heterocyclic group, R2 and R3 each independently represents an aliphatic amino group, an arylamino group, a heterocyclic amino group, an acylamino group, a sulfonamido group, an amino group, or a heterocyclic group, X1 represents a nitrogen atom or C—Z, Z represents an electron-withdrawing group having a Hammett σp value of 0.2 or more, X2 represents a nitrogen atom or C—R5, R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a carbamoyl group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, or a... |
| pigment particle composition, its method of manufacture and its use | 20110011305 | 20110120 |
| A pigment particle composition which comprises calcium carbonate particles and pigment particles, its method of manufacture and its use. According to the present invention, the calcium carbonate particles are carbonated so that they bind to each other, in which case calcium carbonate structures are generated, which comprise pigment particles and which form essentially opaque and stable pigment-calcium carbonate aggregates. It is possible to manufacture the composition by atomizing calcium hydroxide-bearing pigment slurry into a carbon dioxide-bearing gas, in which case the calcium hydroxide is carbonated in order to precipitate the calcium hydroxide particles to be attached to each other and the carbonation is continued until essentially all of the calcium hydroxide has been converted into calcium carbonate. The composition is suitable for use, among others, in... |
| Equipment in a data network and methods for monitoring, configuring and/or managing the equipment | 20110010441 | 20110113 |
| A router having one or more downstream interfaces and situated in a data network system between sources that send multicast data packets to at least one multicast group address and multiple hosts that request data from the multicast group address and sources. In one implementation the router has a management system agent and an associated management system agent database and stores for each network interface, each multicast group address and each host information in the management system agent database derived from one or more data requests made by the hosts. In one implementation the router stores for a downstream network interface and multicast group address at least one INCLUDE source record containing information about include source lists derived by data requests made by the one or... |
| Integrating line-of-business application data with documents | 20110010377 | 20110113 |
| Merging data from LOB applications into document templates within productivity applications without the need for custom programming is provided. A document template within a productivity application is provided, and an XML schema is attached to the document template. The XML schema allows the LOB application data to be modeled generically using a business object paradigm. Meta-data is accessed from the LOB application. Using the attached XML schema, a user may mark-up the document template with schema nodes corresponding to the meta-data from the LOB application. Data from the LOB application may then be accessed and merged into the schema nodes, creating a data-merged document. Data may be further interactively merged from the LOB application into the data-merged document.
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| Ruthenium catalysts and uses thereof | 20110009617 | 20110113 |
| Ruthenium nanoparticles supported on non-cross-linked soluble polystyrene were prepared by reacting [RuCl2(C6H5CO2Et)]2 with polystyrene in open air. They effectively catalyze intra- and intermolecular carbenoid insertion into C—H and N—H bonds, alkene cyclopropanation, and ammonium ylide/[2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement reactions. This supported ruthenium catalyst is much more reactive than [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2 and Ru(Por)CO] for catalytic intermolecular carbenoid C—H bond insertion into saturated alkanes. By using a-diazoacetamide as a substrate for intramolecular carbenoid C—H insertion, the supported ruthenium catalyst can be to recovered and reused for ten successive iterations without significant loss of activity.
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| Aqueous pigment dispersion and aqueous pigment ink for inkjet recording | 20110009554 | 20110113 |
| HO—(C2H4O)a—(C3H6O)b—(C2H4O)c—H (General Formula 1)
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| High resistivity compositions | 20110009551 | 20110113 |
| The present invention relates to a black matrix formed by applying a curable coating composition onto a substrate to form a curable coating, curing the curable coating imagewise to form a coating, and developing and drying the coating. The curable coating composition comprises a vehicle, a curable resin, and at least one modified pigment comprising a pigment having attached at least one organic group having the formula —X—I or —X—NI, wherein X, which is directly attached to the pigment, represents an arylene or heteroarylene group, an alkylene group, an aralkylene group, or an alkarylene group, I represents a non-polymeric group comprising at least one ionic group or at least one ionizable group, and NI represents a non-polymeric group comprising at least one nonionic group. The curable... |
| Glass adhesion promoter | 20110009543 | 20110113 |
| A glass adhesion composition containing a copolymer having an acid and a substituted amide, silanol, or amine oxide functionality. The substituted amide, silanol, or amine oxide functionality provide excellent adhesion of the copolymer to glass, silica, sand and other silicon-based substances. The copolymer is useful as a fiberglass binder, and also useful in providing protective coatings on glass sheets. A fiberglass sizing composition is also provided having a copolymer that includes at least one acid group derived from at least one acid monomer, a hydrophobic comonomer, and a crosslinker. Additives can be added to the compositions to provide other functionality such as corrosion inhibitors, hydrophobic additives, additives for reducing leaching of glass, release agents, acids for lowering pH, anti-oxidants/reducing agents, emulsifiers, dyes, pigments, oils, fillers, colorants,... |
| Polymer dispersions containing phosphorous polymers and emulsifiers | 20110009540 | 20110113 |
| The present invention relates to the use of a polymer dispersion (PD) comprising at least one polymer (P), obtainable by free-radical emulsion polymerization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer (M1) and at least one monomer (M2) different therefrom and selected from esters of phosphonic acid or of phosphoric acid with unalkoxylated or alkoxylated hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates, and at least one emulsifier (E) selected from phosphoric esters with unalkoxylated or alkoxylated C8-C30 alkanols, and their salts, in coating materials to improve the scrub resistance of the coatings produced therefrom and/or to improve the burnish resistance of the coatings produced therefrom and/or to improve the stain resistance of the coatings produced therefrom and/or to improve the pigment distribution in the coatings produced therefrom and/or to reduce the emission... |
| Iterative media playing by increment and decrement of an ad-to-program variable | 20090328088 | 20091231 |
| A new paradigm of watching television allows watching programs and watching ads and maintaining a score that is based on the times of watching the programs and the ads. The paradigm can be carried out by increasing the value of a variable when programs are watched and decreasing the value of the variable when ads are watched. The user can also buy ad credits, or can receive them as an incentive to buy a product.
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| Providing multiple degrees of context for content consumed on computers and media players | 20090327941 | 20091231 |
| Multiple degrees of context for media content that is consumable on computing platforms including PCs and personal media players is provided by logically organizing context objects into halos that surround each piece of consumable content. The context objects represent information and experiences that are contextually associated with media content to enable users to easily discover content and experiences that they will find interesting in a rich and personal manner. As a user navigates from a content item to a context object in the halo, the context object itself morphs into content that is then surrounded by a new halo of context objects to which the user may navigate. The organization of media content and information into halos enables an effective contextual paradigm that cuts across strict... |
| B-file abstraction for efficiently archiving self-expiring data | 20090327376 | 20091231 |
| Systems and methods are provided for data processing and storage management. In an illustrative implementation an exemplary computing environment comprises at least one data store, a data processing and storage management engine (B-File engine) and at least one instruction set to instruct the B-File engine to process and/or store data according to a selected data processing and storage management paradigm. In an illustrative operation, the illustrative B-File engine can generate a B-File comprising multiple buckets and store sample items in a random bucket according to a selected distribution. When the size of the B -FILE grows to reach a selected threshold (e.g., maximum available space), the B-File engine can shrink the B-File by discarding the largest bucket. Additionally, the B-File engine can append data to existing... |
| Providing multiple degrees of context for content consumed on computers and media players | 20090327341 | 20091231 |
| Multiple degrees of context for media content that is consumable on computing platforms including PCs and personal media players is provided by logically organizing context objects into halos that surround each piece of consumable content. The context objects represent information and experiences that are contextually associated with media content to enable users to easily discover content and experiences that they will find interesting in a rich and personal manner. As a user navigates from a content item to a context object in the halo, the context object itself morphs into content that is then surrounded by a new halo of context objects to which the user may navigate. The organization of media content and information into halos enables an effective contextual paradigm that cuts across strict... |
| License management for software products | 20090327091 | 20091231 |
| Technologies are described herein for software product license management. Following a click to run paradigm, manual user entry of product keys and manual user involvement in product activation may be avoided. A software product key can be associated with a user ID. The product key and associated user ID can be stored on a remote application server. The product key can be retrieved from the application server using the user ID or related user credentials. An application retrieving its own product key from the application server can be supported. The user-centric approach to product key management can be useful for software license models based on subscriptions, trial software, virtual software, downloadable software, or purely web based solutions as well as traditional software license purchases. The software... |
| Graphical models for the analysis of genome-wide associations | 20090326832 | 20091231 |
| Systems and methods are provided for the identification of genotype-phenotype associations in genome-wide association (GWA) studies. In an illustrative implementation, a data correlation environment comprises a population structure engine and at least one instruction set to instruct the population structure engine to process pedigree or population genetic data to generate a population structure sub-model according to a selected graphical model-based data correlation paradigm. Illustratively, the parameter of the resulting generalized linear mixed model can be learned using a variational approximation.
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| Aqueous pigment liquid dispersion and ink-jet recording ink, and production method of aqueous pigment liquid dispersion | 20090326127 | 20091231 |
| The present invention relates to an ink-jet recording ink which can simultaneously achieve long-term preservation stability, high luster, and light fastness of a printed image, and an aqueous pigment liquid dispersion to produce the ink. Moreover, the present invention relates to a production method of the aqueous pigment liquid dispersion. For the aforementioned objects, the applicant provides an aqueous pigment liquid dispersion, including: C. I. pigment green 36 (a); a styrene-acrylic acid type copolymer (b); a basic compound (c); and a wetting agent (d), wherein the styrene-acrylic acid type copolymer (b) has styrene-based monomer units of 60 mass % or more in the total of all the monomer units, an acid value of 120 to 240, and a weight average molecular weight of 6,000 to 40,000,... |
| Process for producing aqueous pigment liquid dispersion and ink-jet recording ink | 20090326118 | 20091231 |
| The applicants provide a process for producing an aqueous pigment liquid dispersion that is formed by mixing a solid kneaded mixture containing a pigment (a) containing mainly an azo-type pigment, a styrene-acrylic acid copolymer (b), a basic compound (c), and a wetting agent (d1), with an aqueous medium, the process including a liquefaction step of adding water (e) and a wetting agent (d2) while continuing the kneading of the solid kneaded mixture, thereby generating a liquid state, wherein the total quantity of the wetting agent (d2) added in the liquefaction step is within a range from 0.5 to 40 mass % of the solid kneaded mixture at the point of initiation of the liquefaction step.
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| High transparency pigments | 20090326105 | 20091231 |
| The present invention provides a method for preparing conditioned pigments that have smaller diameter and increased color strength, masstone and travel by milling pigment with a dispersant comprising polyurethane. Further, the invention provides the conditioned pigments prepared by the method of the invention and their applications to paints, coatings, inks, plastics, optical devices, color filters and so forth.
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| Process for producing pigment-containing curable resin solution composition, pigment dispersed liquid, and pigment-containing curable resin solution composition | 20090326106 | 20091231 |
| A process for producing a pigment-containing curable resin solution composition which comprises a pigment and a modified polysiloxane is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a pigment-dispersed liquid, wherein a pigment is dispersed in an organic solvent in the presence of a first modified polysiloxane; and (b) mixing the pigment-dispersed liquid with a resin solution which comprises at least a second modified polysiloxane. This process provides a pigment-containing curable resin solution composition with excellent dispersion stability of pigment.
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| Crayon and process for producing the same | 20090326096 | 20091231 |
| cooling and gelling the raw material solution.
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| Use of compounds binding to the sigma receptor for the treatment of diabetes-associated pain | 20090325975 | 20091231 |
| The present invention refers to the use of compounds active on the sigma receptor for the production of a medicament for the treatment of diabetes-associated pain.
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| Turfgrass fungicide formulation with pigment | 20090325922 | 20091231 |
| Oil-in-water fungicidal formulations are prepared having pigment dispersed therein, the pigment being stable within the oil-in-water emulsion as a result of the addition of suitable silicone surfactants and suitable emulsifiers. The formulations can be prepared either as a 2-pack formulation or as a single formulation. In the case of the single formulation polyethylene glycol is also added. In either case, the formulations show a synergistic effect through the addition of the pigment, the resulting formulations having an increased efficacy. Further, the formulations show a synergistic effect when mixed with conventional chemical fungicides, both being added in reduced amounts compared to recommended rates.
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| Administration of fluocinolone acetonide, tretinoin and hydroquinone cream in melasma maintenance therapy | 20090325914 | 20091231 |
| Topical application of a triple combination immixture of fluocinolone acetonide, tretinoin and hydroquinone is useful for the maintenance therapy of melasma to prevent hyperpigmentation recurrence or reduce the severity of the hyperpigmentation recurrence.
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| Tetracyclic anthraquinones possessing anti-cancer properties | 20090325894 | 20091231 |
| The present invention provides aminoside tetracyclic anthraquinones represented by formula (I) or formula (II), wherein the peptides are introduced to connect tetracyclic anthraquinones and fatty acid saturated or unsaturated in order to make the anticancer agents to be absorbed and released selectively; meanwhile some water-solubility groups are also introduced into the branched chain, aminosaccharide and tetracyclic moiety of the compounds to improve the water-solubility. The present invention also provides the preparative method and the use thereof as pharmaceutically active components for treating the diseases cured by aminoside tetracyclic anthraquinone, for example cancer, such as intestines, liver, gastric, breast, lung, ovary, prostate, brain glioma, lymph, skin, pigment, thyroid gland, multiple bone marrow cancer and leukemia.
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| Loop delay compensation for continuous time sigma delta analog to digital converter | 20090325632 | 20091231 |
| A continuous time sigma delta analog to digital converter may use a finite impulse response filter for delay compensation. In some embodiments, the filter may be simplified by using only the first and/or second filter coefficients.
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| Use of spla2 activity for the diagnosis of a cardiovascular event | 20090325194 | 20091231 |
| A method for determining an increased risk of mortality or of a cardiac and/or vascular event in a patient, includes:—determining the sPLA2 activity of the patient as a first risk marker—determining at least the value of a second risk marker chosen among CRP level, IgM IC of apo B 100 level or IgM MDA-LDL level—determining the ratio (odds ratio) between the value of the sPLA2 activity and the value of the second risk marker and comparing it to a predetermined odds ratio, the odds ratio compared to the predetermined odds ratio being indicative of an increased risk of mortality or of a cardiac and/or vascular event. A new micro method adaptation for automated fluorimetric measurement of serum secretory phospholipase A2 is also disclosed.
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| Ferromagnetic nanoparticles with high magnetocrystalline anisotropy for micr toner applications | 20090325098 | 20091231 |
| A toner including stabilized magnetic single-crystal nanoparticles, wherein the value of the magnetic anisotropy of the magnetic nanoparticles is greater than or equal to 2×104 J/m3. The magnetic nanoparticle may be a ferromagnetic nanoparticle, such as FePt. The toner includes a magnetic material that minimizes the size of the particle, resulting in excellent magnetic pigment dispersion and dispersion stability, particularly in emulsion/aggregation toner processes. The smaller sized magnetic particles of the toner also maintains excellent magnetic properties, thereby reducing the amount of magnetic particle loading required in the toner.
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| Decorative panel and method of production thereof | 20090324962 | 20091231 |
| The decorative panel comprises a first backing layer made, according to its use, from a choice of different materials and geometrically defined by a base wall which in use is fastened, for example by gluing, to the surface to be covered, an upper wall parallel and opposite to said base wall and several side walls, a second layer which is arranged so as to cover the upper wall and the side walls and which consists of a pigmented two-component polyurethane base coat preferably pigmented using iron oxide pigments, a third layer which is arranged so as to cover the second layer and consists of a one-component solvent-based preferably self-curing acrylic resin mordant, a fourth layer which is arranged so as to cover the third layer and... |
| Conductive, organic coatings having an optimized polymer system | 20090324957 | 20091231 |
| A substance for coating metal surfaces, comprising organic resin components that are dissolved or dispersed in an organic solvent, or solvent mixture, having at least the following organic resin components: a) epoxy resin, present as polyether comprising hydroxyl groups, based on a bisphenol epichlorohydrin polycondensation product, b) blocked aliphatic polyisocyanate, c) unblocked aliphatic polyisocyanate, d) at least one reaction component, selected from polyesters comprising hydroxyl groups and poly(meth)acrylates comprising hydroxyl groups. The substance may also comprise at least one conductivity pigment. The invention further provides a method for coating a sheet metal with this substance, the respectively coated sheet metal, and the use thereof.
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| Conductive, organic coatings with low layer thickness and good plasticity | 20090324938 | 20091231 |
| The invention relates to a metal sheet, or a component made of a metallic material, comprising a layer system on the surface with at least the following layers: a) a conversion layer, comprising no more than 1 mg chromium per m2, b) a layer of a cross-linked organic polymer system with a thickness in the range of 0.5 to 2.5 μm, comprising, in relation to the total mass of said layer, 2 to 25 wt. % of an electrically conductive pigment having a specific weight of 3 g/cm3 maximum, however no more than 5 wt. % of the electrically conductive pigment having a specific weight of more than 3 g/m3. A coating material and a coating method for the production of the layer b).
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| Polyene pigment compositions for temporary highlighting and marking of printed matter | 20090324846 | 20091231 |
| Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a polyene compound and an additive selected from the group consisting of antioxidant, surfactant, oil, wax, solvent, and a combination thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of temporarily marking a surface comprising marking the surface with a composition as disclosed herein, where the marking has a color intensity; and exposing the surface to ambient light and ambient air, whereby the color intensity of the marking decreases over a period of time. Further, disclosed herein are markers comprising a composition as disclosed herein.
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| Cosmetic and method for production thereof | 20090324658 | 20091231 |
| A cosmetic exhibiting improved thermal stability and storage stability, which is prepared by using a three-phase emulsification-dispersing method in an aqueous phase. In the cosmetic containing an oily base material and/or a pigment as a component to be emulsification-dispersed, an emulsification-dispersing agent and water, the thermal stability and storage stability are improved, and the emulsification-dispersing agent composed of a polysaccharide having a particulate structure as a main component, and two or more kinds of components to be emulsification-dispersed are contained. The components to be emulsification-dispersed exhibit a dielectric constant ranging from 1 to 5 (F/m), and an inorganicity/organicity ratio ranging from 0 to 0.5.
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| Foundation with high chromatic stability and method to obtain such foundation | 20090324525 | 20091231 |
| Preparation of a foundation is described. The foundation is obtainable by mixing specific precursor emulsions, each of them having the complete composition of a foundation and containing a single pigment. The mixing directly provides the final foundation in the desired colour tone. Also described is a kit to obtain a foundation with improved stability, starting from the aforesaid emulsions.
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| Novel compositions against alkyl-acyul-gpc the derivatitves and products thereof | 20090324518 | 20091231 |
| The compositions of the invention are used for the manufacture of compounds to protect against alkylacyl-like destabilized cells by preference under the conditions of critical lifestyle. Persons are clinically treated who have problems concerning body weight, critical morning urine samples, tendency to diabetes and hypersensitivity syndromes and/or desequilibration of mentality and mind.
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| Electrophotographic photoreceptor, image forming apparatus using the electrophotographic photoreceptor, and method of producing electrophotographic photoreceptor | 20090324281 | 20091231 |
| wherein D(F1) (μm) and D(F2) (μm) represent average primary particle diameters of the largest and smallest inorganic pigments, respectively, and D(G) (μm) represents an average primary particle diameter of the titanyl phthalocyanine pigment.
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| Toric intraocular lens with modified power characteristics | 20090323020 | 20091231 |
| An intraocular lens for correcting or reducing the astigmatism of a cornea includes an optical element that has optical properties and characteristics that make it tolerant of rotational misalignment, when compared to a comparable lens having a uniform astigmatism orientation across its entire optical element, leading to more relaxed tolerances for a surgeon that implants the lens. The optical element of the toric ophthalmic lens has meridians associated therewith, including a high power meridian and a low power meridian orthogonal to the high power meridian. The optical element has at least one radially modulated meridian along which power monotonically varies with increasing radial position.
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| Inkjet printer with inks containing polyoxygenated-polyols | 20090322842 | 20091231 |
| d) and a polyurethane latex binder.
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| Color bistable display | 20090322670 | 20091231 |
| A capsule for a color display includes an outer shell (110, 331, 431) surrounding an interior space (120), a solution (130) containing quantum dots (140) within the interior space, and pigment particles (150) suspended in the solution. In one embodiment, the quantum dots have a first electric charge with a first polarity and the pigment particles have a second electric charge with a second polarity that is opposite the first polarity.
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| Sigma-delta modulator | 20090322576 | 20091231 |
| The present invention relates to a sigma-delta modulator to convert an analog signal into a digital signal using an analog-to-digital converter slaved in a closed loop. The undecided bits at the output of the analog-to-digital converter are assigned the same values in the digital output signal from the modulator as in the digital signal returned to the input of the modulator.
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| Anthocyanin pigment/dye compositions and method of providing composition through extraction from corn | 20080313822 | 20081225 |
| Anthocyanin pigments/dyes are extracted from corn kernels by adding corn kernels with less than 5% by weight of corn kernels comprising broken kernels to an aqueous medium to form an aqueous-corn medium. The corn kernels have in excess of 0.1 mg of anthocyanin pigment/dye per gram of corn kernel therein. The anthocyanin pigment/dye in the corn kernels has greater than 40% by weight of anthocyanin as an acid or acylated form of the anthocyanin. The aqueous corn medium is agitated at a temperature above 35° C. The solid corn kernels are separated from the aqueous corn medium to form an extract of anthocyanin in aqueous medium having less than 1.0% solids therein before concentration or purification steps are performed on the extract.
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| Highly anti-corrosive thin platelet-like metal pigments, preparing method of the same, and colored interference pigments having metallic luster based on the same | 20080314284 | 20081225 |
| [Solution] The highly anti-corrosive thin platelet-like metal pigments in which the surface of thin platelet-like metal substrates are treated with phosphoric acid compounds and/or boric acid compounds, and further coated with a layer containing hydrated tin oxide.
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| Quinacridone derivatives for pigment dispersions | 20080314285 | 20081225 |
| wherein R1 and R2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and halogen. Also, methods for preparing non-aqueous pigment dispersions and inkjet inks including a pigment and the quinacridone derivative of Formula (I).
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| Pigment dispersants, their production process, and their use | 20080314292 | 20081225 |
| A pigment dispersant contains (a) 5 to 30 wt % of aromatic and/or heterocyclic vinyl monomer units, (b) 10 to 30 wt % of monomer units having acid groups, (c) 40 to 80 wt % of (meth)acrylate ester monomer units, and (d) 5 to 30 wt % of monomer units having poly(C2-6-alkylene glycol) chains or mono(C1-22-alkyl)ether chains of said glycol, said poly(C2-6-alkylene glycol) chains or mono (C1-22-alkyl)ether chains having a number average molecular weight of from 150 to 1,500. A sum of the monomer units (a) to (d) amounts to 100 wt %. The pigment dispersant has an acid value of from 30 to 300 mgKOH/g, a number average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 30,000, and a content of organic compounds, boiling points of which... |
| Signal transmission cable and multi-wire cable | 20080314613 | 20081225 |
| An insulating layer 3 mainly composed of a fluorine resin is provided at an outer periphery of an inner conductor 2 to provide an inner insulated wire 4. A skin layer 5 mainly composed of a fluorine resin and doped with titanium oxide and carbon black or the titanium oxide and nickel as color pigment is provided at an outer periphery of stranded inner insulated wires 4. An outer conductor (shield) 6 is provided at an outer periphery of the skin layer 5, and a sheath layer (jacket) 7 is provided at an outer periphery of the outer conductor 6, to provide a signal transmission cable 1 having excellent electric characteristics, mechanical characteristics and terminal workability.
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| Direct digital interpolative synthesis | 20080315963 | 20081225 |
| A clock synthesis circuit includes a delta sigma modulator that receives a divide ratio and generates an integer portion and a digital quantization error (a fractional portion). A fractional-N divider divides a received signal according to a divide control value corresponding to the integer portion and generates a divided signal. A phase interpolator adjusts a phase of the divided signal according to the digital quantization error to thereby reduce noise associated with the fractional-N divider.
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| Digital-to-analog converter and distortion correction circuit | 20080316073 | 20081225 |
| Disclosed is a D/A converter including: a delta-sigma modulator for subjecting a digital signal to delta-sigma modulation; a pulse-width modulator for outputting a pulse-width-modulated signal having a pulse width conforming to a digital value that is output from the delta-sigma modulator; and a distortion detector for detecting a distortion component produced in the pulse-width modulator. The distortion detector includes a delay controller for receiving the digital signal and correcting the phase thereof; a second delta-sigma modulator; a second pulse-width modulator; a subtractor for subtracting the output of the second delta-sigma modulator from the output of the second pulse-width modulator; and a second subtractor for subtracting the output signal of the first subtractor from the output signal of the delay controller.
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| Delta sigma modulator and delta sigma a/d converter | 20080316075 | 20081225 |
| With a delta sigma modulator of this invention, a plurality of clocks required to control a switching circuit can be easily generated and correlation among phases of the plurality of clocks can be automatically maintained while a frequency of the clocks is modified. A ring oscillator is formed of three delay circuits provided with differential amplifiers in the delta sigma modulator. A clock producing circuit produces the plurality of clocks to control the switching circuit by delaying three-phase clocks outputted from the ring oscillator. All the tail currents Ic in the differential amplifiers in the delay circuits in the ring oscillator and the tail currents Ic in the differential amplifiers in the delay circuits in the clock producing circuit are proportional to each other.
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| Uv curable ink with improved adhesion | 20080316244 | 20081225 |
| The present invention is drawn to photo-curable ink-jet ink compositions, systems, and methods. One exemplary ink-jet ink composition includes a liquid vehicle, a milled pigment, a photo initiator and a halogenated polyolefin. In this embodiment, the addition of the halogenated polyolefin improves adhesion to a non-porous substrate or a low surface tension substrate such as polypropylene.
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| Method and apparatus improving vision and the resolution of retinal images | 20080316429 | 20081225 |
| A method of and apparatus for improving vision and the resolution of retinal images is described in which a point source produced on the retina of a living eye by a laser beam is reflected from the retina and received at a lenslet array of a Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor such that each of the lenslets in the lenslet array forms an aerial image of the retinal point source on a CCD camera located adjacent to the lenslet array. The output signal from the CCD camera is acquired by a computer which processes the signal and produces a correction signal which may be used to control a compensating optical or wavefront compensation device such as a deformable mirror. It may also be used to fabricate a contact... |
| Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method | 20080316443 | 20081225 |
| An exposure apparatus includes a first driving mechanism which drives a first optical element, a second driving mechanism which drives a second optical element, and a control unit which controls the first driving mechanism and the second driving mechanism so as to adjust the astigmatism of a projection optical system. The amount of change in the first order component of the astigmatism and the amount of change in the second order component of the astigmatism upon driving the first optical element by the first driving mechanism have a first ratio, and the amount of change in the first order component of the astigmatism and the amount of change in the second order component of the astigmatism upon driving the second optical element by the second driving... |
| Compositions useful for recovering original trophism and pigmentation, and for stimulating growth of the integumentary apparatus, uses and products thereof | 20080317730 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to compositions and products comprising at least one proteolytic enzyme adapted to promoting the restoration of original trophism of the integumentary apparatus, the original pigmentation and stimulating the growth thereof and, particularly, improving the viability of the pilifer follicles, even in scar tissue areas.
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| Cosmetic system, and method for disguising skin defects | 20080317867 | 20081225 |
| The present invention provides a cosmetic system for disguising dermatological blemishes. The cosmetic system includes a viscous silicone material and a catalyst. The silicone material is pigmented with a cosmetic pigment according to a selected skin tone. In one aspect, the cosmetic system also includes a flocking agent. The flocking agent is mixed within the silicone material or the catalyst to provide texture. The cosmetic system also includes at least two cartridges. The cartridges hold the viscous silicone material and the catalyst, separately. Optionally, the cosmetic system includes a dispensing gun. The dispensing gun has a tip through which the silicone material and the catalyst may be dispensed, whereupon the silicone material and the catalyst are mixed and applied to a user's skin for curing. A... |
| Compositions and methods for treating and preventing inflammatory and/or degenerative processes in humans and other animals | 20080317885 | 20081225 |
| Disclosed are compositions useful for treating Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, osteoarthritis and other degenerative joint diseases, Huntington's chorea, Parkinson's disease, optic atrophy, retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, muscular dystrophy, aging-associated degenerative processes, asthma, dermatitis, laminitis, pemphigoid, pemphigus, reactive airway disease (e.g., COPD, IAD), inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, periodontal disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, sarcoidosis, psoriasis, type I diabetes, ischemia-reperfusion injury, chronic inflammatory diseases, geriatric wasting, cancer cachexia, cachexia associated with chronic inflammation, sick feeling syndrome, and other inflammatory and/or degenerative diseases, disorders, conditions, and processes in humans and other animals. In one embodiment, the compositions include at least 4 of the following: a MMP1 inhibitor, a MMP2 inhibitor, a MMP3 inhibitor, a MMP7 inhibitor, a MMP9 inhibitor, an ADAMTS-4 inhibitor,... |
| Method for treating visual impairment through the prophylactic administration of a morinda citrifolia-based naturaceutical | 20080317890 | 20081225 |
| Implementation of the present invention takes place in association with the utilization of one or more processed products produced from the Indian Mulberry plant, scientifically known as Morinda citrifolia L., to treat one or more eye disorders that affect vision, such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, cataracts, age-related macular degeneration, night blindness, color blindness, and other related conditions. The processed Morinda citrifolia products from the Indian Mulberry plant may be in the form of a dietary supplement, eye drops, or in another suitable form.
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| Pigmented ink-jet ink with improved highlighter smear | 20080317958 | 20081225 |
| Compositions, systems, and methods of printing an ink-jet image are provided. The composition can be an ink-jet ink, comprising a liquid vehicle, a pigmented colorant, and a wax emulsion. The wax emulsion can be present at from about 0.1 wt % to about 20 wt %, preferably 0.1 wt % to 10 wt %, and more preferably from 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % solid content of the ink-jet ink composition. Additionally, upon printing the ink-jet ink on a media substrate compared to printing a comparative ink-jet ink composition on a media substrate, the ink-jet ink composition exhibits improved alkaline highlighter smear fastness compared to the comparative ink-jet ink composition.
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| Color effect pigment with a layer made of discrete metal particles, method for the production thereof and its use | 20080318012 | 20081225 |
| The invention relates to a platelike color effect pigment having the following structure: a) a metallic reflective core; b) a spacer layer made of a dielectric material, and; c) an, all in all, semitransparent absorber layer comprising, in essence, discrete metal particles that have an average diameter of 1 to 100 nm and optionally at least one other protective layer.
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| Method of preparing toner and toner prepared using the method | 20080318141 | 20081225 |
| A method of preparing toner, the method including preparing a latex for a core by polymerizing a composition for a core including a macromonomer having a hydrophilic group, a hydrophobic group and at least one reactive functional group, at least one polymerizable monomer, and a wax; agglomerating the latex for a core by adding a pigment dispersion dispersed by the macromonomer and an inorganic salt to the prepared latex for a core; and coating the agglomerated latex for a core using a latex for a shell layer, wherein the latex for a shell layer is prepared by polymerizing a composition for a shell layer including at least one polymerizable monomer, a macroinitiator having polydimethyl siloxane units, and a macromonomer, and toner prepared according to the method.
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| Toner, developer, and image forming method | 20080318144 | 20081225 |
| To provide a toner including: a toner material that contains at least a binder resin, a pigment, and a pigment dispersant, wherein the pigment dispersant has an acid value of 20 mgKOH/g to 50 mgKOH/g and an amine value of 1 mgKOH/g to 50 mgKOH/g, and wherein the pigment contains at least aluminum phthalocyanine.
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| Transgenic plant for detecting environmental chemicals | 20080318335 | 20081225 |
| The present invention provides a plant transformation vector for producing a plant for detecting an environmental chemical by a change of flower color, the plant transformation vector comprising an AhR gene expressibly incorporated therein, an AhR ligand stimulus-inducible promoter, and an expression suppressive factor for suppressing the expression of a gene involved in the synthesis of a desired flower pigment, the factor being expressibly incorporated therein by the promoter.
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| System and method for enhanced message routing | 20080318600 | 20081225 |
| Coincident with the evolution, maturation, etc. of (e.g., Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, IP Multimedia Subsystem, etc.) wireless messaging ecosystems an infrastructure that provides, in new and creative ways, enhanced message routing capabilities. The dynamic, flexible, and extensible nature of the enhanced message routing capabilities support, among other things, very large volumes of messaging traffic, numerous billing paradigms, different Quality of Service levels and possible charges for same, improved troubleshooting and problem investigation capabilities, etc. The infrastructure may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.
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| Anthocyanin pigment/dye compositions through corn extraction | 20080319053 | 20081225 |
| Anthocyanin pigments/dyes are extracted from corn kernels by adding corn kernels with less than 5% by weight of corn kernels comprising broken kernels to an aqueous medium to form an aqueous-corn medium. The corn kernels have in excess of 0.1 mg of anthocyanin pigment/dye per gram of corn kernel therein. The anthocyanin pigment/dye in the corn kernels has greater than 40% by weight of anthocyanin as an acid or acylated form of the anthocyanin. The aqueous corn medium is agitated at a temperature above 35° C. The solid corn kernels are separated from the aqueous corn medium to form an extract of anthocyanin in aqueous medium having less than 1.0% solids therein before concentration or purification steps are performed on the extract.
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| Method of colouring carrier materials | 20080319089 | 20081225 |
| Using the methods according to the invention it is possible to obtain colorations and coloured substrates that have surprisingly good light-fastness properties.
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| Dental composition containing epoxy functional polymerizable compounds | 20080319102 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to dental compositions comprising a halogenated epoxy functional ether derivative comprising at least one aryl alkyl ether moiety, at least one halogen atom attached to each aryl residue of the aryl alkyl ether moieties, at least two aliphatic epoxy moieties, no glycidyl ether structure, an initiator, optionally filler and optionally additive components selected from the group of modifiers, dyes, pigments, thixotropic agents, flow improvers, polymeric thickeners, surfactants, odorous substances, diluting agent(s) and flavourings.
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| Solid pigment preparations containing resin | 20080319109 | 20081225 |
| (B) 0.5 to 20% by weight of at least one water-soluble/water-dilutable aldehyde resin or ketone resin.
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| Surface-modified inorganic fillers and pigments (ii) | 20080319115 | 20081225 |
| The invention relates to a process for the preparation of surface-modified inorganic fillers or pigments of a defined grain size, characterized in that filler or pigment slurries of inorganic fillers or pigments having a defined grain size are milled with the action of pressure and/or shear forces using polymer dispersions.
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| Dispersing agent for pigment concentrates, its use and masterbatches comprising the dispersing agent | 20080319123 | 20081225 |
| The invention relates to polyesters which contain carboxy groups and which are used as dispersing agents for pigment concentrates for the colouring of thermoplastics, and to a process for their preparation. The invention further relates to the use of the polyesters as dispersing agents, and also to masterbatches which comprise pigments, thermoplastics and the polyesters.
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| Pigments stabilized to acid challenge | 20080308002 | 20081218 |
| An electrostatically stabilized ink includes a dispersion which is electrostatically stabilized and comprises a pigment. The ink also includes an ionic amphiphile additive which has a charge center having an opposite charge from a charge center of the dispersion.
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| Non-aqueous pigment dispersions containing specific dispersion synergists | 20080308004 | 20081218 |
| wherein AR1 and AR2 represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic groups, and R represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, with the proviso that one of R, AR1, and AR2 contains at least one carboxylate anion and that the molecular weight of the anionic part of the dispersion synergist is smaller than 98% of the molecular weight of the color pigment. Also, methods of preparing the non-aqueous pigment dispersions are also.
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| Non-aqueous pigment dispersions using dispersion synergists | 20080308005 | 20081218 |
| characterized in that one of R7 and R8 is a group comprising two acid functions while the other one of R7 and R8 represents hydrogen.
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| Titanuim dioxide pigments, process for the production thereof,and resin compostions containing the pigments | 20070295244 | 20071227 |
| The invention provides titanium dioxide pigments for plastics resin compositions which are excellent in dispersibility, light resistance, and weather resistance and little cause surface imperfection. In particular, the invention provides a titanium dioxide pigment suitable for general-purpose plastics resin compositions which can attain excellent dispersion and lacing resistance even when blended in a high concentration; a titanium dioxide pigment suitable for engineering plastics resin compositions which can attain dispersion properties, silver streaking resistance, inhibition of reduction in molecular weight, and thermal discoloration resistance at high levels; a process for the production of the pigments; and resin compositions containing the pigments. A titanium dioxide pigment for plastics resin compositions, characterized in that each titanium dioxide particle has a dense hydrous silica coat covering its surface and an... |
| Pigment composition for paint | 20070295247 | 20071227 |
| A pigment extender that can be used in a covering agent such as paint to improve the properties of the paint. The pigment extender can improve the hiding power of many types of paint formulations. The pigment extender is particularly useful in flat paints that require relatively low sheen values. A pigment extender that includes microcrystalline silica, nepheline syenite and/or metal fluoride. The metal fluoride typically includes a silica coated metal fluoride.
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| Method for sealing a fiber-based material | 20070295445 | 20071227 |
| The invention relates to a method for sealing a fibre-based material (1, 4) to a counter-surface to be bonded to it by melting polymer present at the sealing point. In accordance with the invention, the sealing is performed by directing a laser beam (8) through the fibre layer (4) of the material to a radiation-absorbing pigment disposed in the sealing area (9), with the absorption heat melting the polymer (5) and generating the sealing. The method allows sealing of plastic-coated paper or board to itself, to another plastic counter-surface or also to paper or board without any plastic coating. It is also possible to seal uncoated paper or board to paper or board containing plastic, such as plastic-coated paper or board, or to a plastic film.... |
| Decorative cosmetic product having a high water content | 20070298002 | 20071227 |
| Decorative cosmetic product having a high water content The invention relates to a decorative cosmetic product having a high water content. The product comprises 70-92% by weight of water, 2.0-30% by weight of pigments, 2-8% by weight of a gel-forming agent with emulsifying properties comprising a mixture of sodium acrylate copolymers, hydrogenated polyisobutene, plant-based phospholipids, a polyglyceryl acylate and an oil, and the remainder up to 100% of said product is made up of cosmetic auxiliaries, carriers, active agents or mixtures thereof. Despite of the cooling effect the product with a stabile cosmetic formula has an extraordinary transfer stability. In the case of lipsticks, a glossy product is obtained with accordingly good transfer stability.
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| Method for identification and verification of products containing titanium dioxide pigment particles | 20070298059 | 20071227 |
| A method for marking titanium dioxide pigment particles, as well as a method for identifying and verifying products via the marked titanium dioxide pigment particles contained in these products. The marker substance(s) is/are added during titanium dioxide production, preferably during surface treatment, drying or steam-milling. Particularly suitable as marker substances are the lanthanides, yttrium, zinc, molybdenum, tungsten, germanium, tin and scandium. The method is used to verify authentic product, to identify product forgeries (product piracy), to track distribution channels, or to identify the pigment used in order to counter unjustified complaints. It can be used in the product segments: fibres for textiles, papers for documents, pharmaceuticals, and also for plastics and coatings.
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| Animal feedstuff dyeing and animal drugs | 20070298149 | 20071227 |
| The invention relates to the use of effect-producing pigments based on plate-shaped substrates for dyeing animal feedstuffs and animal drugs.
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| Aqueous paper coating slip containing pigment-polymer hybrids | 20070298261 | 20071227 |
| An aqueous paper coating slip comprising organic polymers as binders and inorganic pigments, wherein the binders are present at least partly in the form of a pigment-polymer hybrid in which the binder is chemically or physically bound to the inorganic pigments.
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| Method of preparing toner and toner prepared using the method | 20070298345 | 20071227 |
| A method of preparing toner and a toner using the method is provided. More particularly, a method of preparing toner controls a shape of finally obtained toner particles by adjusting a molecular weight and Tg of polymer latex and can easily obtain a desired size, shape, and size distribution of toner particles by controlling aggregation of polymer latex particles and process conditions. A toner using the method, an image forming method using the toner and an image forming apparatus including the toner are also provided. The toner is prepared by forming polymer latex particles having different molecular weights by polymerizing a toner composition including macromonomers containing a hydrophilic group, a hydrophobic group and at least one reactive functional group, and at least one polymerizable monomer; and... |
| Liquid developer | 20070298347 | 20071227 |
| A liquid developer composition for electrophotography is disclosed which comprises a pigment, an acrylic-based thermoplastic resin, an electric insulating solvent and a dispersant, the acrylic-based thermoplastic resin having a degree of swelling of less than 0.5 g against the electric insulating solvent, the dispersant comprising at least one of modified novolak resin (A) and copolymer (B) each of which contains in its molecule an aromatic ring and a structure given by ring opening of an epoxy group with a carboxyl group derived from a hydroxycarboxylic acid.
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| Inkjet inks with encapsulated colorants | 20070299158 | 20071227 |
| Encapsulated colorants and process for making the same. In particular, the present invention is directed to a polymer encapsulated pigment dispersion including at least one pigment dispersion as a seed. The pigment dispersion is stabilized by at least one surfactant. The pigment has a pigment surface having a first polarity. The encapsulated pigment dispersion further includes at least one monomer having a second polarity which is relatively higher than the first polarity. The monomer is polymerized around the pigment surface.
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| Aromatic polycarbonate resin composition and manufacturing process thereof | 20070299169 | 20071227 |
| A resin composition comprising: (1) 100 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (component A); (2) 0.005 to 0.6 part by weight of a fluorine-containing organic metal salt having a fluoride ion content measured by ion chromatography of 0.2 to 20 ppm in terms of weight (component B); and (3) at least one component selected from the group consisting of a flame retardant (component C), a fatty acid ester (component D), an ultraviolet light absorber (component E), polytetrafluoroethylene having fibril formability (component F), a filler (component G), a silicate mineral (component H) and a titanium dioxide pigment (component I). A process of manufacturing the resin compositon and a method of preventing the melt dripping during combustion of the resin composition. The flame retardancy of the... |
| Moulded thermoplastic resin articles with travertine-like appearance | 20070299179 | 20071227 |
| The present invention relates to moulded thermoplastic resin articles with travertine-like appearance which exhibit shrinkage of not more than 0.5% upon cooling after moulding process and have a density of at least 1.5 g/cm3. The articles comprise 30-60% by weight of styrene-based resin and 40-50% by weight of stone powder. The styrene-based resin used is selected from the group comprising polystyrene (PS), high impact polystyrene (HIPS), styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer (SAN), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer (ABS) and blends of two or more thereof. The stone powder used has an average size range of 600-2000 mesh and it preferably comprises limestone powder or calcium carbonate. The articles may further comprise 1-3% by weight of impact modifier and/or up to 2% by weight of lubricant. The articles also may further comprise 1-3%... |
| Weakly ionic aqueous suspensions of ground mineral matter and their uses | 20070299183 | 20071227 |
| The invention relates to the use of a weakly ionic and water-soluble copolymer as a grinding aid agent for grinding mineral matter in aqueous suspension in order to obtain aqueous suspensions of refined mineral matter, with a dry matter concentration that can be high, with a low Brookfield™ viscosity that remains stable over time, having the property that it presents a pigmentary surface area the ionic charge of which, as determined by ionic titration, is low. The invention relates to the aqueous suspensions of mineral matter obtained and their use in the fields of paper, paint and plastics.
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| Additive package for thermoplastic condensation polymers | 20070299184 | 20071227 |
| The invention is directed to a thermoplastic condensation polymer chain extender additive package for reducing the molecular weight loss of a thermoplastic condensation polymer during a heated process comprising a chain extender composition selected from the group consisting of (a) a mixture of a chain extending agent and a water-bearing particulate material (b) a water-bearing particulate material surface treated with a chain extending agent or (c) a combination of (a) and (b). The water-bearing particulate material can be titanium dioxide pigment, the chain extending agent can be a multifunctional epoxy compound and the condensation polymer can be polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate or polycarbonate.
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| Aqueous ionically stabilized dispersions | 20070299198 | 20071227 |
| Ionically stabilized dispersions are described that are substantially free of steric stabilization of the pigment. These ionically stabilized dispersions are obtained from polymeric dispersants where the hydrophilic components are minimized. These stabilized dispersions can be utilized to prepare ink jet inks which when printed result in improved optical density and chroma. The stability of the ionically stabilized dispersions are sufficient for ink jet inks.
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| Post-biopsy cavity treatment implants and methods | 20070299339 | 20071227 |
| A method for mapping a lymphatic system following a cavity generating procedure, may include a step of providing a post-biopsy cavity treatment implant, the implant including a collagenous matrix having a non-uniform cross-linking density that is configured to cause the implant to swell non-uniformly when placed within an aqueous environment, the implant including a dye or a pigment contained therein. The provided post-biopsy cavity treatment implant may then be implanted into the cavity and the cavity closed. The dye/pigment may then be caused to be released from the implant and to propagate through the lymphatic system. The propagated dye/pigment may then be visualized in the lymphatic system using a selected visualization mode.
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| Implant capable of forming a differential image in an eye and methods of inserting and locating same | 20070299515 | 20071227 |
| An implant capable of forming a differential image in an eye is shown. The implant comprises an elongated member having a pair of spaced ends. The elongated member is formed of a dimension to be inserted into and/or passed through a punctum opening of an eye and into the canaliculus. The implant comprises an energy obstructing material, such as for example a pigment comprising titanium dioxide, which is responsive to the application of an energy wave in the visible light range which, upon everting of an eyelid of an eye and exposing the implant to the energy wave, forms a differential image pattern showing the location of the implant in the canaliculus of the eye.
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| Microarray method | 20070299618 | 20071227 |
| A method for correcting microarray data for the effects of cross-hybridization comprising multiplication of microarray probe hybridization intensities with the inverse or pseudoinverse of a matrix of cross-hybridization potentials between probes and targets. This matrix of cross-hybridization potentials may be determined experimentally by repeating a microarray experiment with each of the targeted genes individually present to determine the cross-hybridization of that targeted gene to each probe, or alternatively, computational models of hybridization may be employed. This represents a new paradigm for handling the problem of cross-hybridization and also can be used in probe-set design strategies.
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| System and method for commodity consumption monitoring and management | 20070299749 | 20071227 |
| A service that leverages established wireless messaging paradigms such as, possibly inter alia, Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, and IP Multimedia Subsystem to yield an infrastructure that allows a Mobile Subscriber to seamlessly employ their Wireless Device to monitor, and optionally manage, the consumption of one or more commodities. The service may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.
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| Water washable lithographic printing ink | 20070289488 | 20071220 |
| Disclosed is a water washable ink for offset lithographic newspaper printing containing: a modified soybean oil-based resin; a pigment; and an acid neutralization agent, wherein the water washable offset lithographic newspaper printing ink does not contain any of the following: a humectant, a surfactant or a modified linseed oil.
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| Opaque plastics | 20070289496 | 20071220 |
| The present invention relates to opaque plastics comprising effect pigments which are distinguished by the fact that they have high gloss and virtually no visible or no visible flow lines
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| Pvc plastisols comprising effect pigments, their preparation and use in coil coating | 20070289498 | 20071220 |
| Disclosed herein are effect pigment PVC plastisol, uses thereof, and proceses for producing effect pigment PVC plastisol. In one embodiment, an effect pigment PVC plastisol comprises: (A) at least one finely divided PVC homopolymer having particle sizes of from 0.04 to 40 μm, and which as a dispersion in a plasticizer exhibits dilatancy, (B) at least one finely divided PVC homopolymer having particle sizes of from 1 to 400 μm, and which as a dispersion in a plasticizer exhibits pseudoplasticity, (C) at least one plasticizer, and (D) at least one effect pigment.
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| High performance kaolin pigment, paper coating paint and method for producing such paint | 20070289499 | 20071220 |
| An improvement in high performance kaolin pigment, paper coating paint comprised of high performance kaolin pigment and a method for producing high performance kaolin pigment, wherein only coarse kaolin is used, said pigment exhibiting an ISO whiteness preferably higher than 88.5; a grain size distribution of at least 96% lower than 2 μm and at most 15% lower than 0.2 μm; a Hercules viscosity at 18 dines of at least 200 RPM in pulps with a concentration of solids of 70-71%, thus producing a coating paint that has an ISO whiteness higher than 88.5 and lower than 91.0; a grain size distribution of at least 96% lower than 2 μm and at most 15% lower than 0.2 μm and a Hercvules viscosity at 18 dines of... |
| Organic pigment fine-particle, and method of producing the same | 20070289500 | 20071220 |
| A method of producing a dispersion of a pigment, comprising: bringing a solution in which an organic pigment is dissolved, and an aqueous medium, into contact with each other in a channel having an equivalent diameter of 1 mm or less, thereby making the pigment into a fine particle thereof, wherein at least one of the solution and the aqueous medium comprises at least one anionic dispersing agent.
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| Highly concentrated flowable pigment composition and process for its manufacture | 20070289501 | 20071220 |
| The invention pertains to a highly concentrated pigment comprising: from 75 to 95% by weight, preferably from 78 to 95% by weight, most preferred from 80 to 95% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a pigment; from 0 to 20% by weight, preferably from 5 to 18% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a resin; the total of pigment and resin being from 85 to 98% by weight of the composition; and from 1 to 15% by weight, preferably from 2 to 15% by weight, most preferably from 5 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of a C10-C18 alcohol, a liquid hydrocarbon having a boiling point higher than 80° C. at 105 Pa,... |
| Apparatus for parallel sieving of materials | 20070289903 | 20071220 |
| Methods and apparatus for combinatorial (i.e., high-throughput) materials research, such as catalysis research, that involves parallel apparatus for simultaneously effecting mechanical treatments such as grinding, mixing, pressing, crushing, sieving, and/or fractionating of such materials are disclosed. The methods and apparatus are useful for mechanically treating catalysis materials and other solid materials, including without limitation, electronic materials such as phosphors, colorants such as pigments, and pharmaceuticals such as crystalline drugs or drug candidates. The simultaneous protocols and parallel apparatus offer substantial improvements in overall throughput for preparing arrays of materials, such as catalysis materials.
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| Noise-shaping device and method with improved lossless compression and good audio quality for high fidelity audio | 20070290906 | 20071220 |
| Improved sigma-delta modulator (SDM) for 1-bit digital audio noise shaping. It is the object to produce a bit stream that is compatible with the Scarlet Book specification (Super Audio CD standard, SACD) and that achieves a higher lossless compression ratio when compressed and decompressed according to the standard. This goal is achieved by using a trellis-based SDM and/or a prediction filter within the SDM that is similar or identical to the prediction filter in the encoder. The trellis SDM is designed to produce a predicted signal from a range of candidate signals that is as close to the input signal as possible.
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| Power-saving multibit delta-sigma converter | 20070290907 | 20071220 |
| The invention relates to a power-saving multibit delta-sigma converter (1) comprising: an input (2) for an analog input signal (ZA) and an output (3) for a digital output signal (ZD); a digital-to-analog converter (4) having a bit width N and serving to convert the digital output signal (ZD) to an analog feedback signal (Z3); a summing device (5) for solving the difference between the input signal (ZA) and the feedback signal (Z3); a filter (6) for filtering the difference signal (Z1); and a clocked quantizing device (7) for quantizing the filtered difference signal (Z2) into a digital output signal (ZD) with the bit width N. Said quantizing device (7) comprises a number of comparators (21, 22, 23) that compare the filtered signal (Z2) with a respective... |
| A/d converter | 20070290914 | 20071220 |
| An A/D converter that supports multi-mode and that can minimize power consumption is provided. A hybrid A/D converter 100 comprises: hybrid stages 101 to 103 composed of 1.5-bit A/D converter 111, 121 and 131 for pipeline use that convert analogue input signals into digital signals; 1/1.5-bit D/A converters 112, 122 and 132 that switch between pipeline use and delta-sigma modulation use according to the mode in use; analogue adders 113, 123 and 133 that subtract output of the 1/1.5 D/A converters 112, 122 and 132 from the analogue input signals; and analogue operation circuits 114, 124 and 134 that receive as input the output of the analogue adders 113, 123 and 133 and function as amplifiers in pipeline mode and as integrators in delta-sigma mode.
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| Color filter substrate, display panel having the same, and method for manufacturing the same | 20070291210 | 20071220 |
| A color filter substrate includes a color filter, a common electrode, a first blocking layer, and a second blocking layer. The color filter is formed in a unit pixel. The first blocking layer corresponds to an outline of the color filter. The second blocking layer is formed in the unit pixel, and under the color filter so to be covered by the color filter, thus decreasing a volume of the color filter. A common electrode is formed over the color filter and the first blocking layer. Thus, an amount of a color filter pigment required for manufacturing the substrate may be decreased and manufacturing cost may be decreased.
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| Process of preparation of specific color effect pigments | 20060288906 | 20061228 |
| The invention provides a process of preparation photonic crystals which is distinguished by high efficiency and which provide photonic crystals having an opalescent effect of high quality; the process comprises (a) providing a dispersion of mono-disperse spheres in a liquid, (b) applying the dispersion onto a plain surface of an absorbent substrate selected from the group consisting of paper, textile and wood, and (c) removing the liquid from the dispersion on the surface to produce the photonic crystals in the form of a tightly packed and regularly arranged structure of mono-disperse spheres in the resulted particles; using the process according to the invention, it is possible to produce photonic crystals usable as pigment particles with a high optical brilliance in the color and with a color... |
| Pigmented noise insulator for brake pad | 20060289250 | 20061228 |
| A shim for a disc brake shoe incorporates a metal plate coated on both sides with an elastomer such as nitrile rubber. One elastomeric layer is coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive which facilitates attaching the shim to a brake pad. The other elastomeric layer is coated with a pigmented polyester or epoxy layer which is intended to match the color of the car.
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| Charged particle beam apparatus and automatic astigmatism adjustment method | 20060289751 | 20061228 |
| According to the invention, techniques for automatically adjusting for astigmatism in a charged particle beam apparatus. Embodiments according to the present invention can provide a charged particle beam apparatus and an automatic astigmatism adjustment methods capable of automatically correcting astigmatism and a focal point in a relatively short period of time by finding a plurality of astigmatism correction quantities and a focal point correction quantity in a single operation from a relatively small number of 2 dimensional images. Specific embodiments can perform such automatic focusing while minimizing damages inflicted on subject samples. Embodiments include, among others, a charged particle optical system for carrying out an inspection, a measurement and a fabrication with a relatively high degree of accuracy by using a charged particle beam.
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| Light shielding heat-resistant sheet material, and light amount regulating apparatus and projector apparatus utilizing the same | 20060290901 | 20061228 |
| A light shielding heat-resistant sheet material has a film substrate sheet of a polyethylene naphthalate resin and/or a polyimide resin, and a two-component curable polyester resin paint coated on one or both surfaces of the film substrate. The two-component curable polyester resin paint has a polyester resin as a principal agent, an isocyanate compound as a curing agent, and a black pigment. The sheet material can be used as a blade member in a light amount regulating apparatus to be incorporated in an optical equipment, such as a projector. The blade member resists deformation by heat and has reduced weight, and thereby enables secure light amount regulation while operating smoothly and quietly.
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| Microlithography exposure method and projection exposure apparatus for carrying out the method | 20060290913 | 20061228 |
| In an exposure method for producing an image of a pattern, arranged in the object surface of a projection objective, in the image surface of the projection objective, the mask is illuminated with illumination radiation with the aid of the illumination system. The radiation varied by the mask and which enters the projection objective is thereby produced downstream of the mask. The projection objective is transirradiated with this radiation. An astigmatic variation of the radiation varied by the mask is effected in the region of at least one pupil surface of the projection objective, the astigmatic variation being designed such that an anisotropy of properties of the radiation striking the image surface that leads to direction-dependent contrast differences is at least partially compensated. The astigmatic variation... |
| Light guide plate with translucent ink film, and backlight module and liquid crystal display device using the same | 20060291236 | 20061228 |
| A light guide plate (200) includes at least one surface through which light beams pass, at least one translucent ink film (220) disposed on the at least one surface through which light beams pass, and the at least one translucent ink film includes a plurality of pigment particles (221). The pigment particles of the translucent ink film can absorb red light and green light, and thereby compensate for a shift in chromaticity that would otherwise occur in a backlight module due to absorption of blue light in the optical sheets of the backlight module. Therefore degradation of the display quality of the LCD is reduced or even eliminated.
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| Device and method for measuring jitter | 20060291548 | 20061228 |
| A test device contains a data pattern generator for providing a delta-sigma-modulated data stream sampled with a sampling frequency fs at its output. A phase modulator generates a test clock subjected to jitter and having the clock frequency f1 at its output. The output of the data pattern generator is connected to a terminal for connection to a data input of a semiconductor component to be tested. The output of the phase modulator is connected to a terminal for connection to a clock input of a semiconductor component to be tested. An evaluation device determines the jitter parameters of the input sinusal at the input of the data device from the low-frequency component of the input sinusal. In this case, the low-frequency component contains only frequency... |
| Human igm antibody inducing apotosis in hiv-infected cells and remedy for hiv-infection | 20060292160 | 20061228 |
| A monoclonal antibody falling within the category of human IgM which specifically recognizes HIV-infected cells and induces apoptosis is obtained. Using the obtained antibody, it is intended to provide a remedy for patients suffering from HIV-infection, which contains as the active ingredient a human IgM antibody capable of specifically reacting with HIV-infected cells, inducing apoptosis in the infected cells and thus disrupting the cells, etc.
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| Paper coating pigments | 20060292305 | 20061228 |
| The present disclosure relates to a coating composition for use in producing a coating on paper and other substrates comprising an aqueous suspension of a particulate pigment together with a binder, wherein the particulate pigment comprises a mixture of: a first pigment component comprising particulate ground calcium carbonate (GCC) having a particle size distribution (psd) steepness factor ranging from about 30 to about 45; and a second pigment component comprising particulate precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) having a psd steepness factor ranging from about 55 to about 75. The particulate pigment may optionally further include a particulate kaolin clay.
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| Process for the multilayer coating of substrates | 20060292306 | 20061228 |
| The invention is directed to a process for multilayer coating of substrates comprising the following steps: 1. applying a base coat layer of a water-based colour- and/or special effect-imparting base coat composition onto an optionally precoated vehicle substrate, 2. optionally drying or curing the base coat layer obtained in step 1, 3. applying a clear coat layer of a transparent clear coat onto the base coat layer and 4. curing the clear coat layer applied in step 3, optionally together with the base coat layer, wherein the water-based colour- and/or special effect-imparting base coat composition comprises: A) at least one colour- and/or special effect-imparting pigment, B) water and optionally organic solvents and conventional coating additives and C) at least one water-dilutable polyurethane/urea resin with a urethane... |
| Front face erasable microcapsule magnetophoretic writing magnet | 20060292361 | 20061228 |
| Disclosed herein is a front face erasable microcapsule magnetophoretic display sheet having a support and a solid dispersion layer provided on one surface of the support and composed of microcapsules having an average particle diameter of 50 to 650 μm, in which a liquid dispersion, a white pigment, additives and magnetic particles are encapsulated, and a binder. The magnetic particles include at least two kinds of magnetic particles different in particle diameter from each other. An erasing magnet for front face erasing and a writing magnet for front face erasable microcapsule magnetophoretic display sheet are also disclosed.
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| Carbon coated high luster materials | 20060292371 | 20061228 |
| A platy pigment substrate having a carbon-containing coating thereon is provided wherein the coating comprises a pyrolyzed carbon-containing ionic species. The products of the present invention may be used in any application where pearlescent pigments have been used heretofore including but not limited to automotive and industrial paint applications.
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| Beer containing monascus-derived pigments | 20060292679 | 20061228 |
| Beers and processes for the production thereof are provided in accordance with the present invention, in which Monascus—derived pigments are employed as natural (i.e. non-synthetic) colorants.
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| Ink set, ink jet recording method and droplet ejecting apparatus | 20060293411 | 20061228 |
| The invention provides an ink set having at least: an ink comprising a pigment and a resin that disperses the pigment; and a liquid that coagulates the pigment. The neutralization degree of the resin is in a range of about 0.1 to 0.6. The acid value of the resin is in a range of about 100 to 400 KOH mg/g. The amount of the resin contained in the ink is in a range of about 20 to 100% by mass relative to the amount of the pigment contained in the ink. The invention further provides an ink jet recording method including forming an image by imparting the ink set onto a surface of a recording medium. The invention further provides a droplet ejecting apparatus having a... |
| Pigment pastes containing effect pigments, method for the production thereof, and use thereof | 20060293413 | 20061228 |
| Effect pigment pastes include at least one effect pigment; at least one aqueous monomodal primary dispersion which is pseudoplastic after neutralization and has a solids content of from 15 to 40% by weight, comprising as disperse phase particles with an average size of from 10 to 500 nm which are composed of a hydrophobic core and hydrophilic shell, said particles being constructed of at least one (meth)acrylate copolymer having a glass transition temperature of from 30 to 100° C. and an acid number of from 10 to 50 mg KOH/g; at least one organic amine and/or ammonia; nonionic surfactant; and organic solvent, process for preparing the pigment paste, and their use for preparing pigmented mixtures, especially aqueous and nonaqueous coating materials.
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| Extruded article containing polycarbonate and multilayered pigment | 20060293414 | 20061228 |
| An extruded article is disclosed. The article is prepared of a mixture containing a) at least one thermoplastic material selected from a specified group and b) a polyalkylhydrogensiloxane-coated, multi-layered pigment the structure of which includes a substrate and at least three overlaying covering layers.
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| Polymer resin composition and method of preparing the same | 20060293433 | 20061228 |
| Provided are a polymer resin composition and a method of preparing the same. The polymer resin composition includes: a polymer resin; 0.01-10.0 parts by weight of flaky pigment particles having an aspect ratio of 0.01-0.1 based on 100 parts by weight of the polymer resin; and 0.01-10.0 parts by weight of polyhedral pigment particles having an aspect ratio of 0.300-0.999 based on 100 parts by weight of the polymer resin. Using the polymer resin composition, a polymer resin molded product having excellent appearance, i.e., having a uniform color even in resin flow lines or resin weld lines, and in which there is no degradation in the physical properties of the polymer resin contained therein can be manufactured at a low cost.
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| Systems, methods and apparatus for cost analysis of medical devices | 20060293918 | 20061228 |
| Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through in some embodiments, the true cost of a medical device is determined by including in the cost a variety of costs such as maintenance and administrative costs associated with the medical device. In some embodiments, the true cost is included in a six-sigma improvement methodology to change the design of the medical device in order to reduce the cost of later manufactured medical devices.
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| Joint spatial-temporal-orientation-scale prediction and coding of motion vectors for rate-distortion-complexity optimized video coding | 20060294113 | 20061228 |
| Several prediction and coding schemes are combined to optimize performance in terms of the rate-distortion-complexity tradeoffs. Certain schemes for temporal prediction and coding of Motion Vectors (MVs) are combined with a new coding paradigm of over complete wavelet video coding. Two prediction and coding schemes are set forth herein. A first prediction and coding scheme employs prediction across spatial scales. A second prediction and coding scheme employs a motion vector prediction and coding across different orientation sub-bands. A video coding scheme utilizes joint prediction and coding to optimize the rate, distortion and the complexity simultaneously.
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| Gel-phase colorant dispersions for coating compositions | 20060282959 | 20061221 |
| The present invention is a novel gel-phase colorant dispersion comprising (a) a gel-phase colorant comprising the reaction product of (1) a reactive material component, (2) a reactive colorant, and (3) a crosslinker having reactive groups capable of forming a bond with the reactive material component and the reactive colorant; and (b) a dispersion medium, wherein the dispersion medium can be an aqueous or non-aqueous-based dispersion. The gel-phase colorant dispersion of this invention can then be mixed or blended with typical coating materials. This invention is also directed to a method of preparing coating compositions comprising a binder phase of an aqueous or non-aqueous-based dispersion and a gel-phase colorant dispersion, and in particular, a method comprising the steps of (1) preparing at least one gel-phase colorant dispersion... |
| Black brightening flake and cosmetic preparation, coating composition, resin composition and ink composition each containing the same | 20060283352 | 20061221 |
| The present invention provides a black brightening flake which prevents fine pigment particles from agglomerating. When incorporated into a cosmetic, a coating material, etc., the flakes enable the resultant composition not only to give a satisfactory use feeling, for example, spreadability on the skin, without giving a rough feeling or be satisfactory spread on a base plate but also to have high hiding power and take on a beautiful color tone. The black brightening flake comprises a metal oxide, as a mother material, which is derived from a colloidal metal oxide particle and 5 to 70% by mass black pigment dispersedly contained in the base material. The black brightening flake has an average particle diameter of 3 to 500 μm, an average thickness of 0.1 to... |
| Method and kit for creating colored gels for nails | 20060283720 | 20061221 |
| A kit for creating colored gels for nails includes capsules containing differently colored pigments, a color-selection chart and a color-mixing chart that provides instructions for mixing the differently colored pigments in a predetermined volume of UV-curable resin to create the desired gel color. The colored gel can be applied to fingernails, toenails or artificial nail extensions and is cured by exposure to UV light.
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| Method and apparatus for purifying a pigment dispersion, pigment dispersion, ink set, droplet-ejecting apparatus, and inkjet-recording ink tank | 20060283798 | 20061221 |
| A method of purifying a pigment dispersion including: bringing an unpurified pigment dispersion containing a pigment and impurities into liquid-liquid interfacial contact with an extracting liquid in a microspace, and extracting and removing the impurities in the unpurified pigment dispersion into the extracting liquid to obtain a purified pigment dispersion. Further, an apparatus for purifying a pigment dispersion, a pigment dispersion and an ink set using the same, and a droplet-ejecting apparatus and an inkjet-recording ink tank using ink prepared by employing the pigment dispersion are provided.
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| Digital expander for generating multiple analog control signals particularly useful for controlling an oscillator | 20060284746 | 20061221 |
| An exemplary PLL circuit includes a VCO responsive to a plurality of sub-varactor control signals. A digital loop filter for the PLL digitally generates a varactor control word, which is digitally expanded into a plurality of digital values, each of which is conveyed to a corresponding one of a plurality of DACs. A multiplexer is configured to respectively convey the DAC output signals to a group of sub-varactor control signals according to the varactor control word, and to drive remaining sub-varactor control signals to either the full-scale high value or the full-scale low value of the DAC outputs. Each of the DACs preferably includes a hybrid first order/second order sigma-delta modulator, and in certain embodiments, a NRZ-to-RZ coder circuit, and a linear filter circuit.
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| Programmable sample rate analog to digital converter and method for use therewith | 20060284749 | 20061221 |
| A programmable sample rate ADC includes a delta sigma modulator for producing a digital signal, and a programmable decimation filter, that includes X stages of integration, a down-sampling stage for down-sampling by a factor of N, and Y stages of differentiation. The programmable sample rate ADC produces a digital output signal at a substantially constant frequency.
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| Complex band-pass filter for use in digital radio receiver and complex band-pass delta-sigma ad modulator using the same | 20060284751 | 20061221 |
| In a first-order complex band-pass filter, multiplexers are alternately switched over between time intervals of phases A and B, where the multiplexers includes two multiplexers provided at input and output stages, and a multiplexer provided in a feedback circuit of each of first-order filters and being switching over whether to invert a sign of a feedback signal. Then in a circuit part sandwiched between the multiplexers, a processing performed by an I circuit part and a processing performed by a Q circuit part are alternately switched over so that a sign of a signal inputted to an adder is inverted.
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| Current sensing analog to digital converter and method of use | 20060284753 | 20061221 |
| A current sensing analog to digital converter (CS-ADC) is disclosed. The current sensing analog to digital converter comprises a modulator adapted to sense a change in current and generate an oversampled signal. The converter further includes a decimation filter system coupled to modulator for removing out of band noise from the signal and reduce the data rate to achieve a high resolution signal. A current sensing analog to digital converter (CS-ADC) is disclosed that samples the charge or discharge current flowing through an external sense resistor RSENSE. The sample from the RSENSE is processed by a delta-sigma modulator which generates an over sampled noise shaped signal. From this signal a decimation filter system removes the out-of band noise and reduces the data rate to achieve a... |
| Method of preparing a light-absorbing coating | 20060286291 | 20061221 |
| Moreover, a lamp vessel (1) fit for an electric lamp is disclosed, as well as a method of preparing a light-absorbing layer to be applied to the lamp vessel of an electric lamp.
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| Process for the production of multi-layer coatings | 20060286303 | 20061221 |
| A process for the production of multi-layer coatings comprising the successive steps: 1) application of a 8 to 20 μm thick coating layer from an aqueous coating composition A onto a substrate provided with an EDC primer, 2) application of a base coat layer from an aqueous coating composition B in a film thickness, below its black/white opacity, of 5 to 10 μm onto the previously applied coating layer, 3) application of a clear coat layer onto the base coat layer, 4) joint curing of the three coating layers, wherein coating compositions A and B being different from each other, the coating composition A having a ratio by weight of pigment content to resin solids of 0.2 to 0.5:1, the pigment content consisting of 0 to... |
| Golf ball | 20060286357 | 20061221 |
| The object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having the individualized appearance as well as the improved visibility, which the mark should inherently provide, by imparting the luster (brilliance) to the mark, without lowering the durability of the mark, even if the mark is printed with the ink composition which the luster material is blended into. The golf ball of the present invention comprises a mark made from an ink composition, wherein the ink composition comprises a pigment, and a luster material having a light reflecting core layer and at least one light interference layer coated on the light reflecting core layer.
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