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US20080001556 Circuit and method for sensing open-circuit lamp of a backlight unit and display device with circuit for sensing open-circuit lamp of backlight unit  
A circuit for sensing an open-circuit lamp is provided. The circuit includes a reference voltage output unit, a voltage sensor, and a comparator. The reference voltage output unit provides a...
US20080001250 Semiconductor device and fabrication method therefor  
A semiconductor device has a capacitor including a first lower electrode, a capacitor insulating film, and a first upper electrode which are successively formed above a substrate and a fuse element...
US20080001937 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE HAVING COLORABLE ORGANIC LAYER INTERPOSED BETWEEN PIXEL ELECTRODE AND TFT LAYER, PLUS METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME  
A display substrate includes a TFT layer, a passivation layer, an organic layer, an inorganic insulating layer and a pixel electrode. The TFT layer includes gate and data lines, a thin film...
US20080000453 Method and apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine  
In an arrangement and a method for controlling an internal combustion engine including a control unit, an injector for injecting fuel into the combustion chambers of the engine, connecting lines...
US20080005406 Adapting a plurality of measurement cartridges using cartridge controllers  
System and method for controlling cartridges to perform industrial operation(s). The system may include cartridge controllers coupled to the cartridges, timing and data routing logic coupled to the...
US20080000067 Retort Basket Securing System  
A system for securing a basket containing product securely within an autoclave or retort. The preferred embodiment of the present invention is used with rotational retorts, which generally include...
US20080002187 Distributed strain and temperature discrimination in polarization maintaining fiber  
A portion of a polarization maintaining (PM) optical fiber having two polarization states is analyzed. First and second spectral responses of the PM fiber portion are determined. In a preferred...
US20080001454 Chair  
A chair is provided that is designed so that the angle of the seat surface portion and the angle of the back surface portion are independent of each other and change, and a user can always take the...
US20080005196 Clustered filesystem with membership version support  
A cluster of computer system nodes share direct read/write access to storage devices via a storage area network using a cluster filesystem. Version information about subsystems is acquired by a...
US20080005612 Data processing system, data processing method and storage apparatus  
A compact data processing system suitable for long-term use that enables the maintenance of failure resistance without having to mount many spare disks or replace disks; a data processing method;...
US20080000783 FLORAL WATER TUBE HOLDER  
A method and apparatus is included for retaining a grouping of floral water tubes in a vertical level manner. The retaining mechanism comprises a thin semi-rigid foam sheet with a plurality (e.g....
US20080005494 Supporting flash access in a partitioned platform  
In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides providing a first interface between a first system partition and an embedded agent, the embedded agent having...
US20080000885 Laser marking system  
A laser energy microinscribing system, comprising a semiconductor excited Q-switched solid state laser energy source; a cut gemstone mounting system, allowing optical access to a mounted workpiece;...
US20080003675 Methods and compositions for identifying morphogen analogs  
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for identifying morphogen analogs. The preferred methods and compositions relate to the discovery that morphogen upregulation of the mouse type X...
US20080004320 Remedy for Glomerular Disease  
Provided is a pharmaceutical composition useful for the prevention or therapy of glomerular diseases, in particular progressive chronic glomerular diseases. A preventive or therapeutic agent for a...
US20080002761 Adapter and method to support long distances on existing fiber  
Devices and methods are provided for enabling high-speed data communication at relatively low cost. Some methods allow devices to communicate by selecting a data transfer rate from among multiple...
US20080001795 Per die voltage programming for energy efficient integrated circuit (IC) operation  
Methods and apparatus to provide per die voltage programming for energy efficient integrated circuit (IC) operation are described. In some embodiments, the voltage potential supplied to an IC...
US20080002170 Holding Device for an Optical Element in an Objective  
A holding device for an optical element in an objective has a mount that is connected to the objective, on the one hand, and at least indirectly to the optical element, on the other hand. Arranged...
US20080002048 Auto-focus apparatus, image capture apparatus, and auto-focus method  
Disclosed is an auto-focus apparatus including an evaluation value calculator configured to periodically calculate evaluation values using high frequency components of image signals in a specific...
US20080002498 Semiconductor memory device and driving method thereof  
A semiconductor memory device, for performing a writing operation faster without expanding a driver for the writing operation, includes a bit line sense amplifier (BLSA) for sensing and amplifying...
US20080000351 Twin blowers for gas separation plants  
The present invention relates to a method of reducing or elimination pressure pulsations and noise created by blowers in a gas separation plant. The method employs two identical and 180° out of...
US20080002237 IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE CARRIER CONTAINING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR IMAGE READING APPARATUS  
An image reading apparatus including: a reading device which reads an image of a document to obtain image data; a display device which displays a display image based on the image data; an operable...
US20080004493 Device for Changing the Acting Direction of an Instrument  
A device for controlling an instrument includes at least one sensor with at least one guiding zone which is guided by the user's hand during its use. Moreover, the claimed device includes a spacer...
US20080000503 Methods and compositions for surfactant-free cleaning  
The present invention comprises methods and compositions for affecting indoor air quality, such as by reducing particulates in indoor air and providing allergen control comprising using...
US20080003688 Method for Measuring the Acidity of Hydrocarbons  
The invention relates to a novel method for dosing hydroxyl acid function compounds in complex hydrocarbon products by nuclear magnetic resonance of 19 F after reacting hydroxyl acid functions of...
US20080000587 Bonding apparatus of semiconductor package  
A bonding apparatus for a semiconductor package determines whether a bottom of a bonding head is contaminated, and may include a contamination detecting unit for a bonding head attached to a body...
US20080000531 Downstream flow sensing probe  
An apparatus is provided for a regulator valve comprising a duct, a valve element, a regulator unit, and a fluid pressure sensor. The duct has an inner surface that defines a flow passage. The...
US20080000938 Firearm Holding Device  
A firearm holding device has a body with a first arm, a second arm spaced from the first arm, and a bend connecting the first and second arm. The first and second arms are adapted for engaging the...
US20080000249 Indoor Unit of an Air Conditioner  
An indoor unit of an air conditioner wherein a pipe retaining member retaining auxiliary piping connected to a heat exchanger is disposed near both a lateral side and an underside of a bottom...
US20080005185 METHOD FOR DECIDING DESIRED IMAGE TO BE RETAINED IN MONITORING APPARATUS  
A method for deciding the desired image to be retained in a monitoring apparatus is provided. The monitoring apparatus includes a video camera for successively taking images at a focused position...
US20080002014 Thermal printer and method of forming image  
A thermal printer is disclosed. The thermal printer includes a thermal head on which plural heat-generating elements are arrayed; and a platen mounted opposite to the thermal head. The thermal...
US20080002875 Overlay measuring method and related semiconductor fabrication equipment management system  
Embodiments of the invention provide an overlay measuring method and a semiconductor fabrication equipment management system adapted to perform the method. In one embodiment, the method comprises...
US20080002338 Device Adapter  
A device adapter including a base part, the bottom side of which has busbar fixtures to be mounted on and contacted with busbars while the top side thereof supports a mounting device that is...
US20080005162 Using Status Models in a Computer System  
A design-time status schema model describes the progress of a data object through a computing process. The status schema model includes status variables, processing actions and constraints for...
US20080003252 Functionalized hydrophilic macromonomers and medical devices incorporating same  
A macromonomer of the present invention comprises at least functional group and a plurality of hydrophilic moieties. Such a functional group can be an ethylenically unsaturated group that comprises...
US20080002284 HELICAL SCAN TYPE MAGNETIC TAPE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC TAPE REPRODUCTION METHOD  
Disclosed herein is a helical scan type magnetic tape reproduction apparatus, including: a helical scan type reproduction head capable of moving in the track widthwise direction by displacement of...
US20080001168 TRIGGERED SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIER FOR RF ESD PROTECTION  
An ESD protection circuit is formed at the input/output interface contact of an integrated circuit to protect the integrated circuit from damage caused by an ESD event. The ESD protection circuit...
US20080002866 Face authentication system and face authentication method  
A face authentication system includes a data input section for obtaining three-dimensional data concerning a face area of a subject at multiple points, and a processor for performing a registration...
US20080003601 DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID DIFFERENCES USING COMBINED ENDONUCLEASE CLEAVAGE AND LIGATION REACTIONS  
The present invention is a method for detecting DNA sequence differences including single nucleotide mutations or polymorphisms, one or more nucleotide insertions, and one or more nucleotide...
US20080004317 Compounds  
The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein R 1 and R 2 are as defined in the specification; processes for their preparation; pharmaceutical compositions containing them; a process...
US20080001834 Vehicle mirror housing antenna assembly  
An antenna assembly is disclosed. The antenna assembly includes an externally-located vehicular mirror housing and an antenna assembly. The externally-located vehicular mirror housing includes a...
US20080002856 TRACKING SYSTEM WITH FUSED MOTION AND OBJECT DETECTION  
A detection system fusing motion detection and object detection for various applications such as tracking, identification, and so forth. In an application framework, model information may be...
US20080004927 System for business monitoring in virtual organizations  
A method and system to automatically monitor business collaborations. Collaboration participants can formally express obligations about their expected behavior during the collaboration in business...
US20080003020 Developing apparatus and developer collecting method  
There are provided a developing apparatus and a developer collecting method, in which a collection unit to collect a developer discharged from a developing unit by overflow is disposed not to...
US20080003497 Liquid Action Substance Battery  
A liquid action substance battery having its external terminal welded after assembling the battery in which safety of the battery is enhanced by protecting an explosion-proof valve against being...
US20080002347 ROTATABLE COMPONENT SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRONICS ENCLOSURE  
An electronics component support assembly and an electronics system assembly employing the component support assembly are provided. The component support assembly includes a rotatable base support...
US20080000372 Printing device system, patterning method using the same, and method of fabricating liquid crystal display device using the same  
A printing device system, a patterning method and a method of fabricating an LCD device are disclosed, the printing device system comprising a printing plate provided with protruding and groove...
US20080001829 Mechanically tunable antenna for communication devices  
A radio antenna assembly for use in a communication device has an antenna element disposed adjacent to a ground plane to form a physical relationship with the ground plane. A mechanical device is...
US20080005061 Using Status Models Having Status Derivations in a Computer System  
A design-time status schema model describes the progress of a data object through a computing process. The status schema model includes status variables, processing actions and constraints for...
US20080002918 MULTI-COMPARTMENT FLEXIBLE PACKAGE  
A flexible package having a main package compartment and a segregated internal compartment package. The main package generally includes a plurality of outer panel portions. These panel portions can...