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US20080020955 Lubricating oil compositions  
A lubricating oil composition, more specifically a lubricating oil composition for heavy duty diesel (HDD) engines having a sulfated ash content of no greater than 1.0 mass %, such as from about...
US20080022375 Method and apparatus for using a cell phone to facilitate user authentication  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that communicates through a cell phone to facilitate authentication of a user of a computer system. During operation, the system receives...
US20080019752 Image processing apparatus  
A document is made which consists of a large number of recording sheets whose originality can be certified with reliability. Different specific images are respectively formed on a plurality of...
US20080021900 Examiner information system  
A patent Examiner information accessing system access patent Examiner information from a Patent and Trademark Office, or other, database. A search system is provided so that a user can search...
US20080020800 TWO-IN-ONE CONNECTOR FOR BOTH SIM CARD OF MOBILE PHONE AND MEMORY CARD  
A two-in-one connector for both SIM card of mobile phone and memory card, comprises a terminal block, a plurality of first conductive terminals for connecting the SIM card inserted, a plurality of...
US20080022336 Set-top box network diagnostics  
A set-top box (STB) is disclosed. The STB includes a network interface to send signals to and receive signals from a network. The STB also includes a tuner to send a display signal to a display...
US20080020019 METHOD OF DECREASING FAT DEPOSITS AND BODY WEIGHT IN MAMMALS AND BIRDS  
A method is disclosed utilizing an optically pure eutomer of salbutamol for reducing body fat and/or body weight in mammals and birds. A food composition including the eutomer is also disclosed.
US20080018625 DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIA, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM  
A display control apparatus is provided for controlling displaying of a play list specifying a reproduction sequence of a plurality of pieces of content. The display control apparatus has a play...
US20080017260 MULTIRATE TUBING FLOW RESTRICTOR  
A flow control valve for medical liquid is disclosed. The valve has a housing including an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path therebetween. A plurality of flow restrictors are located in the flow...
US20080018272 Motor control device and setting method thereof  
A motor control device includes a recording module and a controlling module. The recording module has a revolution speed table recording a plurality of predetermined revolution speed values. The...
US20080018843 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME  
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal display panel capable of reducing or eliminating metal erosion in an area in which a...
US20080019519 System and method for secure facsimile transmission  
A system and method for the secure transmission of a facsimile, which verifies that a selected user transmitted the document and only allows for the designated recipient or recipients to receive...
US20080020717 Transceiver system and method of using same  
A chip comprises and operational section and an input/output section. The operational section includes a controller. The input/output (I/O) section is coupled to the operational section. The I/O...
US20080020566 Method of making an interposer  
A method of making an interposer in which at least two dielectric layers are bonded to each other to sandwich a plurality of conductors there-between. The conductors each electrically couple a...
US20080021831 Methods of processing a check in a payee positive pay system  
A method is provided of processing a check in a payee positive pay system. The method comprises receiving a check from a presenting bank, obtaining an amount of the check received from the...
US20080017431 PERSONAL SNOW VEHICLE  
A straddle-type personal snow vehicle includes a body frame, an engine, a front support and a rear track drive mechanism that is driven by the engine. The front support may be a front suspension...
US20080017461 Damper in a washing machine and fabricating method of the same  
A damper for a washing machine includes: a cylinder; a piston body having one end inserted into the cylinder; a first friction member interposed in a contact surface between the piston body and the...
US20080022425 Transgenic plants expressing a cellulase  
The instant disclosure describes the application of genetic engineering techniques to produce cellulase in plants. Cellulase coding sequences operably linked to promoters active in plants may be...
US20080019822 Segmented trapped vortex cavity  
An annular trapped vortex cavity assembly segment comprising includes a cavity forward wall, a cavity aft wall, and a cavity radially outer wall therebetween defining a cavity segment therein. A...
US20080018988 Light source with tailored output spectrum  
A light source assembly ( 10 ) for a precision apparatus ( 11 ) includes a broadband light generator ( 12 ), an amplifier ( 14 ), and an optical filter ( 16 ). The light generator ( 12 ) generates...
US20080019301 WIRELESS ADAPTIVE PACKET CONTROL MESSAGE APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS  
Embodiments of wireless adaptive control message apparatus, systems, and methods are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US20080018588 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE  
In a predetermined period (one frame or one subframe), a backlight is lit between the mid-point of primary data-writing scanning and the mid-point of secondary data-writing scanning for each of...
US20080019440 Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving moving pictures using near field communication  
An apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving moving picture data, which can stream the moving picture through the near narrowband communication network in real time by using a portable...
US20080020505 PACKAGED MICROELECTRONIC IMAGERS AND METHODS OF PACKAGING MICROELECTRONIC IMAGERS  
Microelectronic imagers, methods for packaging microelectronic imagers, and methods for forming electrically conductive through-wafer interconnects in microelectronic imagers are disclosed herein....
US20080020869 Straight shot  
“Straight Shot,” is designed to improve a basketball player's shooting skills, by aligning ones' shooting arm to the mirror containing a guiding chaser light. The shooter will then have his or...
US20080021637 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CONFIGURE AND UTILIZE GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES  
A method to define a geographical zone is disclosed. The geographical zone can be utilized to regulate a movable entity and the actions within the geographical zone. The geographical zone can be...
US20080019261 INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK APPARATUS, INSPECTION METHOD OF INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INSPECTION APPARATUS OF INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM  
According to one embodiment, there is disclosed an information recording medium which includes a first information layer formed on a transparent substrate having tracks of a concentric or spiral...
US20080017955 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE SYSTEM WITH OFFSET STACKED DIE  
An integrated circuit package system provides a leadframe having a short lead finger and a long lead finger. A first die is placed in the leadframe. A second die is offset from the first die. The...
US20080020295 EXPOSURE MASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME  
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming a photoresist pattern by an exposure process with an exposure mask including a shifter pattern and further performing a reflow...
US20080022281 Trusted communications with child processes  
A method to identify a child process to a parent process in an operating system includes obtaining a token and login identifier from the operating system. The parent process creates a remote...
US20080019395 Expedited communication traffic handling apparatus and methods  
Expedited communication traffic handling apparatus and methods are disclosed. A traffic block that includes an amount of communication traffic that has been received on a receive communication link...
US20080019970 METHODS FOR PREVENTING, POSTPONING OR IMPROVING THE OUTCOME OF SPINAL DEVICE AND FUSION PROCEDURES  
Methods for identifying subjects who could benefit therapeutically from administration of a high specificity cytokine inhibitor are provided. Subjects that are identified include those that are...
US20080018775 IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT HAVING DEVICE FOR REMOVING FOREIGN SUBSTANCE DEPOSITED ON SURFACE OF OPTICAL MEMBER  
An image pickup unit integrally includes an optical lowpass filter, a piezoelectric element, and an image pickup element. The optical lowpass filter is separated into a plurality of grouped optical...
US20080021502 Systems and methods for automatic symmetry identification and for quantification of asymmetry for analytic, diagnostic and therapeutic purposes  
Methods and related computational techniques are presented for analyzing images from various scan modalities, such as computerized tomography (“CT”). The methods convert image values to...
US20080017897 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME  
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; a plurality of first semiconductor pillar regions of the first conductivity type provided on a major surface of...
US20080018718 LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER  
To provide a liquid storage container that prevents quality degradation of liquid caused by evaporation of moisture in the liquid stored in a liquid storage chamber and contact between the liquid...
US20080016605 JOCK SUPPORT SHORT  
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a jock support short including a short member and an integrally-formed jock support member. The integral jock support member includes a pocket...
US20080020506 METHOD FOR FORMING COLOR FILTER  
A method for forming a color filter is provided. The method comprises steps of providing a substrate having a passivasion layer formed thereon. The substrate has at least one complementary...
US20080022283 Quality of service scheduling for simultaneous multi-threaded processors  
A method and system for providing quality of service guarantees for simultaneous multithreaded processors are disclosed. Hardware and operating system communicate with one another providing...
US20080022147 Electronic apparatus capable of outputting data in predetermined timing regardless of contents of input data  
Simply constituted electronic apparatus that can definitely output an outputted data after predetermined length of time from a time when an inputted data processing is started, even if data...
US20080019959 PROCESS FOR SEPARATING AND DETERMINING THE VIRAL LOAD IN A PANCREATIN SAMPLE  
Processes for separating an infectious viral load from a pancreatin sample and for quantitatively determining the viral load in a pancreatin sample are described herein.
US20080022047 STORAGE CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREFOR  
Storage circuits ( 180 - 183 and 280 - 281 ) may be used for low power operation while allowing fast read access. In one embodiment (e.g. circuit 100 ), shared complementary write bit lines (...
US20080022289 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGULATING COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC USING A LIMITER THREAD  
A methodology for using multiple execution threads to regulate message traffic is presented. An application thread spawns a limiter thread, and each have access in shared memory to a message count...
US20080017923 Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof  
The semiconductor device includes a thin film transistor; a first interlayer insulating film over the thin film transistor; a first electrode electrically connected to one of a source region and a...
US20080017507 Robust low resistance vapor sensor materials  
Compositions for sensor films used for detecting chemical analytes within sensors, such as polymer-absorption chemiresistors (i.e., conductometric sensors) are provided. Robust sensor film...
US20080022205 Recording control device and recording control method, and program  
A recording control device, whereby data recorded on a first recording medium is recorded on a second recording medium, includes a receiving unit and a recording control unit. The receiving unit is...
US20080019872 Circuits for the Control of Output Current in an Electronic Device for Performing Active Biological Operations  
A circuit for control of an output current in a multiple unit cell array includes an array of unit cells arranged in rows and columns. Each unit cell includes a column select transistor being...
US20080019646 Optical fiber mechanical splice connector  
An optical fiber mechanical splice connector including a connector body having a fiber alignment mechanism and a cavity, and a ferrule including a stub fiber, wherein an end of the stub fiber...
US20080021437 Enhancement of the efficacy of a clenching reduction device by augmenting with botulinum toxin type A  
A method for reducing or preventing the occurrence of chronic tension headaches, migraine headaches, or temporormandibular disorders, including the application of a therapeutic, non-disabling,...
US20080018729 Communication terminal apparatus, communication method, and information recording medium  
A storage unit stores name, phone number, and a videophoning flag indicating whether to preferentially use a videophone or not in association with each person to communicate with. A CPU refers to...