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US20080182295 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR OSMOTICALLY SHOCKING CELLS  
A method of preparing a recombinant polypeptide of interest includes fermenting a host cell being transformed with a recombinant expression system capable of bringing about secretion of a...
US20080178638 Electric washing machine  
An inventive electric washing machine is configured so that a gas to be used for performing a specific process (decontamination process) on laundry is prevented from leaking to the outside. In the...
US20080180782 Frequency Synthesis For Acousto-Optic Devices  
A system for controlling an acousto-optic device includes an acousto-optic device having an acoustic transducer and configured to store a number of design specific parameters for a parametric...
US20080178689 SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE OF THE WEIGHT AND THE POSITION OF A SEAT OCCUPANT  
A sensor system for determining at least one of the weight and the position of a seat occupant is provided, said sensor system comprising a control unit, at least two spaced measurement weight...
US20080178780 Furniture Base  
A furniture base for supporting an item of furniture. The furniture base is assembled from a thin plate, the ends of which interlock to form a tubular wall. The tubular wall fits over a base plate....
US20080181160 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING FRAMES ACROSS A COMMUNICATION NETWORK  
A method and apparatus include a scheduling entity ( 208 ) for selecting a coding scheme and transmitting the frame ( 304 ) across a communication network ( 100 ). The controller ( 206 ) coupled to...
US20080179856 SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE HAVING STEERING DAMPER  
A vehicle body is made to be more compact by disposing a steering damper at an even lower position. A top bridge includes a steering damper mounting portion, on which a steering damper is mounted,...
US20080180682 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR JOINT MEASUREMENTS OF CONJUGATED QUADRATURES OF FIELDS OF REFLECTED/SCATTERED AND TRANSMITTED BEAMS BY AN OBJECT IN INTERFEROMETRY  
An interferometery system for making interferometric measurements of an object, the system including: a beam generation module which during operation delivers an output beam that includes a first...
US20080183382 System and Apparatus for Processing Information, Image Display Apparatus, Control Method and Computer Program  
An information processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional map data storage unit for storing three-dimensional map data for use in projecting a three-dimensional space on a map onto a plane,...
US20080183328 Laser Guided System for Picking or Sorting  
A laser-guided picking or placing system is provided. The laser guided picking system works with an inventory system including a plurality of items located in particular storage areas, such as...
US20080183601 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A SECURITY-TRADE FINANCING SERVICE  
A system and method for supporting a security-trade financing service is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the method, the method includes the steps of maintaining an inventory data base...
US20080179553 SOLENOID OPERATED VALVE  
A solenoid operated valve is provided for controlling liquid or gaseous media, the valve comprising at least two media ports opened and closed by an armature and a solenoid with a yoke and a coil,...
US20080179013 Retraction Mechanism For A Toner Image Transfer Apparatus  
A toner image transfer apparatus in a printer is provided. The toner image transfer apparatus comprises a transfer belt structure, a rotatable transfer rod and a transfer roll retraction mechanism....
US20080182472 Process for Producing Oriented Thermoplastic Polyester Resin Sheet, and Laminate-Molded Body  
The present invention provides a process for producing an oriented thermoplastic polyester resin sheet which is excellent in tensile strength, tencile modulas and heat resistance, and a light...
US20080179069 Soil stripping device  
The invention relates to a soil stripping device, in particular a trench wall grab, comprising a base body, which can be connected to a carrier implement, a work unit, on which soil working tools...
US20080179095 USE OF CUTTINGS VESSEL FOR TANK CLEANING  
A tank cleaning system for use at a drilling location, including a first cuttings storage vessel comprising an inlet and an outlet, at least one tank cleaning machine configured to clean a tank, a...
US20080181210 PROCESSING REGISTER VALUES IN MULTI-PROCESS CHIP ARCHITECTURES  
In a computing environment, a method includes receiving a first data packet at a first kick code from a first stage, the kick code being configured to process data packets individually and the...
US20080180105 CURRENT LEAD OF SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM  
A current lead for the superconducting magnet of a magnetic resonance system, the superconducting magnet being refrigerated by a cold head, has a positive current lead and a negative current lead...
US20080180643 PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD  
Not only abnormality of a light output to an exterior but also overturning, vibration, disassembly, deformation, or breakage of a display apparatus including a case and a screen are reliably and...
US20080183732 Process for Distributed Production and Peer-To-Peer Consolidation of Subjective Ratings Across Ad-Hoc Networks  
A rating program on a mobile computing device communicates with other mobile devices regarding collected ratings. A user enters ratings and requests for information; the mobile computing device...
US20080182292 METHODS AND MEANS FOR INFLUENCING INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION AND INTERCELLULAR ORGANELLE TRANSPORT  
The invention relates to a method for the investigation of intercellular communication and intercellular transport, wherein after singularisation cells are investigated for membrane tubes which...
US20080183553 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WORKFORCE DEMAND FORECASTING  
A method of forecasting workforce demand, includes forecasting an ongoing engagements demand, forecasting an opportunities demand, forecasting a wedge engagements demand, representing a result of...
US20080182963 Method For Producing Polyester  
A polyester having desired physical properties can be efficiently produced by producing polyester prepolymer particles having specific physical properties by a continuous process and performing the...
US20080181097 METHOD AND OFDM RECEIVER WITH MULTI-DIMENSIONAL WINDOW PROCESSING UNIT FOR ROBUSTLY DECODING RF SIGNALS  
The invention enhances channel correction techniques for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems so that higher effective data rates can be achieved with a minimal processing...
US20080179589 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS INVOLVING SUPERLATTICE INFRARED DETECTOR STRUCTURES  
Included are embodiments for providing an infrared detector structure. At least one embodiment of a device includes a substrate and an n-type layer coupled to the substrate, the n-type layer being...
US20080182909 METHODS FOR STABILIZING BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE AGENTS ENCAPSULATED IN BIODEGRADABLE CONTROLLED-RELEASE POLYMERS  
Methods for reducing or inhibiting the irreversible inactivation of water-soluble biologically active agents in biodegradable polymeric delivery systems which are designed to release such agents...
US20080184239 MULTI-THREADED DETECTION OF A GAME SOFTWARE DEBUGGER  
An anti-debugging mechanism is implemented into a game application, such that the anti-debugging mechanism is difficult to detect, difficult to bypass, and difficult to remove. The anti-debugging...
US20080182767 Compounds and Lubricating Compositions Containing the Compounds  
An imidazoline compound comprising the reaction product of (i) a dicarbonyl, (ii) a primary amine moiety of a polyamine, and (iii) a hydrocarbyl carbonyl is disclosed. Lubricant and fuel additive...
US20080184207 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REMOTE DIAGNOSTIC, CONTROL AND INFORMATION COLLECTION USING A DYNAMIC LINKED LIBRARY FOR MULTIPLE FORMATS AND MULTIPLE PROTOCOLS WITH SHARING THE RESOURCE  
A system, method and program product for diagnosing, controlling and collecting information from devices. Information regarding events of a target application executing in an application unit is...
US20080183342 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR LANE CHANGE DETECTION AND HANDLING OF LANE KEEPING TORQUE  
Systems, methods and computer program products for lane change detection and handling of lane keeping torque during an un-signaled lane change. Disclosed herein is an exemplary embodiment for a...
US20080179540 SURFACE PLASMON ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE SENSOR  
Exciting light is irradiated through a dielectric material block toward an interface between the dielectric material block and a metal film formed on one surface of the dielectric material block,...
US20080180736 Information processing methodology  
An information processing methodology gives rise to an application program interface which includes an automated digitizing unit, such as a scanner, which inputs information from a diversity of...
US20080181904 ADIPOCYTE COMPLEMENT RELATED PROTEIN HOMOLOG ZACRP2  
The present invention relates to polynucleotide and polypeptide molecules for zacrp2, a novel member of the family of proteins bearing a collagen-like domain and a Clq domain. The polypeptides and...
US20080180743 PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD  
A printing control system includes a host interface, a user interface, a printing unit, and a controller. The host interface communicates with a host device that submits a print job. The user...
US20080178485 Positioning Structure of a Magnetic Induction Ruler  
A positioning structure of a magnetic induction ruler comprises a base, an induction ruler and a fixing assembly. In one end of the base is formed a first positioning portion, one end of the fixing...
US20080180530 ALTERNATING LIGHT SOURCES TO REDUCE SPECULAR REFLECTION  
An interactive display in which alternating illuminators are used to reduce or cancel specular reflections. The interactive display includes multiple illuminators and at least one camera placed...
US20080182451 STEP UP PIN FOR COAX CABLE CONNECTOR  
The invention provides a coaxial cable connector having a step up pin that engages the center conductor of a coax cable to increase the diameter of the center conductor to thereby make it more...
US20080179838 Expansion Chuck  
The invention relates to an expansion chuck comprising a base, a thin-walled expansion sleeve that is disposed in a final axial zone of the base and forms a central seat for a component that is to...
US20080180387 Backlight control circuit with flexible configuration  
The present invention discloses a backlight control circuit with flexible configuration, comprising: a light emitting device path; a current source for controlling the current amount on the light...
US20080179746 WIRING STRUCTURES OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME  
A wiring structure of a semiconductor device comprises an insulating interlayer, a plug and a conductive pattern. The insulating interlayer has an opening therethrough on a substrate. The plug...
US20080178685 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SHAPE OF HEAT TREATMENT JIG  
A method for measuring the shape of a heating treatment jig to be held by a holding portion of a vertical heat treatment apparatus includes measuring the shape of the heat treatment jig in a state...
US20080184017 PARALLEL DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS  
A method of scheduling instruction streams in a SIMD (single instruction multiple data) array of processing elements, comprises determining which instruction stream has priority at a particular...
US20080184164 METHOD FOR DEVELOPING A DIALOG MANAGER USING MODULAR SPOKEN-DIALOG COMPONENTS  
A method of developing a dialog manager for a spoken dialog service is disclosed. The method comprises selecting a top level flow controller based on application type, selecting available reusable...
US20080181780 Airfoil for axial-flow compressor capable of lowering loss in low Reynolds number region  
In a transonic region with a Reynolds number not more than a critical Reynolds number, a flow velocity distribution on an extrados of an airfoil has a single supersonic maximum value within a range...
US20080183145 Dispensing Device For Delivering Fluid Having a Dosing Chamber and a Slide Valve Assemly  
The present invention provides a dispensing device for applying fluid comprising a pressurized reservoir equipped with a dosing module having at least one dosing chamber which is able to...
US20080179977 STEPPING MOTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME  
A stepping motor includes a housing a supporting shaft a rotor, and a stator. The housing includes a first wall and a second wall facing each other. The supporting shaft is inserted into a through...
US20080181649 Method for analyzing print/copy job  
A method for analyzing a print/copy job is disclosed. In this method, an actual page count of a print/copy job is recorded, and a total toner coverage for the print/copy job is compiled. Then, a...
US20080183066 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF A MATERIAL  
A system and method to map a biological tissue of alternating electrical polarity having a boundary between a depolarized portion and a polarized portion is provided. The system includes a...
US20080182405 Self-aligned air-gap in interconnect structures  
An integrated circuit structure comprising an air gap and methods for forming the same are provided. The integrated circuit structure includes a conductive line; a self-aligned dielectric layer on...
US20080181646 IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE  
An image-forming device includes an image-forming unit, a test image memory, a test image forming unit, a density measuring unit, an abnormality determining unit, a test image re-forming unit, and...