05th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130029218 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising positive and negative electrodes capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions; a nonaqueous electrolytic solution; and a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode comprises a negative electrode active material layer containing at least a styrene polymer as a binder in a content of 0.3 to 8.0 mass % based on the total mass of the negative electrode active material layer. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains at least a cyclic sulfonic acid ester including at least two sulfonyl groups in a content of 0.002 to 5.0 mass % based on the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029219 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a nonaqueous electrolyte which is a liquid at 20° C. under a pressure of 1 atmosphere. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains a first compound having a functional group represented by Chemical formula (I), at least one compound selected from a compound having an isocyanato group and a compound having an amino group, a nonaqueous solvent, and an electrolyte. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029220 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A positive electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery including a current collector and a positive active material layer disposed on the current collector, a method of manufacturing the positive electrode, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the positive electrode. Here, the positive active material layer includes a positive active material and a coating layer on the surface of the positive active material, wherein the coating layer is formed of a coating layer composition including carbon nano particles, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and polyvinylidene fluoride. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029221 | ELECTRODE FOR AN ALKALINE ACCUMULATOR - The invention relates to a composition for electrodes comprising a material M selected from a nickel-based hydroxide and a hydrogen-fixing alloy, and a pentavalent niobium oxide Nb | 2013-01-31 |
20130029222 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THAT POSITIVE ELECTRODE - To provide a sulfur-system positive electrode for lithium-ion battery, sulfur-system positive electrode which is good in the cyclability and the other characteristics, and a lithium-ion secondary battery including that positive electrode. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029223 | Cathode Materials for Secondary (Rechargeable) Lithium Batteries - The invention relates to materials for use as electrodes in an alkali-ion secondary (rechargeable) battery, particularly a lithium-ion battery. The invention provides transition-metal compounds having the ordered-olivine or the rhombohedral NASICON structure and the polyanion (PO | 2013-01-31 |
20130029224 | LITHIUM ELECTROCHEMICAL GENERATOR COMPRISING TWO TYPES OF DISTINCT ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - An electrochemical generator comprising a first type of electrochemical cell, a so-called <> cell and a second type of electrochemical cell a so-called <> cell is provided. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029225 | ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, ELECTRODE, SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, ELECTRIC POWER STORAGE SYSTEM, ELECTRIC POWER TOOL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A secondary battery includes: a cathode including an active material; an anode; and an electrolytic solution. The active material has a composition represented by Formula (1) described below. A median diameter (D90) of the active material is from about 10.5 micrometers to about 60 micrometers both inclusive, the median diameter (D90) being measured by a laser diffraction method. A half bandwidth (2θ) of a diffraction peak corresponding to a (020) crystal plane of the active material is from about 0.15 degrees to about 0.24 degrees both inclusive, the half bandwidth (2θ) being measured by an X-ray diffraction method. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029226 | LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE OF OLIVINE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - Disclosed is lithium iron phosphate having an olivine crystal structure wherein carbon (C) is coated on particle surfaces of the lithium iron phosphate, wherein, when a powder of the lithium iron phosphate is dispersed in water, water is removed from the resulting dispersion and the resulting lithium iron phosphate residue is quantitatively analyzed, a ratio of the carbon-released lithium iron phosphate with respect to the total weight of the carbon-coated lithium iron phosphate is 0.005% by weight or less. Advantageously, the olivine-type lithium iron phosphate is not readily separated through uniform thin film coating on the surface of the lithium iron phosphate and exhibits superior conductivity and density, since carbon is coated on particle surfaces of lithium iron phosphate in a state in which the amount of carbon released in water is considerably small. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029227 | POLYANION ACTIVE MATERIALS AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A method of forming a polyanion active material that includes providing a carbon source, providing a mobile ion source, providing an active metal material, providing a network material, providing a flux material, and mixing the various materials. In one aspect, the mixing step may include grinding or pulverizing materials to a uniform fine mixture. In one aspect, a ball mill may be utilized to mix the components. Following the mixing of the materials, the mixture is heated to a predetermined temperature in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to form a reaction product. In one aspect, the mixture is heated to a temperature above a melting temperature of the flux material. In this manner, the flux material provides a medium in which the various reactants may react to form the desired reaction product. Following the heating of the mixture the reaction product is washed, forming a carbon coated polyanion active material. Also disclosed is a polyanion active material that includes the in situ reaction product of a carbon source, mobile ion source, active metal material, network material, and a flux material wherein the polyanion active material includes a carbon coating formed thereon. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029228 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL , NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, BATTERY PACK AND VEHICLE - A negative electrode active material includes lithium-titanium composite oxide porous particles having an average pore size of 50 to 500 Å. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029229 | BATTERY, BATTERY PLATE ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY - A battery plate assembly for a lead-acid battery is disclosed. The assembly includes a plates of opposing polarity each formed by an electrically conductive grid body having opposed top and bottom frame elements and opposed first and second side frame elements, the top frame element having a lug and an opposing enlarged conductive section extending toward the bottom frame element; a plurality of interconnecting electrically conductive grid elements defining a grid pattern defining a plurality of open areas, the grid elements including a plurality of radially extending vertical grid wire elements connected to the top frame element, and a plurality of horizontally extending grid wire elements, the grid body having an active material provided thereon. A highly absorbent separator is wrapped around at least a portion of the plate of a first polarity and extends to opposing plate faces. An electrolye is provided, wherein substantially all of the electrolyte is absorbed by the separator or active material. A method for assembling a battery is also disclosed. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029230 | ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - An electrolyte for the lithium secondary battery having flame retardancy, low negative electrode interfacial resistance, and excellent high temperature properties and life characteristics, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. An electrolyte for lithium secondary battery of the present invention may include a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, fluorinated ether or phosphazene, and a resistance-improving additive represented as the following chemical formula (1): | 2013-01-31 |
20130029231 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium secondary battery has an anode, a cathode, a separator between the anode and the cathode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes a lithium salt; and a non-linear carbonate-based mixed organic solvent in which (a) a cyclic carbonate compound, and (b) a propionate-based compound are mixed at a volume ratio (a:b) in the range from about 10:90 to about 70:30. The cathode has a current density in the range from about 3.5 to about 5.5 mA/cm | 2013-01-31 |
20130029232 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTE - A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and an ionic liquid electrolyte. The separator is a polar porous membrane. The ionic liquid electrolyte and the separator made of the polar porous are used in the lithium ion secondary batteries, which can improve the electrochemical performance of the lithium ion secondary batteries. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029233 | METHOD FOR PREPARING MnO2/CARBON COMPOSITE, MNO2/CARBON COMPOSITE PREPARED BY THE METHOD, AND LITHIUM-AIR SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE COMPOSITE - Disclosed is a method for preparing an MnO | 2013-01-31 |
20130029234 | POROUS CARBONACEOUS COMPOSITE MATERIAL, POSITIVE ELECTRODE AND LITHIUM AIR BATTERY INCLUDING POROUS CARBONACEOUS COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - A porous carbonaceous composite material including a core including a carbon nanotube (CNT); and a coating layer on the core, the coating layer including a carbonaceous material including a hetero element. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029235 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell module and a condenser apparatus. The condenser apparatus includes a first condenser using an oxygen-containing as a coolant, and a second condenser using hot water stored in a hot water tank as the coolant. Further, the fuel cell system includes a control device for controlling at least one of a flow rate of the exhaust gas supplied to the first condenser and a flow rate of the exhaust gas supplied to the second condenser based on at least any of a water level of the hot water in the hot water tank, a temperature of the hot water in the hot water tank, and a water level of the condensed water in the condenser apparatus. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029236 | Device for Providing Hot Exhaust Gases - A device used to provide hot exhaust gases for driving a turbine. The device includes a burner, the combustion zone of which is directly mounted on or integrated into the gas inlet (turbine housing) of the turbine. The burner is supplied with at least one combustible gas or gas mixture. The combustion zone includes a porous material with a large specific surface area. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029237 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell module, a combustor, a fuel gas supply apparatus, an oxygen-containing gas supply apparatus, a water supply apparatus, a power converter, a control device, and a casing containing the fuel cell module, the combustor, the fuel gas supply apparatus, the oxygen-containing gas supply apparatus, the water supply apparatus, the power converter, and the control device. The casing includes a casing body having an opening in the front face and a slide door that is installed onto the casing body. When the slide door slides horizontally, the opening is opened/closed. The power converter and the control device are attached onto the slide door at upper and lower positions. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029238 | STARTUP CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a startup control device and method for a fuel cell system. The startup control device includes a concentration meter, a hydrogen feed rate controller, and a controller. The concentration meter measures the concentration of oxygen located in the anode of a fuel cell stack. The hydrogen feed rate controller is disposed at an inlet of the anode. The controller receives an oxygen concentration signal value from the concentration meter while controlling the hydrogen feed rate controller to adjust a hydrogen feed rate to the anode. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029239 | SHUTDOWN AND SELF-MAINTENANCE OPERATION PROCESS OF LIQUID FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A shutdown and self-maintenance operation process of a liquid fuel cell system is introduced. The liquid fuel cell system gives out a shutdown signal and a liquid fuel cell of the liquid fuel cell system stops discharging when receiving the shutdown signal. Thereafter, a self-maintenance operation consisting of the following four steps will be performed: (a) Supply of the cathode gas is stopped in the liquid fuel cell system. (b) After a first duration, the supply of the cathode gas is started. (c) The liquid fuel cell discharges until the output power of the liquid fuel cell is less than or equal to a first predetermined value. (d) The liquid fuel cell stops discharging and the supply of the cathode gas is stopped again. The (a) to (d) four steps are repeated several times before the liquid fuel cell system is completely stopped. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029240 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND MOBILE OBJECT - A fuel cell system capable of improving the voltage controllability of a converter provided in the system is provided. A controller judges whether or not a passing power of a DC/DC converter falls within a reduced response performance area for the number of active phases as of the present moment. When the controller determines that the passing power of the DC/DC converter falls within the reduced response performance area, the controller determines the number of phases which avoids the driving within the reduced response performance area, and outputs a command for switching to the determined number of phases (phase switching command) to the DC/DC converter. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029241 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - An energy storage system is disclosed. The energy storage system comprises an energy storage device configured to operate above ambient temperature, and a thermal insulator at least partially surrounding the energy storage device, wherein heat losses from one or more other devices are received within the thermal insulator to provide heat energy to the energy storage device. Utilising heat losses from one or more other devices, such as associated electronic components, enables the energy storage device to be maintained at its elevated operational temperature for longer providing extended battery life. In the application of wireline logging, this results in more data log available per trip in a well. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029242 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL USING SAME - A membrane electrode assembly having a temperature responsive layer whose material permeability is reduced with temperature rise, on a laminate including an anode catalyst layer, an electrolyte membrane and a cathode catalyst layer in this order, and a fuel cell using the same are provided. The temperature responsive layer may be composed of a porous layer containing a temperature responsive material whose moisture content changes at a phase transition temperature. It is possible to repress increase in fuel supply amount to the anode catalyst layer in association with temperature rise, and moisture evaporation from the electrolyte membrane in association with temperature rise, and to prevent excessive temperature rise and thermal runaway of the fuel cell. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029243 | FUEL CELL ARRANGEMENT - A fuel cell arrangement is disclosed. The fuel cell arrangement includes a fuel cell stack and a housing wall element to form a housing surrounding the fuel cell stack. The housing wall element comprises a penetrating opening for an electric contacting of the fuel cell stack via a conductor. The conductor extends through the penetrating opening. A sheath is arranged between the penetrating opening wall and the conductor around an insulation layer arranged at the conductor. The sheath, together with the insulation layer, is pushed against the conductor in a gas-tight fashion, with the penetrating opening being sealed in a gas-tight fashion via a compensation element to compensate for longitudinal and lateral movements. The compensation element is lastingly fastened at the sheath element and the housing wall element in a gas-tight fashion. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029244 | Fuel Cell with Multiple Independent Reaction Regions - A fuel cell with multiple independent reaction regions comprises multiple fuel cell units. Each fuel cell unit comprises bipolar plates and a membrane electrode assembly located between the bipolar plates. The membrane electrode assembly comprises a proton exchange membrane and catalyst layers located at both sides of the proton exchange membrane, and the catalyst layers at least at one side of the proton exchange membrane are formed with multiple mutually independent catalyst sublayers. Different from the prior design concepts of striving to distribute reactants as uniformly as possible in the whole reaction area, the whole cell in this invention is divided into multiple independent reaction regions, and relevance of the reaction regions is eliminated. Therefore, by partitioning and reducing the amplitude of possible voltage difference, this invention is able to reduce electrochemical corrosion and maximize performance of each independent region and the whole fuel cell. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029245 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR MEASURING VOLTAGES ALONG A LINEAR ARRAY OF VOLTAGE SOURCES - A measurement device for measuring voltages along a linear array of voltage sources, such as a fuel cell stack, includes at least one movable contact or non-contact voltage probe that measures a voltage of an array element. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029246 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A polymer electrolyte fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane, an anode-side separator having a fuel flow channel for supplying fuel, and a cathode-side separator having an oxidant flow channel for supplying oxidant. The anode includes an anode catalyst layer and an anode diffusion layer, and the cathode includes a cathode catalyst layer and a cathode diffusion layer. At least one of the fuel flow channel and the oxidant flow channel has a plurality of parallel linear portions. The anode catalyst layer or the cathode catalyst layer has a plurality of belt-like first regions facing the linear portions and at least one second region between the adjacent first regions. The amount of catalyst in the first regions per unit area is on average larger than the amount of catalyst in the at least one second region per unit area. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029247 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL - There is provided a membrane electrode assembly including an anode gas diffusion layer included in an anode and a cathode gas diffusion layer included in a cathode, wherein the anode gas diffusion layer includes an anode gas diffusion substrate and an anode microporous layer disposed on a first surface of the anode gas diffusion substrate, wherein the cathode gas diffusion layer includes a cathode gas diffusion substrate and a cathode microporous layer disposed on a first surface of the cathode gas diffusion substrate, and wherein at least one of a strike-through ratio on a second surface of the anode gas diffusion substrate and a strike-through ratio on a second surface of the cathode gas diffusion substrate is larger than 0.2%. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029248 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell including a single fuel cell which includes a membrane electrode including a polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode electrode on one surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane, and a cathode electrode on another surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane, the anode electrode including an anode catalyst layer and a gas diffusion layer and the cathode electrode including a cathode catalyst layer and a gas diffusion layer. At least one of the anode cathode catalyst layers includes core-shell type catalyst particles, each having a core and a shell covering the core and including a shell metallic material. At least one of the polymer electrolyte membrane, anode catalyst layer, gas diffusion layer at the anode side, cathode catalyst layer and gas diffusion layer at the cathode side includes metallic nanoparticles having an average particle diameter different from that of the core-shell type catalyst particles and including the shell metallic material. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029249 | PROTON CONDUCTING MATERIALS - The description includes materials that may be useful for fuel cell applications such as in the manufacture of fuel cell electrodes, proton exchange membranes (PEM), as catalyst additives or in tie layers designed to be thermally and chemically robust while operating within a fuel cell's harsh environment at higher temperatures and to conduct protons, with significantly higher levels of bound acidic groups, while in a low hydration state. Methods of making the materials are also described. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029250 | Electricity-Generation Device - An electricity generation device includes: a tubular fuel cell ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130029251 | Electricity-Generation Device - An electricity generation device ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130029252 | FUEL CELL AND ELECTROCATALYST - An embodiment of the invention provides an electrocatalyst, including a four-element catalyst having a formula of XYZP, wherein X is Pt or Pd, Y and Z are different elements selected from Group 6, Group 8, Group 9, or Group 11 elements, and P is phosphorous, wherein Group 6 elements include Cr, Mo, or W, Group 8 elements include Fe, Ru, or Os, Group 9 elements include Co, Rh, or Ir, and Group 11 elements include Cu, Ag, or Au. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029253 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET MASKS HAVING ANNEALED LIGHT-ABSORPTIVE BORDERS AND ASSOCIATED FABRICATION METHODS - Embodiments of a method for fabricating an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask having a die pattern area are provided, as are embodiments of a method for fabricating an integrated circuit utilizing an EUV mask and embodiments of an EUV mask. In one embodiment, the EUV mask fabrication method includes obtaining an EUV mask blank including a substrate and a multi-layer (ML) reflector disposed over the substrate, and annealing localized portions of the ML reflector to produce an EUV light-absorptive border extending at least partially around an outer perimeter of the die pattern area. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029254 | CHEMICAL AMPLIFICATION RESIST COMPOSITION, AND RESIST FILM, RESIST-COATED MASK BLANK, RESIST PATTERN FORMING METHOD AND PHOTOMASK EACH USING THE COMPOSITION - A chemical amplification resist composition contains: (A) a polymer compound having a phenolic hydroxyl group and a group formed by substituting a substituent for a hydrogen atom of a hydroxyl group in a phenolic hydroxyl group and satisfying the following (a) to (c) at the same time: (a) the polydispersity is 1.2 or less, (b) the weight average molecular weight is from 2,000 to 6,500, and (c) the glass transition temperature (Tg) is 140° C. or more. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029255 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE FILM AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE COMPOSITION - Provided is an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a compound (A) which contains at least one phenolic hydroxyl group and at least one group where a hydrogen atom in a phenolic hydroxyl group is substituted by a group represented by the following General Formula (1). | 2013-01-31 |
20130029256 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface layer containing (α), (β) and (γ). | 2013-01-31 |
20130029257 | THERMOCHROMIC COLOR-MEMORIZATION TONER, CARTRIDGE INCLUDING SAME HOUSED THEREIN, IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, CARTRIDGE SET, AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS SET - The present invention relates to a thermochromic color-memory toner containing: a microcapsule pigment encapsulating a thermochromic color-memory composition; and a binder resin, in which the microcapsule pigment shows a hysteresis characteristic that, in a temperature-rise process, decoloration starts when the temperature reaches t | 2013-01-31 |
20130029258 | HYDROPHOBIC SILICA PARTICLES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - Hydrophobic silica particles are produced by reacting them with a hydrosiloxane agent. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029259 | DEVELOPER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A developer for electrostatic latent image development including a positively chargeable toner and a fatty acid metal salt is used, in which the fatty acid metal salt is a metal salt selected from the group consisting of zinc, calcium, and magnesium salts of fatty acids of 12 to 20 carbon atoms and has a certain volume average particle diameter and particle size distribution. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029260 | TONER, DEVELOPER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER - A toner including: a core particle; and fine resin particles, the core particle containing at least a binder resin, a releasing agent and a colorant, wherein the toner is in shape of particles, and each toner particle has a sea-island structure having the core particle and island portions, which are convex portions formed from the fine resin particles on surface of the core particle, wherein the binder resin contains first and second resins, and the fine resin particles are made of third resin, wherein the first resin is crystalline resin, and the second and third resins are non-crystalline resin, wherein the second resin has glass transition temperature (Tg2) and the crystalline resin has melting point (Tc1) where Tg2 is higher than Tc1, and wherein the third resin has glass transition temperature (Tg3) and the toner has glass transition temperature (Tgt) wherein Tg3 is higher than Tgt. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029261 | POLYMERIZED TONER AND PREPARATION METHOD OF THE SAME - The present invention relates to a polymerized toner prepared by suspension polymerization. In particular, the polymerized toner comprises a plurality of toner particles that each comprising a binder resin, a pigment, a pigment stabilizer, a charge control agent, and a wax. The polymerized toner maintains a ratio of toner particles containing at least two wax domains per particle within a defined range. Thereby, the polymerized toner achieves high glossiness and good transfer efficiency. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029262 | MAGENTA POLYMERIZED TONER - This disclosure relates to magenta polymerized toner comprising magenta pigment selected from quinacridone-based derivatives and magenta pigment selected from diketo-pyrrolopyrrole derivatives, having high transfer efficiency, high image density, and uniform particle distribution. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029263 | TONER FOR NON-CONTACT FUSING - A toner for non-contacting fusing containing toner matrix particles containing a resin binder and an external additive having an average particle size of from 10 to 100 nm, wherein the external additive is externally added to the toner matrix particles, wherein the resin binder contains one or more polyesters, wherein a carboxylic acid component of the polyester contains one or more isophthalic acid compounds and one or more fumaric acid/maleic acid compounds, wherein the isophthalic acid compound is contained in an amount of from 10 to 35% by weight, the fumaric acid/maleic acid compound is contained in an amount of from 1 to 15% by weight, and the isophthalic acid compound and the fumaric acid/maleic acid compound are contained in a total amount of from 20 to 36% by weight, of a total amount of the entire raw material monomers of the polyester in the resin binder, and wherein the toner has a softening point of from 90° to 120° C. The toner is suitably used in developing latent images formed in, for example, electrophotography, an electrostatic recording method, an electrostatic printing method, or the like. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029264 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic image developing toner contains toner particles containing a polyester resin having a repeating unit deriving from a dicarboxylic acid and a repeating unit deriving from a rosin diol, and an external additive containing silica particles, wherein a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the soluble matter in tetrahydrofuran of the toner is from about 60,000 to about 200,000. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029265 | New Magenta Quinacridone Pigments - The invention relates to single phase solid solutions containing 65 to 98 wt.-% unsubstituted quinacridone, 1 to 34 wt.-% 2,9-dimethylquinacridone and 1 to 10 wt.-% 2,9-dichloroquinacridone, relative to the total weight of the single phase solid solution. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029266 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - The present invention provides a method for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a surface layer, the method including the steps of: forming a coat for the surface layer on the support by applying a surface-layer coating solution and forming the surface layer by drying the coat, wherein the surface-layer coating solution includes a resin α, a resin β, a solvent γ and a compound δ. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029267 | FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR THERMAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCESS FOR MAKING A FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE - A flexographic printing plate precursor for thermal development is provided that comprises a relief-forming layer on/above a support; the relief-forming layer comprising (Component A) a polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of at least 25° C., (Component B) a photopolymerization initiator, and (Component C) an ethylenically unsaturated compound having a molecular weight of no greater than 3,000. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029268 | PHOTOSENSITIVE PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE - The invention provides a planographic printing plate precursor that is capable of providing a planographic printing plate in which ablation at the time of infrared laser exposure is inhibited and which has excellent developability of a non-image portion and printing durability of an image portion. The photosensitive planographic printing plate precursor, includes: an image recording layer on a hydrophilic support, the image recording layer including: (A) an infrared absorber; and (B) a copolymer having a repeating unit having a zwitterionic structure in a side chain thereof, and a repeating unit having a heteroalicyclic structure or a repeating unit having a hetero atom and an alicyclic structure in the main chain thereof. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029269 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTTERNING PROCESS - A positive resist composition comprising a polymer having carboxyl groups substituted with an acid labile group having formula (1) exhibits a high contrast of alkaline dissolution rate before and after exposure, a high resolution, a good pattern profile and minimal edge roughness. In formula (1), A is —(CR | 2013-01-31 |
20130029270 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A resist composition is provided comprising a (co)polymer comprising recurring units of acid labile group-substituted (meth)acrylic acid, styrenecarboxylic acid or vinylnaphthalenecarboxylic acid and/or recurring units having an acid labile group-substituted phenolic hydroxyl group, an acid generator, and a metal salt of carboxylic acid or a metal complex of β-diketone. Due to a high contrast of alkaline dissolution rate before and after exposure, high resolution, high sensitivity, and controlled acid diffusion rate, the composition forms a pattern with satisfactory profile and minimal LER. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029271 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION AND COMPOUND FOR USE IN THE PHOTOSENESITIVE COMPOSITION - Disclosed are a photosensitive composition and a compound used in the same. If the composition provided through the present application is used, it is possible to form a thin film having improved adhesion strength of a pattern. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029272 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FINE PATTERN - The present invention provides a process for producing a fine pattern including, (1) forming a first resin layer containing a photosensitive resin on a substrate; (2) forming a second resin layer containing a secondary or tertiary alkynyl alcohol, a photoacid generator, and a resin on the first resin layer; (3) subjecting the second resin layer to pattern exposure; (4)subjecting the first resin layer to exposure using the pattern-exposed portion of the second resin layer as a mask; and (5) removing the second resin layer and the first resin layer. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029273 | Fabrication Of Fluidic Features Within A Plastic Substrate - In one aspect of the invention, methods, and devices are provided for creating microfluidic and nanofluidic features. In some embodiments, such methods and devices are used to create at least one channel of a desired volume within a channel in a plastic substrate. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029274 | Flow Control Device - A flow control device for partitioning a fluid flow from a common supply stream into at least two delivery streams by means of a common reciprocating damper such as a cylindrical sleeve damper. A combustion device using such a flow control device to partition a gas supply thereto and a combustion apparatus such as a boiler incorporating such combustion devices are also described. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029275 | DECORATED CANDLE AND DECORATION PROCESS FOR OBTAINING THE SAME - Decorated candles and a process for obtaining the same, relate to candles having decorative patterns protected with a transparent lining. The candles exhibit a decoration similar to decoration of porcelain items, simulating porcelain candles. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029276 | OIL CANDLE APPARATUS - The present invention involves a combustion apparatus for utilizing as an oil candle. The apparatus is a material suitable for forming a heat sink, having a ring or cylinder for enclosing a wick which wick extends into oil suitable for oil candles, and a heat sink extending from the wick holder or forming the wick holder and connecting to or forming a base for distributing heat evenly along the heat sink within the oil to prevent flashover. The apparatus preferably utilizes a metal fiber wick and may comprise multiple wick holders. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029277 | Combustor, Burner, and Gas Turbine - A combustor is provided that can ensure combustion stability even when operated on low BTU gas without needing any equipment for preventing back-flow of fuel gas during operation on pilot fuel. The combustor includes a first perforated plate disposed upstream of a combustion chamber, the first plate having a plurality of nozzle holes and air holes; a second perforated plate disposed on the upstream side of the first plate; and a plurality of gas nozzles each of which is inserted into corresponding nozzle holes. The gas nozzle has a leading end located inside the corresponding one of the nozzle holes. Each of the gas nozzles includes a jet hole portion having a diameter smaller than that of a gas jet hole of the gas nozzle; and a passage portion designed to form an air passage on the outer circumference of the leading end portion of the gas nozzle. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029278 | METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING GROUP II-VI COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR POLYCRYSTALS - Provided is a method for synthesizing group II-VI compound semiconductor polycrystals in which synthesis can be accomplished without the use of a quart ampoule as the polycrystal synthesis vessel, and as a result it is possible to use a larger vessel without reducing yield, and costs can thereby be reduced. Two or more starting elements are introduced to a semi-airtight pBN inner vessel ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130029279 | Dental Oven - A dental oven comprising a firing chamber for the heat treatment of dental restoration parts. The firing chamber is connected to a negative pressure source via a suction line. A valve arrangement is located between the firing chamber and the suction line with the aid of which the suction line is closable towards the firing chamber in order to maintain a negative pressure in the firing chamber. The suction line between the valve arrangement and the negative pressure source is ventilatable via an ambient air connection. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029280 | Dental Furnace - A dental furnace ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130029281 | Dental Furnce - A dental furnace ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130029282 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE - Provided are an apparatus and method for treating a substrate. More particularly, an apparatus and method for treating a substrate through a supercritical process are provided. The apparatus includes: a housing having an entrance in a predetermined surface thereof and providing a space for performing a high pressure process; a support member disposed in the housing to support a substrate; a door for opening and closing the entrance; and a pressing member configured to apply a force to the door so as to close the housing during the high pressure process. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029283 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING TEETH MOVEMENT DURING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT - Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic tracking template is provided for assisting in determining whether a patient's teeth are in an appropriate tooth arrangement for transitioning between a wire and bracket orthodontic treatment to a patient-removable orthodontic appliance treatment. The tracking template may include a shell portion defining a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities arranged to fit over at least a portion of the patient's teeth in an intermediate tooth arrangement without applying a tooth-moving force to the teeth or to any brackets attached to the teeth. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029284 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORTHODONTIC DEVICES - Embodiments presented herein provide apparatus and methods for forming and coupling an attachment device onto one or more teeth. A system comprises a template including a shell having a cavity defining a shape that is operable to receive one or more teeth. The template comprises an aperture at one or more predetermined locations. The aperture defines an aperture perimeter. The system further comprises one or more attachment molds. Each attachment mold comprises a mold bore therethrough. The attachment mold further includes a mold perimeter surface that defines a predetermined shape, wherein each of the aperture perimeters being operable to receive and cooperate with the mold perimeter surface of one of the attachment molds. Each mold bore being operable for providing a mold for forming an attachment device coupled to a tooth of a desired shape and orientation from curable material that may be disposed within the mold bore. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029285 | ORTHODONTIC ATTACHMENT DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments presented herein are directed to accurately coupling attachment devices to dental surfaces suitable for cooperative engagement with positioning appliances. In accordance with an embodiment, a system is provided that comprises a template and one or more gaskets. The template is operable for accurate locating and positioning an attachment device onto the tooth surface. The gasket is operable to mask bonding material from unintended tooth surface adjacent the attachment device. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029286 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONFORMING PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY TO SPECIFIC ANATOMIC LOCATIONS - A device for conforming photodynamic therapy to a specific anatomic location (e.g., in the oral cavity) conforms the radiation to the target tissue surface and avoids delivering light to the rest of the oral cavity. Embodiments can include a body of oral impression material molded to conform to the anatomic surface, a light pipe, a freeform reflector formed on a surface of the optical body, or a light guide having a textured surface to direct light to an opposing output window. The light guide can be made of flexible plastic to conform the output window to the lesion. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029287 | DENTAL MIRROR COVER - A device for covering dental mirrors to prevent contact of metal surfaces of a dental mirror from coming in to contact with a persons mouth while in use without covering the mirror portion of the mouth mirror. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029288 | POSITIVE DRIVE CHUCK AND BUR ARRANGEMENT FOR A DENTAL HANDPIECE - A chuck assembly for a dental handpiece includes a hollow cylindrical tube portion having a first internal bore, and a chuck portion having a second bore. The chuck portion is supported within the first bore co-rotational with the tube portion about a common axis. The chuck portion has an annular body portion defining the second bore for supporting a cylindrical tool therein. A drive element comprising a drive pin inserted in a first end of the tube portion traverses the first internal bore at a first end of the tube portion. The drive pin cooperates with a distal end of a rotary tool insertable into the second bore to transfer torque to the tool. The tool has an elongated body portion having a driven portion and a working portion. The driven portion includes a shank portion with channels for receiving the drive pin. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029289 | Attachment Section For An Oral Hygiene Device - An attachment section suitable for connection to a handle section of an oral hygiene device is disclosed. The attachment section includes an attachment housing having a first coupling structure suitable for establishing a connection with a second coupling structure of the handle section; at least a functional element mounted at the attachment housing for driven movement; a motion transmitter extending in a cavity formed inside of the attachment housing, the motion transmitter being functionally connected on one end with the functional element; and a first magnetic coupling element arranged at another end of the motion transmitter, the first magnetic coupling element including at least a permanent magnet or a magnetizable element suitable for establishing a magnetic connection with a second magnetic coupling element provided in the handle section. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029290 | Oral Hygiene Device - An oral cleaning tool for an electric oral hygiene device is disclosed. The oral cleaning tool includes a housing having a head section with a head cavity for accommodating a movable oral cleaning head and a neck section with a neck cavity and a handle coupling section; a first magnetic coupling element including at least a permanent magnet or a magnetizable element being provided in the neck section for mechanical handle drive shaft connection by magnetic interaction. The first magnetic coupling element is mounted at a motion transmitter, the motion transmitter extending inside the neck cavity to the head cavity, the motion transmitter arranged so as to be movable in a linear or longitudinal direction. The motion transmitter is coupled with the oral cleaning head, the oral cleaning head arranged so as to oscillate in a rotational direction. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029291 | Dual use exercise whitener appliance - A jaw-joint protective device is provided for whitening and brightening a wearer's teeth while protecting the teeth, tongue, lips, jaw, and other delicate structures of the vital cranial triad (VCT) from injury and/or for supporting the condyle of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in a relatively fixed (stable) position thereby stabilizing the jaw and the VCT during head contact activity, exercise, physical rehabilitation, C-force acceleration, teeth grinding disorders and sleep apnea and or permit the components of a VCT disorder to be realigned for proper healing. This device is an over-the-counter purchased, boil and bite device for whitening at least one tooth while protecting the jaw-joint, providing maxillary and mandibular teeth seats for protection of the mouth and/or healing of the VCT. This invention provides a device for customized fitting that is purchased over-the-counter that is versatile for protecting not only the mouth but also a larger area, the vital cranial triad which includes the TMJ, while at the same time allows for audible speech, reduces sleep disorders of snoring, grinding and clenching of teeth with additional benefits. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029292 | METHOD OF IMPLANTING MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR NATURAL TOOTH REGENERATION IN SURGICALLY PREPARED EXTRACTION SOCKET AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF - The present invention provides a method and compositions for tooth regeneration. Both implants of adipose-derived stem cell and dental pulp stem cell are able to grow self-assembled new teeth in extraction sockets when adding BMP2. The regenerated tooth is not only structurally similar to a normal tooth, but also well-developed in vascular and nervous systems with functions of growth, communication, and sensation. They are natural living teeth derived from this invented implantation method without any engineering procedure. It is ready for clinical testing and may be applied to future dental clinics. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029293 | Non-Invasive Ultrasonic Gingival Tissue Diagnosis - Disclosed are various embodiments for echoperiodontal imaging. In one embodiment, a system includes a transducer configured to transmit a series of ultrasonic signals at a plurality of corresponding locations along soft tissue of a jaw and receive a plurality of echo signals; and an imaging system controller configured to obtain a plurality of echo signal data of the soft tissue and a plurality of transducer positions, where each echo signal data corresponds to one of the plurality of transducer position. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029294 | TOOTHPASTE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF APPLYING A SINGLE SERVING OF TOOTHPASTE TO A TOOTHBRUSH - A toothpaste composition includes different combinations of konjac gum and/or agar-agar, alginates, gelatin, pectin, xanthan, tara gum, gum arabic, carrageenan, celluloses, gellan gum, guar gum, inulin, konjac, locust bean gum, pectin, tragacanth, xanthan, polyethylene glycol-3350, xylitol, calcium carbonate, stevia, quillaja, liquid bioflavonoid extract, and water. The toothpaste composition produces a toothpaste product that maintains its shape prior to being used for brushing one's teeth and is preferably formed into a single serving of toothpaste stored in an open-top compartment having a removable protective film. A method of applying a single serving of toothpaste to a toothbrush includes the steps of pressing the bristles of a toothbrush against the single serving of toothpaste so that the single serving of toothpaste clings or otherwise adheres to the bristles, and subsequently pulling the toothbrush away from the compartment for brushing one's teeth. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029295 | TRAINING EDGED WEAPON - An edged weapon training device. The device has a handle portion for gripping by a training subject. A blade portion has at least one exposed contact portion. The contact portion includes a marking device which leaves a mark when it touches an opponent during martial arts or other edged weapon training activities. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029296 | EDUCATIONAL METHODS, KITS AND SYSTEMS TO CREATE MEMORABILIA - The invention includes educational methods, processes and kits which result in a memorabilia product having at least one memorabilia page having a complementary designated theme of a defined attraction, and at least one educational component complementary to the designated theme of the defined attraction. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029297 | Haptic graphic computer for blind people - A haptic panel computer of portable type includes a computer module, a digit and symbol decoding circuit, a graphic decoding circuit, and a haptic displaying device, the computer module is connected to other devices for controlling them. The haptic displaying device includes an array of guiding tubes and sliding or movable members arranged in a matrix, and the movable members are selectively extendible in or out of the guiding tubes with an electromagnetic device for forming various patterns, graphs, or digits and for Braille reading or listening by the blind people. A text file is imported to the computer through input/output device from the World Wide Web or a memory device, and the texts are transformed to Braille texts which are displayed in the lower portion of the screen by digit and symbol decoding circuit and some particular texts in the paragraph are displayed with haptic graphs in the upper portion of the screen through the graphic decoding circuit picking up pre-built graph database. The haptic graphic computer of portable type includes an improved and simplified structure to be easily and quickly manufactured and assembled and to be easily and suitably operated by the blind people. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029298 | Method and Program Product for Weighing Food Items - A method and program product comprises the steps of receiving information comprising at least a user's physical data. The information being input using a user interface device and being stored electronically. A user's plate of food items placed on a scale support structure is identified. The plate comprises a plurality of compartments, each of the compartments being configured to retain a food item. Weight information is received from a plurality of weighing devices. Each of the weighing devices is operable to electronically communicate a weight of one of the compartments and its contents. The weight information is processed to at least determine weight and nutritional information for the food items. At least the determined weight and nutritional information for the food item in each compartment and a total weight and nutritional information for the food items in the plate is communicated. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029299 | REVERSIBLE LANGUAGE LEARNING SYSTEM - A reversible written language learning system uses sets of related words, where each word in the set is represented in a first and second language and has an associated picture. Each word and picture is displayed on its own tile. Some tiles displaying words in one language or associated pictures are displayed in a grid. Corresponding tiles having words in the other language or associated pictures are kept apart from the grid and displayed one at a time as tiles to be matched. A user matches the tile to be matched with a corresponding tile in the grid. Upon a successful match, the grid tile selected is flipped over or grayed out, and a new tile to be matched is displayed. The tiles in the grid and the tiles kept apart are easily swapped. The system lends itself to any language pair, but particularly to Sino-Tibetan/Indo-European language pairs. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029300 | Method for Competency Assessment of Healthcare Students and Practitioners - A method to assess the competency of a healthcare practitioner, comprising providing a learning object repository comprising a plurality of virtual objects including a plurality of virtual patients, wherein said learning object repository does not comprise a physical patient manikin; and displaying on a visual display device a virtual clinical world comprising a plurality of virtual objects retrieved from said learning object repository. The method further includes selecting by a practitioner a virtual patient from said virtual clinical world, tracking patient interactions, tracking selected patient data, and generating an AssessMap reciting an assessment grid comprising a plurality of Performance Levels in combination with a plurality of categories for each Performance Level. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029301 | Profiling Method - A method, computer system and a computer program product for analyzing the personality of a user. The method comprises presenting a plurality of questions to the user and requesting the user to select one of multiple responses. Each question is associated with evaluation of one of N personality aspects and there are at least two questions associated with each said personality aspect. The method further comprises converting the selected response for each question to a score; summing the scores for the questions associated with each of said N personality aspects, to obtain an accumulated score for each of said N personality aspects; and selecting at least one of M psychological archetypes according to said accumulated scores. Each of said M psychological archetypes corresponds to a combination of at least two of said N personality aspects, and M is greater than N. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029302 | PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT BY PRE-SCREENING AND CORRELATION OF UNDERLYING PHYSICAL CONDITIONS - An improved method for pre-screening for underlying physiological conditions prior to psychiatric assessment. The method comprises the steps of administering a predetermined battery of tests including blood tests, urine tests and genetic tests, entering test results in a form, and differentially correlating the entered test results to underlying physical conditions relevant to a symptomatic psychiatric disorder. The pre-screening allows a correct diagnosis of the physical condition rather than a misdiagnosis of some neurological condition that is merely symptomatic of the physical condition. The invention may be implemented in a computer architecture using software. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029303 | Teaching System - A teaching system comprising a visual aid printed on at least one side of a sheet material, a modeling implement, and an access indicia for connecting a user to remote resource materials. The visual aid may include at least one illustrated side containing information about a scientific theory, describing origins, descriptions, mechanisms, and evidence of the scientific theory. The modeling implement may be a die cutting tool having a tessellated array of cells in a panel, wherein each cell shares a portion of its border with an adjacent cell, and a die cutting edge extending from one side of the panel. The combination may be used as an efficient and interesting teaching aid in a variety of settings. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029304 | BOARD DESCRIBING OR SHOWING REALITY IN FOUR DIMENSIONS, A UNIVERSAL PLOTTER AND A SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT AND LEARNING TOOL - The present invention relates to a metal-sheet board or blackboard with magnetic features having two or three movements, which plots and represents reality in four dimensions (horizontal, vertical, depth and time) and which describes reality objectively, in which a T-shaped ruler is moved on a rail along the horizontal or X axis by a digital stepper motor controlled by a driver and software on the computer (horizontal movement). Furthermore, a tool truck surrounding the T-shaped ruler moves along the entire length (vertical movement) or Y axis thereof, actuated by a digital stepper motor controlled by a driver, which is in turn controlled by software on the computer, with these two movements controlled by mathematical speed and acceleration functions. A felt-tip pen or marker is placed in the tool truck against the surface of the blackboard in order to plot all manner of FIGURES. Furthermore the tool truck includes a third motor providing movement perpendicular to the blackboard (depthways), together with the respective motor and driver thereof. Different scientific measurement tools and structures are mounted on the board or the tool truck and connected electronically to the different data input or output pins available on the blackboard by means of the driver and the related software on the computer, providing a real scientific measurement and laboratory instrument that interacts with the computer. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029305 | KIT OF BUILDING BLOCKS FOR CONSTRUCTING EDUCATIONAL ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - Kit of building blocks for constructing educational electronic circuits comprising a ferromagnetic base plate ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130029306 | Active learning system and method for game based learning and training - An active learning system for use by at least one participant comprises a plurality of learning modules whose contents together make up a predetermined corpus of knowledge to be learned, a corresponding plurality of sets of training modules, each of the training module relating to a corresponding one of the learning modules, and rules prescribing a sequence of events constituting an editing session. The events comprise, for the or each participant, selecting at least some of said learning modules individually and successively, for each selected learning module selecting one of the set of related questions for the participant to answer, and recording progress of said at least one participant from a learning session start towards a learning session finish according to whether or not said at least one participant answers the selected ones of the set of related questions correctly. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029307 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER QUESTION-ANSWERING - A method and system for computer question-answering. The method includes: receiving a plurality of the questions to be trained, and obtaining a candidate answer set for each question; determining part of the questions to which the candidate answer sets include correct answers, and using first feature sets of the candidate; obtaining a first mathematical model, which is used to compute a first confidence degree that the candidate answer is a correct answer; computing first confidence degrees of the candidate answers of all the questions to be trained, and for each question, extracting a second feature set related to the first confidence degrees and the first feature set; and obtaining a second mathematic model, which is used to compute a second confidence degree that the candidate answer is a correct answer based on the second feature set. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029308 | METHODS AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR TEACHING A TOPIC TO A USER - Aspects of the invention provide methods and computer-program products for teaching a topic to a user. One aspect of the invention provides a method for teaching a topic to a user. The method includes: administering one or more question to assess the user's knowledge of the topic; displaying a first interactive pedagogical agent and a second interactive pedagogical agent; and facilitating a trialog between the user, the first interactive pedagogical agent, and the second interactive pedagogical agent. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029309 | CARD FOR RECORDING DATA AND/OR RESPONSES WITH OPTO-ELECTRONIC READING - Card for recording data and/or responses with opto-electronic reading, of the type of cards which include several parts or areas which allow a response to be marked and cancelled, characterized in that two parts are involved in said card, a “superficial” part and at least one “linear” part, the superficial part being compartmentalized into four areas by means of internal lines in the form of a cross, while the linear part is situated beside the superficial part, preferably below the latter. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029310 | ONLINE TEST PROCTORING INTERFACE WITH TEST TAKER ICON AND MULTIPLE PANES - An aspect of the present invention relates to an online test platform adapted to facilitate the development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of them are remotely located. The platform may include administrator interfaces, test proctor interfaces, and test taker (e.g. student) interfaces to allow each participant to view, navigate, and interact with aspects of the online test platform that are intended to meet their needs. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029311 | SILOXANE BASED COATINGS FOR WRITABLE-ERASABLE SURFACES - Siloxane-based coatings for providing writable-erasable surfaces are provided. The coatings have many desirable characteristics and advantages over known coatings for writable-erasable surfaces. For example, the coatings cure rapidly under ambient conditions, have low VOC emissions upon curing, and have reduced tendency to form ghost images, even after prolonged normal use. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029313 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING COMPONENTS - An apparatus for separating components and a method of separating components using the apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes: a main chamber which contains a sample that is separated into a plurality of layers by a centrifugal force; a component separating chamber which is connected to the main chamber, and receives a specific layer including specific components among the plurality of layers; a first channel which connects the component separating chamber to the main chamber; and a first channel valve which is disposed in the first channel to control a liquid flowing through the first channel. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029314 | Method and Apparatus for Producing Biogas - A method and apparatus for producing biogas from organic matter including a container ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130029315 | Control of Biogas Plants - A method and an apparatus for producing biogas from organic matter including a container ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130029316 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME DETECTION OF WEST NILE VIRUS USING A CLEAVABLE CHIMERIC PROBE - A method is described for the real-time detection of West Nile Virus in samples taken from humans or potential carriers of the virus such as mosquitoes or birds. Real-time detection of West Nile Virus is performed in a PCR reaction using gene specific primers and a cleavable chimeric fluorescent probe. The method is amenable to medium and high throughput analysis. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029317 | METHOD FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF LIVER CANCER AND PREDICTION OF METASTASIS - Disclosed is a method for early diagnosis of liver cancer. The method comprises the steps of: (A) providing a sample obtained from a subject; (B) assessing the expression level of four subtypes of α-mannosidase genes consisting of MAN1C1 in the sample; (C) comparing the expression level of α-mannosidase genes in the sample with a normal control; and (D) determining whether the subject having a risk of suffering liver cancer in accordance with the result of step (C); wherein while the MAN1C1 expression level of the sample is lower than that in the normal control, the subject is determined to have a risk of suffering liver cancer. Additionally, while MAN1A1, MAN1A2 and MAN1B1 expression levels in the sample are higher than those in control group, the subject is determined to suffer from liver cancer and has a risk of metastasis. | 2013-01-31 |
20130029318 | Microchips and Methods for Testing a Fluid Sample - Systems and methods for medical diagnosis or risk assessment for a patient are provided. A fluid-testing microchip is described which includes a filter compartment configured to receive a fluid sample from an inlet port, wherein the filter compartment comprises a plurality of beads coated with a defoaming agent, a micro-pump configured to transfer the fluid sample from the filter compartment to a test compartment, and the test compartment comprising a test component configured to test the fluid sample. The systems include an instrument for reading or evaluating the test data. These systems and methods are designed to be employed at the point of care, such as in emergency rooms and operating rooms, or in any situation in which a rapid and accurate result is desired. | 2013-01-31 |