27th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150184205 | BIOSYNTHESIS OF CAFFEIC ACID AND CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVES BY RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISMS - Microorganisms are genetically engineered to synthesize caffeic acid from simple carbon sources via a tyrosine intermediate by means of a dual pathway that utilizes both endogenous and engineered enzymatic activities. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184206 | SYNTHETIC METHODS AND COMPOUNDS RELATED THERETO - Disclosed herein are synthetic methods and compounds related to the compounds that are useful as or in the production of biologically active compounds. Stereoselective and stereospecific synthetic methods are disclosed to produce compounds, such as, for example, γ,δ-unsaturated-β-hydroxyesters and aminated derivatives thereof, at high yields with desired stereochemistry. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184207 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METHACRYLIC ACID ESTER - Provided is a method for producing a methacrylic acid ester using a biocatalyst, said method comprising a step for treating methacrylyl-CoA with an alcohol or phenol in the presence of an alcohol acyltransferase to synthesize the methacrylic acid ester. According to this production method, a methacrylic acid ester can be efficiently produced while largely reducing energy, resource and environmental load, compared with the conventional chemical production processes. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184208 | ENZYMATIC REDUCTION OF HYDROPEROXIDES - The invention relates to enzymatic methods for reducing the amount of fatty acid hydroperoxides in a fatty acid containing fat/oil product. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184209 | Halophytophthora and Method for Eicosapentaenoic Acid and/or Arachidonic Acid Production by Using the Same - The present invention provides a method for eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and/or arachidonic acid (ARA) production by using | 2015-07-02 |
20150184210 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHOLIPID-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, AND PHOSPHOLIPID-CONTAINING COMPOSITION - A method for producing a phospholipid-containing composition which includes 10% by weight or more of phosphatidylserine based on the whole phospholipid-containing composition, a content of a polyunsaturated fatty acid being from 10 to 40% by weight based on the total amount of constituent fatty acids, the method including the following steps (1) and (2) in this order, and the following steps (3) and (4) in this order inexpensively and stably supplies a phospholipid-containing composition which includes phosphatidylserine to which a large amount of the polyunsaturated fatty acid is bonded at the 2-position thereof. Step (1): performing an esterification reaction of a polyunsaturated fatty acid with lysophospholipid using phospholipase A2 (PLA2) to obtain phospholipid. Step (2): adjusting an activity of PLA2 in the phospholipid to 10 U/g (phospholipid) or less after the step (1). Step (3): performing a base exchange reaction of a mixture including the phospholipid and serine in the presence of phospholipase D (PLD) to form a phospholipid-containing composition which includes phosphatidylserine. Step (4): separating the composition. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184211 | NOVEL LIGNASES AND ALDO-KETO REDUCTASES FOR CONVERSION OF LIGNIN-CONTAINING MATERIALS TO FERMENTABLE PRODUCTS - Termites have specialized digestive systems that overcome the lignin barrier in wood to release fermentable simple sugars. Using the termite | 2015-07-02 |
20150184212 | Advanced Methods for Sugar Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass and Fermenting Sugars to Microbial Lipids - Methods for facilitating sugar release from lignocellulosic biomass and for utilizing the sugars for microbial lipid (e.g. biofuel) production are provided. The methods involve pretreating lignocellulosic biomass using various oxidizing agents (ozone, peroxone, etc.) at a temperature not higher than 50° C. and pressure no higher than 1.5 atm to render the biomass more accessible to enzymatic hydrolytic degradation into sugars and utilizing soluble sugars for fermenting oleaginous microorganism to produce microbial lipids. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184213 | ENGINEERING DNA ASSEMBLY IN VIVO AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE TECHNOLOGY - Cells that can synthesize oligonucleotides in vivo to produce a nucleic acid nanostructure are described. Methods for producing oligonucleotide nanostructures for use in regulating gene expression and altering biological pathways are provided. Methods of performing multiplex automated genome editing (MAGE) are also provided. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184214 | ENRICHMENT OF FULL LENGTH OLIGONUCLEOTIDES VIA TRANSCRIPTION/TRANSLATION MEDIATED PURIFICATION - The invention is a method of separating full-length oligonucleotide products from shorter synthesis by-products by using mRNA display and affinity purification followed by recovery and amplification of the selected oligonucleotide. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184215 | DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLUBLE RECOMBINANT CRM197 PRODUCTION BY E. COLI - A method for recombinant production of a CRM197 protein includes culturing a recombinant | 2015-07-02 |
20150184216 | NOVEL SOIL MICROORGANISM, NOVEL OXIDOREDUCTASE SEPARATED FROM THE SOIL MICROORGANISM, GENE ENCODING THE OXIDOREDUCTASE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AGLYCONES USING THE MICROORGANISM, THE OXIDOREDUCTASE AND THE GENE - The present invention relates to the novel | 2015-07-02 |
20150184217 | METHODS AND MEANS FOR CHARACTERIZING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN MICROORGANISMS - The present invention relates to a method for characterizing the antibiotic resistance of a microorganism, the method comprising the steps of (a) providing a reference mass spectrum of an antimicrobial compound, its enzymatic modification product, its molecular target, or of a substrate compound of a its modifying enzyme; (b) exposing a microorganism, a cell lysate thereof, or a growth medium supernatant thereof, to the antimicrobial compound or the substrate compound in aqueous liquid to thereby provide an exposed sample; (c) acquiring a mass spectrum of the exposed sample; (d) comparing the mass spectrum acquired in step c) with the reference mass spectrum of step (a), and (e) determining from the comparison whether modification of the antimicrobial compound, its modification product or its molecular target or of the substrate has occurred following the exposure, and establishing that the microorganism is potentially resistant to the antimicrobial compound when the modification is observed. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184218 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RAPID CONTINUOUS FLOW PATHOGEN CELL LYSIS IN A MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL - The present invention relates to methods and systems for cell lysis in a microfluidic device. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for rapid continuous flow pathogen cell lysis. In one embodiment, the microfluidic device comprises a microfluidic channel, a microporous structure within the channel, and an enzyme immobilized on the surface of the microporous structure configured to lyse pathogen cells in fluid flowing through the microfluidic channel. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184219 | Enzyme Assays on a Droplet Actuator - The invention is directed to droplet actuator devices and assay methods. The invention includes assay methods of conducting an assay comprising combining a sample with an umbelliferyl derivative, wherein the sample potentially comprises an enzyme capable of cleaving the umbelliferyl derivative and where the umbelliferyl derivative comprises an umbelliferyl core modified with one or more modifying moieties. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184220 | Methods, Peptides, and Biosensors Useful for Detecting a Broad Spectrum of Bacteria - Described herein are methods of detecting a wound infection and for detecting the presence or absence of bacteria, for example, wound bacteria in a sample, by contacting a sample with a peptide substrate derived from the modification of the reactive site loop (RSL) domain of the α1-proteinase inhibitor. In the current invention, we have demonstrated that these peptide substrates without the alpha 1 protein can be efficiently used as peptide substrates. The modification or the absence of modification of this peptide substrate by the enzyme produced and/or secreted by the bacteria, can serve as an indicator for the presence or absence of the bacteria in the sample. The present invention also features a biosensor for detecting the presence or absence of bacteria in a sample. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184221 | METHODS FOR ANALYSES OF CYANOBACTERIAL RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASES - Methods are provided for analyses of restriction endonucleases. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184222 | DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC ASSAYS BASED ON CIRCULATING TYROSNE KINASE ACTIVITY - Provided herein are methods for the diagnosis, prognosis, or management of diseases, such as cancer, by measuring the tyrosine kinase activity in acellular body fluids. Further provided are methods of predicting response to therapy in certain populations of cancer patients by contacting an acellular body fluid sample from a patient with a test agent, such as a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and then measuring the effect of the test agent on tyrosine kinase activity in the sample. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184223 | METHOD FOR IMPROVED QUANTIFICATION OF MIRNAS - The invention relates to a method and kit for enriching miRNA nucleic acids molecules of interest in a sampe by selective removal of nucleic acid species, in particular miRNA species, which are not of interest. The invention is based on the surprizing and previously unknown information that only a few individual miRNA species make up the majority of all miRNA species in a sample. Selective removal of these species prior to detection of miRNA nucleic acids molecules will improve assay time, assay sensitivity, and reproducibility. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184224 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR THE LYSIS OF MICROORGANISMS PRESENT IN A SAMPLE, FOR EXTRACTION AND FOR PURIFICATION OF THE NUCLEIC ACIDS OF SAID MICROORGANISMS FOR PURPOSES OF ANALYSIS - A device and method for collecting microorganisms from a fluid includes: a reaction module containing beads, fluid admission duct allowing entry into the module, fluid evacuating duct allowing outlet of the fluid passed through the module, retaining beads in the module, at least one channel for admission of reaction liquid, at least one channel for evacuation of the liquid(s), channels for admission and evacuation of the reaction liquid and the ducts for admission and evacuation of the fluid being positioned with: ducts for admission and evacuation of fluid facing and enclosing the module, in order to maximize contact between the fluid and beads, channels for the reaction liquid(s) being positioned respectively at opposite ends of the module, and channels for the reaction liquid(s) positioned in a plane, and ducts for admission and evacuation of fluid positioned along an axis, and in that the axis is roughly perpendicular to the plane. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184225 | ELECTROKINETIC POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) DEVICES AND METHODS - Described herein are microfluidic diagnostic methods and devices using electrokinetic modules for the isolation of targets (e.g., cells, bacteria, biomolecules) from biological samples, PCR amplification of DNA isolated from the targets, and real-time quantification of the amplified DNA using impedance sensing. Sample preparation, PCR amplification, and impedance sensing are thus performed using a single integrated platform. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184226 | DNA POLYMERASES WITH IMPROVED ACTIVITY - Disclosed are DNA polymerases having increased reverse transcriptase efficiency relative to a corresponding, unmodified polymerase. The polymerases are useful in a variety of disclosed primer extension methods. Also disclosed are related compositions, including recombinant nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells, which are useful, e.g., for production of the DNA polymerases. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184227 | NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND NUCLEIC ACID ANALYZER - Disclosed is a technique for binding microparticles to patterned bonding pads of a metal (e.g., gold) formed on a support. The microparticles each carry a nucleic acid synthetase or DNA probe immobilized thereon for capturing a nucleic acid sample fragment. The technique involves forming, on a support surface, a film having a thickness equivalent to that of the bonding pads; controlling the size of microparticles with respect to the size of bonding pads; and thereby immobilizing microparticles each bearing a single nucleic acid sample fragment to the bonding pads in a one-to-one manner in a grid form. This allows high-density regular alignment and immobilization of many types of nucleic acid fragment samples on a support and enables high-throughput analysis of nucleic acid samples. Typically, immobilization of microparticles at 1-micrometer intervals easily provides a high density of 10 | 2015-07-02 |
20150184228 | COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND KITS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS AND AMPLIFICATION - The present invention is directed to compositions, methods and kits useful for the synthesis of nucleic acid molecules. More specifically, compositions, methods and kits are provided for the amplification of nucleic acid molecules in a one-step RT-PCR procedure comprising one or more agents used to increase tolerance to PCR inhibitors. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184229 | THERMUS THERMOPHILUS NUCLEIC ACID POLYMERASES - The invention provides novel nucleic acid polymerases from strains GK24 and RQ-1 of | 2015-07-02 |
20150184230 | DETECTION OF BACTERIA BELONGING TO THE GENUS CAMPYLOBACTER BY TARGETING CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN - An objective of the present invention is to provide the cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) of | 2015-07-02 |
20150184231 | BIOAGENT DETECTION OLIGONUCLEOTIDES - The present invention compositions, methods and systems to identify, detect, and/or quantify bacterial DNA in the presence of contaminating non-bacterial DNA. In particular, the present invention provides oligonucleotides configured to detect a relatively small amount of bacterial DNA in the presence of an overwhelmingly large amount of contaminating human DNA. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184232 | MONITORING OF 1,4-DIOXANE BIODEGRADATION IN VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTS - In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to methods of monitoring dioxane biodegradation in an environment by: (1) exposing a sample from the environment to an oligonucleotide probe that targets at least one bacterial nucleotide sequence; (2) detecting the presence of the at least one bacterial nucleotide sequence in the sample from the environment; and (3) correlating the presence of the at least one bacterial nucleotide sequence to dioxane biodegradation in the environment. In some embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure can be used to determine whether monitored natural attenuation (MNA) of dioxane will occur in the environment. In some embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure can be used to determine whether dioxane decontamination is needed. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to oligonucleotide probes for monitoring dioxane biodegradation in an environment. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184233 | QUANTIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS USING OLIGONUCLEOTIDE MASS TAGS - The invention provides a method for detecting and quantifying the amount of target molecules, such as nucleic acids or proteins in a sample. The target molecules are first recognized and bounded by target-specific probes, generally nucleic acids or proteins that bind specifically to the targets, each of which is labeled with a short single-stranded nucleic acid probe, either DNA or RNA, with distinct molecular weight. This label is called an oligonucleotide mass tag. One or several standard oligonucleotide sequences can be designed with similar sequence but distinct molecular weight to those oligonucleotide mass tags. Then the oligonucleotide mass tags associated with bounded probes and the standard sequences are co-amplified using a pair of common primers. The presence and/or amount of each oligonucleotide mass tag, which corresponds to the amount of corresponding target molecule, is determined by a primer extension reaction and quantification of the primer extension product. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184234 | METHOD AND KIT FOR THE DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS - Method for the determination of the concentration of a type of specific nucleic acids ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184235 | FLEXIBLE SENSOR CARRIER AND METHOD - A sensor carrier contains a flexible film supporting a plurality of functionalized sensor elements each being formed by a functional layer. The functional layers are located on the same surface of the film within a window area, A region of each of the functional layers of the sensor elements is functionalized, and one or more sensor compounds are arranged or located in the respective functionalized regions of the sensor elements. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184236 | New method for the isolation of the proteins bound to any kind of interesting nucleic acid sequence - The invention is to supply a novel method for isolation of the proteins bound to any kind of interesting nucleic acid sequence (Chromatin of Interest (Col)), wherein
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20150184237 | INTEGRATED PHOTONIC ELECTRONIC SENSOR ARRAYS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING - Devices and methods for detecting, identifying, and sequencing, compounds, complexes, and molecules are described. Electronic detection is combined with optical excitation to determine the presence or identity of an analyte of interest. Embodiments of the invention additionally provide devices and methods that allow highly parallel nucleic acid sequence determination. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184238 | DNA SEQUENCING - Provided herein is technology relating to sequencing nucleic acids and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, compositions, systems, and kits for sequencing a nucleic acid using a degenerate two-base code. Particular embodiments provide: 1) that the two-base degenerate code relates a first element to a base comprising adenine (A) or guanine (G) and a second element to a base comprising cytosine (C) or thymine (T); 2) that the two-base degenerate code relates a first element to a base comprising A or C and a second element to a base comprising G or T; and 3) that the two-base degenerate code relates a first element to a base comprising G or C and a second element to a base comprising A or T. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184239 | Polymerases for Nucleotide Analogue Incorporation - Compositions that include polymerases with features for improving entry of nucleotide analogues into active site regions and for coordinating with the nucleotide analogues in the active site region are provided. Methods of making the polymerases and of using the polymerases in sequencing and DNA replication and amplification as well as kinetic models of polymerase activity and computer-implemented methods of using the models are also provided. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184240 | Compositions of Standardized Mixtures and Kits Therefor - Described herein are compositions for evaluating nucleic acids, standardized mixture for assessing amounts of at least one target nucleic acid in a sample, and kits comprising the same. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184241 | MICROARRAY FOR DETECTION OF MUTATIONS IN beta-GLOBIN GENES AND DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a microarray for detecting mutations in a β-globin gene, which is capable of detecting a large number of mutations (specimens) conveniently in a short time. A probe group for detecting mutations in a β-globin gene containing genes having the sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs:3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 25 to 66; a microarray having the probe group immobilized thereon; a method for detecting mutations in a β-globin gene using the microarray; and a kit for β-globin gene mutation detection using the microarray and primers, are provided. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184242 | SUSCEPTIBILITY TO AND STRATIFICATION FOR MONOAMINERGIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS - The present invention relates to a method for predicting the non-response or response to a monoaminergic antidepressant of a patient to be treated with a monoaminergic antidepressant comprising the steps: (i) determining the DNA-methylation status of a brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-gene promoter in a sample of said patient; (ii) attributing a hypomethylation of said BDNF-gene promoter to the non-response to a monoaminergic antidepressant of said patient; and (iii) attributing normal methylation or hypermethylation of said BDNF-gene promoter to the response to a monoaminergic antidepressant of said patient. Furthermore, a kit and the use of a kit in said method is disclosed. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184243 | Determination of KIR Haplotypes Associated with Disease - Disclosed is a method of determining KIR genotypes for one or more individuals in parallel, the method comprising: for each individual, amplifying the polymorphic exon sequences of the KIR genes, pooling the KIR amplicons, performing emulsion PCR followed by pyrosequencing in parallel to determine all the amplicon sequences present in the individual to determine which KIR alleles are present in the individual. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184244 | Biomarkers for Anti-TNF Treatment in Ulcerative Colitis and Related Disorders - Methods and kits are provided for the assessment of the suitability of and/or effectiveness of a target therapy for a TNF mediated-related disorder, such as ulcerative colitis, in a subject, which methods and kits evaluate the presence, absence, and/or magnitude of expression of two or more genes up or down regulated in association with anti-TNF responders in inflammatory gastrointestinal disorders, such as ulcerative colitis, with at least two genes including BCL6 (Genbank Acc. No. AW264036; SEQ ID NO:118) and tx82a04.x1 (Genbank Acc. No. AI689210; SEQ ID NO:123), optionally further comprising at least one to three of C5AR1 ((Genbank Acc. No.NM001736; SEQ ID NO: 119), FOLR1 ((Genbank Acc. No. U81501; SEQ ID NO: 142) and OSM (Genbank Acc. No. A1079327; SEQ ID NO: 173), optionally further comprising at least one of the listed genes presented in FIG. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184245 | NUCLEOPHOSMIN PROTEIN (NPM) MUTANTS, CORRESPONDING GENE SEQUENCES AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to new nucleophosmin protein (NPM) mutants, corresponding gene sequences and relative uses thereof for diagnosis, monitoring of minimal residual disease; prognostic evaluation and therapy of the acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) | 2015-07-02 |
20150184246 | BIOMARKERS OF RESPONSE TO PROTEASOME INHIBITORS - Disclosed herein are markers associated with sensitivity to treatment with proteasome inhibitors. Sensitivity is observed when RAS gene is wild type in tumor cells. Compositions and methods are provided to assess markers of marker genes to predict outcome with proteasome inhibition treatment | 2015-07-02 |
20150184247 | GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES ASSOCIATED WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER - A gain-of-function retroviral cDNA screen reveals that Coco, a secreted antagonist of TGF-β ligands, induces solitary mammary carcinoma cells, which have disseminated to others sites and undergone an extended period of dormancy, to exit from dormancy at lung metastatic sites. Evidence indicates that Coco awakens tumor progenitor cells that have extravasated into the lung by inhibiting stroma-derived Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMP). Whereas Coco enhances the manifestation of traits associated with cancer stem cells, activation of canonical BMP signaling suppresses these processes. Expression of Coco correlates with lung metastatic capacity in a number of human breast cancer cell lines and induces a gene expression signature that predicts metastatic relapse to the lung but not to the bone in advanced primary tumors. Disclosed herein is the gain-of-function retroviral cDNA screen and a gene signature predictive of selective relapse and gene expression microarrays or panels based thereon for use in prognostication of relapse. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184248 | METHOD FOR DETECTING PANCREATIC CANCER AND DETECTION KIT - An object of the invention is to provide a simple and easy method for detecting pancreatic cancer having high sensitivity and specificity or risk of the pancreatic cancer. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184249 | MUTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RESISTANCE TO INHIBITORS OF BRUTON'S TYROSINE KINASE (BTK) - Described herein are mutations that confer resistance to treatment with a BTK inhibitor. Described herein are modified BTK polypeptides that exhibit decreased inhibition (i.e. are resistant) to a covalent and/or irreversible BTK inhibitor. Also described herein modifications of PLCy2 and CARD 11 polypeptides that confer resistance to treatment with a BTK inhibitor. Described herein are diagnostic methods for detecting the modified polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the modified polypeptides and applications of the methods thereof. Described herein are compositions, combinations, and kits containing the modified polypeptides and methods of using the modified polypeptides. Also described herein are methods of using modified BTK polypeptides as screening agents for the identification and design of second-generation BTK inhibitors. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184250 | KRAS PRIMERS AND PROBES - The present invention provides oligonucleotide primers or probes for the detection of a mutation of the KRAS gene. The invention also provides a method for detecting a mutation in the KRAS gene using the oligonucleotide primers or probes disclosed therein. Furthermore, the present invention encompasses a method for predicting the sensitivity of a tumor in a patient to epidermal growth factor receptor-directed chemotherapy, comprising obtaining DNA from the tumor; and determining whether there is a mutation in codon 12 and/or a mutation in codon 13 in exon 2 of the KRAS gene in the DNA using a method utilizing at least one of the oligonucleotide primers and/or probes of the present invention. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184251 | METHODS FOR SCREENING MUSCLE INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER PATIENTS FOR NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY RESPONSIVENESS - Systems and methods for determining whether a muscle-invasive bladder cancer patient may respond to neoadjuvant chemotherapy based on identifying alterations in the ATM, Rb, FANCC, MTOR, PIK3C3, MYCN, CDKN2B, MLL2, NOTCH3, APC, NF1, and/or KDR genes in the patient are provided. If a patient has such alterations, the patient may be administered neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to surgical bladder removal or bladder preservation therapy. If a patient does not have such alterations, the patient is not administered neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to surgical bladder removal or bladder preservation therapy. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184252 | PRIMERS FOR DETECTING PLASMODIUM - The present invention provides an easy and rapid method for detecting/identifying the presence or absence of specific | 2015-07-02 |
20150184253 | MOLECULAR MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH MAL DE RIO CUARTO VIRUS IN MAIZE - This invention relates to methods for identifying maize plants that having increased MRCV resistance. The methods use molecular markers to identify and to select plants with increased MRCV resistance. Maize plants generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184254 | GENETIC LOCI ASSOCIATED WITH MAL DE RIO CUARTO VIRUS IN MAIZE - This invention relates to methods for identifying maize plants that having decreased MRCV. The methods use molecular markers to identify and to select plants with decreased MRCV or to identify and deselect plants with decreased MRCV. Maize plants generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184255 | Nucleic Acid Detection System and Method for Detecting Influenza - The invention provides a rapid, sensitive and specific nucleic acid detection system which utilizes isothermal nucleic acid amplification in combination with a lateral flow chromatographic device, or DNA dipstick, for DNA-hybridization detection. The system of the invention requires no complex instrumentation or electronic hardware, and provides a low cost nucleic acid detection system suitable for highly sensitive pathogen detection. Hybridization to single-stranded DNA amplification products using the system of the invention provides a sensitive and specific means by which assays can be multiplexed for the detection of multiple target sequences. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184256 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF RNA SPECIES - The invention includes methods for determining the presence of a latent viral population by analyzing an RNA population from the virus with digital techniques, such as digital PCR or by sequencing cDNA produced from the RNA. The invention additional includes methods for determining the presence of latent viral populations by detecting and/or quantifying enzymes that are uniquely associated with the virus, e.g., reverse transcriptases. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184257 | TWO ROLLER SUGARCANE CRUSHING MILL - An improved two roll sugarcane crushing mill with a semi closed frame having a plurality of improved two roll mill modules in tandem. Each improved two roll mill modules has a bottom roll and top roll, the bottom roll being rotatingly mounted in a pair of main frames at the two ends and the top roll is rotatingly mounted in a pair of top beams. One end of each of the top beams being pivotedly attached near the upper end of the main frame towards feed side for swinging the top beams along with the top roll. A hydraulic loader is provided which is pivotally attached between the end of the top beam and the base of the main frame. The semi closed frame fitted at the bottom end to the base of the Head Stock is designed to bear the forces of heavy and fluctuating loads. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184258 | SUGAR MELTING - An arrangement for melting and cleaning a substance, such as natural sugar. The arrangement comprises a mesh belt for transporting the substance through a heating station for heating the substance so that a dissolved phase of the substance is separated from impurities in the substance through the mesh of the mesh belt substantially simultaneously. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184259 | PROCESSES AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FERMENTABLE SUGARS FROM BIOMASS BY HOT-WATER EXTRACTION AND ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS - The present invention is capable of producing glucose and hemicellulose sugars from lignocellulosic biomass. In some variations, a process includes optionally pre-steaming a biomass feedstock; extracting the feedstock with liquid hot water to produce glucan-rich solids and an extract liquor containing dissolved solids, which include hemicellulosic oligomers and lignin; washing the glucan-rich solids; hydrolyzing the hemicellulosic oligomers by contacting the extract liquor with an acid catalyst or enzymes possessing hemicellulase activity; separately hydrolyzing the glucan by contacting the glucan-rich solids stream with an acid catalyst or enzymes possessing glucanase activity, optionally with removing the glucose in situ by microfiltration and/or ultrafiltration; and recovering or fermenting each of the hemicellulosic monomers and the glucose. Preferred configurations and conditions are disclosed. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184260 | PRODUCTION OF FERMENTABLE C5 AND C6 SUGARS FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS - In some variations, this invention provides a process for producing fermentable sugars from cellulosic biomass, comprising: extracting biomass with steam or hot water to produce an extract liquor containing hemicellulose oligomers, dissolved lignin, and cellulose-rich solids; separating and washing the cellulose-rich solids; removing a portion of glucan contained in the washed cellulose-rich solids as glucose oligomers using a liquefaction-focused blend of enzymes; co-hydrolyzing glucose oligomers and hemicellulose oligomers, with enzymes or chemical catalyst, to produce glucose and hemicellulose monomers; and recovering the glucose and hemicellulose monomers as fermentable sugars. The liquefaction-focused blend of enzymes contains endoglucanases and exoglucanases. Optionally, the glucose and the hemicellulose monomers may be recovered as separate streams. The residual cellulose (not hydrolyzed) as well as the lignin may be recovered and combusted, or utilized for other purposes, such as for energy-dense pellets. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184261 | Compositions Comprising C5 and C6 Monosaccharides - Compositions comprising C5 and C6 monosaccharides and low levels of undesirable impurities, such as compounds containing sulfur, nitrogen, or metals, are disclosed. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184262 | Enzymatic Treatment of Skin and Hide Degreasing - The present invention relates to a method of degreasing skins and hides with certain variants of | 2015-07-02 |
20150184263 | BLAST FURNACE OPERATING METHOD AND TUBE BUNDLE-TYPE LANCE - A blast furnace operating method by blowing at least a solid reducing material into an inside of the furnace from a tuyere thereof with a lance, wherein a tube bundle-type lance formed by bundling a plurality of blowing tubes side-by-side and housing them in a main tube of the lance is used when only a solid reducing material or two kinds of a solid reducing material and a combustible gas or three kinds of a solid reducing material, a combustible gas and a gaseous reducing material are blown in the inside of the blast furnace, whereby the solid reducing material, combustible gas and gaseous reducing material are blown through the respective blowing tubes, and a tube bundle-type lance. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184264 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF DIRECT REDUCED IRON (DRI) UTILIZING COKE OVEN GAS - Direct reduction process and plant for producing DRI comprising a reduction reactor and at least one reducing gas heater typically comprising a convective heating section and a radiant heating section for raising the reducing gas temperature to a level adequate for iron oxides reduction to metallic iron, typically above 850° C., wherein the reducing gas fed to the reduction reactor comprises a stream of reducing gas recycled from the reduction reactor and a make-up stream of coke oven gas containing carbon compounds which may form carbon deposits in the heating path of said heater, namely BTX and other complex carbon compounds. The heater is provided with means for feeding oxidizing agents, for example steam, steam and air and/or oxygen at predetermined heating tubes successively for eliminating the carbon deposits which may form inside the heating tubes of said heater without interrupting the operation of the plant. The make-up stream of cold COG can be combined with the recycled gas at a point in the gas heating path of the heater where the tubes have a skin wall temperature of at least 700° C., or when the mixture of recycled gas and COG is at a temperature above 700° C. for minimizing clogging or fouling of heating equipment. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184265 | GAS PURGING ELEMENT AND ASSOCIATED GAS FEED LINE - The invention relates to a gas purging element at a metallurgical vessel as well as a corresponding gas supply pipe. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184266 | HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND EQUIPMENT FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a hot-rolled steel sheet is explained. The method includes hot-rolling a slab, performing a first phase transformation process cooling a surface of the hot-rolled slab to phase-transform a structure of a surface portion of the hot-rolled slab, performing a second phase transformation process to phase-transform a structure of a central portion of the hot-rolled slab after the first phase transformation process, and coiling the slab including the phase-transformed surface portion and the phase-transformed central portion. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184267 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STABILIZER, AND HEATING DEVICE - Provided are a method for manufacturing a stabilizer and a heating device, the method being able to suppress the occurrence of unevenness in the hardness of a curved portion of a semimanufactured product of the stabilizer and reduce the process time in a tempering process. In electric heating in a first heating step (step A), the temperature of an inside portion of a shoulder can be steeply increased to a temperature (2015-07-02 | |
20150184268 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING AND REFINING SCANDIUM - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for separating and refining scandium capable of efficiently separating and refining the scandium from a solution containing the scandium, with improved stripping, while securing separability (selectivity) of the scandium from impurity elements. The method of the present invention involves mixing a solution containing the scandium with an organic solvent containing a trioctylphosphine oxide to extract the scandium into the organic solvent; and mixing the organic solvent with a stripping starting solution containing any one or more of water, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, and oxalic acid to strip the scandium from the organic solvent. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184269 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ALUMINIUM ALLOY FOAM BY MOULDING - The invention concerns a method for producing an aluminium alloy foam, consisting essentially of the aluminium alloy, in molten form, infiltrating the interstices of a preform consisting of silicon elastomer elements, by means of a conventional moulding process, typically a low-pressure process, followed by the elimination of the preform broken down into silica powder during the moulding cycle and/or an additional baking cycle. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184270 | WEAR RESISTANT STEEL PLATE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREFOR - A wear resistant steel plate that exhibits excellent impact wear resistant properties and that is suitable for use in construction machinery, shipbuilding, steel pipes or tubes, civil engineering, construction and so on, and a method for manufacturing the same. The wear resistant steel plate includes a specific steel composition, where DI* defined by Formula 1 is 100-250, and has a surface layer part containing 90% or more in area ratio of martensite, a Brinell hardness of 450 HBW 10/3000 or more, and a central part in thickness direction of the steel plate containing 70% or more in area ratio of lower bainite, the central part representing a zone extending from a ½ position of the steel plate thickness to distances of 0.5 mm toward both surfaces of the steel plate. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184271 | High frequency heat treatment material and method of manufacturing gear using the same - The present invention relates to a high frequency heat treatment material and a method for manufacturing a gear using the same. According to the present invention, the high frequency heat treatment material is made of 0.50 to 0.55 wt % of carbon (C), 0.30 to 0.50 wt % of silicon (Si), 0.35 to 0.55 wt % of manganese (Mn), 0.30 wt % or less of copper (Cu), 0.25 wt % or less of nickel (Ni), 0.25 wt % or less of chromium (Cr), 0.35 to 0.45 wt % of molybdenum (Mo), 0.002 to 0.004 wt % of boron (B), 0.025 to 0.045 wt % of aluminum (Al), and the balance of Fe, and has stable deformation and physical properties equivalent to carburization heat treatment. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a gear having high surface strength and hardness by machining a medium carbon steel. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184272 | LOW COST AND HIGH STRENGTH TITANIUM ALLOY AND HEAT TREATMENT PROCESS - Systems and methods of a low cost, high strength titanium alloy are disclosed. According to illustrative implementations, the weight percent of the alloy composition may be: Fe content 3%˜7%, Al content 3%˜5%, C content 0.01%˜0.02%, with the balance being Ti and unavoidable impurities. Industrial pure iron, carbon steel, and industrial pure aluminum etc. may be used as the raw materials. In one exemplary method, the raw materials are mixed before being pressed to a block. The block may be double-melted to an alloy cast ingot, forged by a conventional titanium alloy forging process, and subsequently undergo a solid solution treatment of (820° C.˜950° C.)/1 h+water quenching, and an ageing treatment of (450° C.˜550° C.)/4 h+air cooling, wherein the mechanical properties of the alloy are that σb=1000˜1250 MPa, δ=5%˜12%. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184273 | GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT ANTI-POWDERING PROPERTY (AS AMENDED) - Provided is a galvannealed steel sheet with excellent anti-powdering property when press forming is performed, without controlling the contents of chemical elements in steel which are effective for strengthening a steel sheet, such as Si and P, to be low in order to achieve required material properties and without increasing cost due to, for example, processes being complicated. A galvannealed steel sheet with excellent anti-powdering property has a coated layer taking in grains of a base steel sheet such that the grains constitute 2.0% or more and 15.0% or less of the coated layer in terms of cross section area ratio. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184274 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT YIELD STRENGTH AND FORMABILITY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet contains specific amounts of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Ti, Al, and N with the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities. Bainitic ferrite, martensite, retained γ, and ferrite (α) are present each in a specific area ratio. The remainder γ has a specific C concentration. Sub-grains in the recrystallized α and un-recrystallized α have a specific grain diameter. The surface area ratio of α and worked α having a grain diameter of 5 μm or more is 5% or less. The average particle diameter of TiC particles inside a grains is 10 nm or less. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184275 | Method and apparatus for producing zinc-aluminum alloy-coated steel sheet with superior workability and corrosion resistance - Disclosed is a method for producing a zinc-aluminum-based alloy-coated steel sheet with superior workability and corrosion resistance by coating a base zinc-aluminum-based alloy-coated steel sheet in a coating bath comprising 35 to 55% by weight of zinc, 0.5 to 3% by weight of silicon, 0.005 to 1.0% by weight of chromium, 0.01 to 3.0% by weight of magnesium, 0.001 to 0.1% by weight of titanium, and the balance of aluminum and inevitable impurities. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184276 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLUG FOR PIERCING-ROLLING - A method for producing a plug for use in a piercing-rolling mill for producing a seamless steel tube/pipe includes a step of carrying out shotblasting on a surface of the plug, and an arc-spraying step of performing arc-spraying of a spray wire to form a film on a surface of a base metal of the plug to which the shotblasting is applied. In the arc-spraying step, arc-spraying uses a cored wire whose iron sheath tube is filled with at least low-thermal conductive particles like ZrO | 2015-07-02 |
20150184277 | Fastener Element for Slide Fasteners - A fastener element for slide fasteners where the color and pattern change diversely with viewing angle. A coiled fastener element for slide fasteners that is to be furnished on a fastener tape, wherein the fastener element is provided with an engagement head, an upper leg, a lower leg, and inverting part for connecting the upper leg with the lower leg; a coating comprising at least one light-transmissive layer is formed on at least the upper leg; and the thickness of the light-permeable layer is formed so as to decrease gradually from the approximate top of the upper leg to the fastener tape side and so that the layer thickness near the top is at most about 50-1500 nm. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184278 | PLASTIC FILM COATED WITH ZINC TIN OXIDE AND HAVING IMPROVED OPTICAL ABSORPTION PROPERTY - The present invention provides a coated plastics film with a zinc tin oxide coating which has improved absorption property, in particular in the blue spectral range from 380 to 430 nm, the zinc tin oxide coating itself and a process for the production thereof, and an electronic device comprising a corresponding coated plastics film. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184279 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS - Improved methods and apparatus for forming thin-film layers of semiconductor material absorber layers on a substrate web. According to the present teachings, a semiconductor layer may be formed in a multi-zone process whereby various layers are deposited sequentially onto a moving substrate web. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184280 | ITO Ceramic Sputtering Targets with Reduced In2O3 Contents and Method of Producing It - The embodiments of the invention cover a ceramic sputtering target comprising at least 85 wt. % of an (In | 2015-07-02 |
20150184281 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MAYENITE COMPOUND WITH HIGH ELECTRON DENSITY - A method of manufacturing an electrically conductive mayenite compound, includes (a) preparing a body to be processed, the body to be processed including a mayenite compound or a precursor of a mayenite compound; and (b) performing a heat treatment on the body to be processed under a reducing atmosphere including an aluminum compound and carbon monoxide (CO) gas within a range of 1080° C. to 1450° C., the aluminum compound being a compound that emits aluminum oxide gas during the heat treatment on the body to be processed. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184282 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MAYENITE COMPOUND WITH HIGH ELECTRON DENSITY - A method of manufacturing an electrically conductive mayenite compound, includes preparing a body to be processed including a mayenite compound; and placing the body to be processed in the presence of carbon monoxide gas and aluminum vapor supplied from an aluminum source without being in contact with the aluminum source and retaining the body to be processed at a temperature range of 1080° C. to 1450° C. under a reducing atmosphere. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184283 | Ternary metal nitride formation by annealing constituent layers - Ternary metal nitride layers suitable for thin-film resistors are fabricated by forming constituent layers of complementary components (e.g., binary nitrides of the different metals, or a binary nitride of one metal and a metallic form of the other metal), then annealing the constituent layers to interdiffuse the materials, thus forming the ternary metal nitride. The constituent layers (e.g., 2-5 nm thick) may be sputtered from binary metal nitride targets, from metal targets in a nitrogen-containing ambient, or from metal targets in an inert ambient. Optionally, a nitrogen-containing ambient may also be used for the annealing. The annealing may be 10 seconds to 10 minutes at 500-1000° C. and may also process another component on the same substrate (e.g., activate a diode). | 2015-07-02 |
20150184284 | METHOD OF COATING BY PULSED BIPOLAR SPUTTERING - A method of pulsed bipolar sputtering including applying a sputtering pulse (−) during a first period of time (T−) and applying a revers voltage pulse during a subsequent second period of time (T+). The step of applying the revers voltage pulse comprises controlling, in particular adjusting, the timing of the revers voltage pulse (T+). This way high quality sputtering is achieved, in particular for sputtering temperature sensitive materials. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184285 | SPUTTERING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A sputtering apparatus includes a chamber, a plate disposed inside the chamber, a target unit including at least one targer facing the plate, a power supply unit coupled to the target, and a filter unit disposed between the substrate and the target. The filter unit includes at least one filter. A substrate is disposed on the plate. The filter unit may include a first filter and a second filter with the first filter disposed between the target and the second filter. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184286 | Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Dielectric for Superconducting Devices - Amorphous silicon (a-Si) is hydrogenated for use as a dielectric (e.g., an interlayer dielectric) for superconducting electronics. A hydrogenated a-Si layer is formed on a substrate by CVD or sputtering. The hydrogen may be integrated during or after the a-Si deposition. After the layer is formed, it is first annealed in an environment of high hydrogen chemical potential and subsequently annealed in an environment of low hydrogen chemical potential. Optionally, the a-Si (or an H-permeable overlayer, if added) may be capped with a hydrogen barrier before removing the substrate from the environment of low hydrogen chemical potential. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184287 | Systems and Methods for Parallel Combinatorial Vapor Deposition Processing - Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for performing vapor deposition processes on substrates. A housing defining a processing chamber is provided. A substrate support is positioned within the processing chamber and configured to support a substrate. A fluid supply system including a plurality precursor sources is included. A fluid conduit assembly is coupled to the fluid supply system and configurable to selectively expose a first site-isolated region defined on the substrate to the respective precursors of a first and a second of the plurality of precursor sources and selectively expose a second site-isolated region defined on the substrate to the respective precursors of a third and a fourth of the plurality of precursor sources. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184288 | Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device, Substrate Processing Apparatus and Non-Transitory Computer Readable Recording Medium - Provided are a method of manufacturing semiconductor device, a substrate processing apparatus and a recording medium which are capable of efficiently removing a deposited film in a shower head and suppressing generation of particles. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes (a) forming a film on a substrate by supplying a film forming gas and an inert gas to the substrate in a processing chamber via a shower head, and (b) removing a deposited film deposited in the shower head in (a) by supplying to the shower head an inert gas, which has a temperature lower than that of the inert gas supplied in (a), into the shower head without the substrate loaded in the processing chamber. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184289 | DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND DEPOSITION METHOD - An apparatus may be used for forming a material layer on a substrate. The apparatus may include a reactor that includes a supply unit set configured to supply a material to the substrate. The apparatus may further include a control mechanism configured to control whether the material is provided to the supply unit set according to a position of the substrate with respect to the reactor. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184290 | RADIATION SHIELDING FOR A CVD REACTOR - A reaction chamber includes an enclosure having an interior coated with a metal nitride compound providing an average reflectivity to internal infra-red radiation of greater than 90%. The metal nitride compound can be titanium nitride, zirconium nitride, hafnium nitride, or a nitride of another metal, and can be between 0.1 and 10 microns thick, preferably between 4 and 5 microns thick. The layer does not tarnish, and can withstand reaction chamber temperatures up to at least 250° C., preferably up to 300° C. It is applied by a deposition process, such as PVD, CVD, thermal spray, or cathodic arc, wherein the enclosure itself is the metal nitride deposition enclosure. Uniformity of deposition can be improved by rotating the deposition source through T degrees and back through T±d, with a total of 360/d repetitions. The reactor can be a CVD reactor that deposits polysilicon onto a heated filament. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184291 | PROCESS GAS MANAGEMENT FOR AN INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA DEPOSITION REACTOR - Embodiments related to hardware and methods for processing a semiconductor substrate are disclosed. One example film deposition reactor includes a process gas distributor including a plasma gas-feed inlet located to supply plasma gas to a plasma generation region within the film deposition reactor and a precursor gas-feed inlet located to supply film precursor gas downstream of the plasma generation region; an insulating confinement vessel configured to maintain a plasma generation region at a reduced pressure within the film deposition reactor and an inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) coil arranged around a portion of a sidewall of the insulating confinement vessel and positioned so that the sidewall separates the plasma generation region from the ICP coil; and a susceptor configured to support the semiconductor substrate so that a film deposition surface of the semiconductor substrate is exposed to a reaction region formed downstream of the process gas distributor. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184292 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING MIXING OF TWO GAS STREAMS IN A PROCESSING CHAMBER - A substrate processing system includes a processing chamber. A first gas inlet supplies a first gas to the processing chamber and is arranged in a first horizontal plane. A second gas inlet supplies a second gas that is different than the first gas to the processing chamber. The second gas inlet is arranged in a second horizontal plane that is spaced from the first horizontal plane. A first gas outlet removes the first gas from the processing chamber and is arranged in a third horizontal plane that is horizontally spaced from and between the first and second horizontal planes. A second gas outlet removes the second gas from the processing chamber and is arranged in a fourth horizontal plane that is horizontally spaced from and between the second and third horizontal planes. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184293 | FILM FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS - A film formation method performs a supply cycle of sequentially supplying two kinds of reactive gases inside a vacuum container to form a thin film on the substrate. The method includes placing the substrate, including a depressed portion formed thereon, on a table, then adjusting a temperature of the substrate to a temperature at which a first reactive gas is adsorbed and condensed, then supplying the first reactive gas and thereby depositing a condensed substance of the first reactive gas on the substrate, then rotating the table, then partly vaporizing the condensed substance by supplying a heated gas to the substrate; and then supplying a second reactive gas in an activated state to the substrate and thereby causing the second reactive gas to react with the condensed substance. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184294 | FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS, FILM DEPOSITION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A film deposition apparatus rotates a turntable and each gas nozzle relatively to each other at a rotational speed of 100 rpm or higher when depositing a titanium nitride film, to speed up a reaction gas supply cycle or a film deposition cycle of a reaction product. A next film of the reaction product is deposited before the grain size of the reaction product already generated on a substrate surface begins to grow due to crystallization of the already generated reaction product. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184295 | ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION APPARATUS - An apparatus for depositing atomic layers coats first and second reaction layers alternately on a substrate by repeating injection of source precursor and purge gas from a showerhead with the showerhead moving forward and injection of reactant precursor and the purge gas from the showerhead with the showerhead moving backward. The precursors and purge gas injected are exhausted in real time through the showerhead. Mixing of the source and reactant precursors is prevented by the alternate injections of the source and reactant precursors. Throughput is improved by the simultaneous injections of the precursor and the purge gas. By minimizing a moving distance of the showerhead, a footprint is reduced and the apparatus can be used for large size substrates. It is also possible to deposit the atomic layers selectively on a specific selected region. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184296 | COATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COATING INTERIOR FLUID WETTED SURFACES OF A COMPONENT OF A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A coating system for forming an atomic layer deposition (ALD) or a molecular layer deposition (MLD) barrier coating on interior fluid wetted surfaces of a fluid handling component for a vacuum chamber of a semiconductor substrate processing apparatus. The coating system includes the fluid handling component, wherein the interior fluid wetted surfaces define a process region of the coating system, a gas supply system in fluid communication with the process region of the component wherein the gas supply system supplies process gases to the process region of the component through the inlet port thereof such that an ALD or MLD barrier coating can be formed on the fluid wetted surfaces of the fluid handling component, and an exhaust system in fluid communication with the process region of the component wherein the exhaust system exhausts the process gases from the process region of the component through the outlet port thereof. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184297 | METHOD FOR FORMING TUNGSTEN SULFIDE LAYER AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING TUNGSTEN SULFIDE LAYER - Provided are an apparatus and method for forming a tungsten sulfide layer. The method for forming a tungsten sulfide layer by using atomic layer deposition includes reacting a precursor including a gaseous tungsten chloride and a reactant including hydrogen sulfide to form a tungsten sulfide layer on a substrate. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184298 | Methods and Apparatus for Combinatorial PECVD or PEALD - Apparatus and methods for depositing materials on a plurality of site-isolated regions on a substrate are provided. The deposition uses PECVD or PEALD. The apparatus include an inner chamber with an aperture and barrier that can be used to isolate the regions during the deposition and prevent the remaining portions of the substrate from being exposed to the deposition process. The process parameters for the deposition process are varied among the site-isolate regions in a combinatorial manner. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184299 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL REPAIRING METHOD AND REPAIRING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel repairing method and repairing system. The method includes: (1) providing a liquid crystal display panel, in which the liquid crystal display panel has a circuit that has a breaking site; and (2) applying laser chemical vapor deposition to form graphene on the liquid crystal display panel in such a way as to joint the breaking site. The liquid crystal display panel repairing method and repairing system of the present invention use laser chemical vapor deposition to form graphene on a breaking site to repair the breaking site. The process is simple and the result of repairing is good. Further, a common gas, such as methane, is used as a carbon source gas, making it favorable for environmental protection. Further, the number of layers of graphene so formed can be controlled by controlling whether to apply irradiation of the laser so as to achieve control of electrical conductivity of the graphene so formed and enhance the result of repairing. Further, the light spot of laser can be adjusted in regard to the radius thereof in order to control the resolution of graphene grown line and the optic path of the laser can be adjusted to allow the light spot to follow a predetermined path to heat selected areas of the substrate to deposit a desired graphene line or shape. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184300 | Method and Device for Manufacturing a Barrier Layer on a Flexible Substrate - Method and apparatus for manufacturing a barrier layer on a substrate ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184301 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a substrate processing apparatus capable of suppressing the difference between temperatures of a susceptor and the shower head. The substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber configured to process a substrate; a substrate placement device disposed in the process chamber, the substrate placement device comprising a substrate placement surface where the substrate is placed and a first heater; a shower head disposed opposite to the substrate placement surface, the shower head comprising a second heater and an opposing surface facing the substrate placement surface; a processing gas supply system configured to supply a processing gas for processing the substrate placed on the substrate placement surface into the process chamber via the shower head; an exhaust system configured to evacuate an inner atmosphere of the process chamber; and a controller configured to control outputs of the first heater and the second heater. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184302 | TIN-PLATED COPPER-ALLOY TERMINAL MATERIAL - By forming a nickel-based coating layer or a cobalt-based coating layer having a coating thickness of 0.005 μm or larger and 0.05 μm or smaller on an outermost surface of a tin-based surface layer of a terminal material of low-insertion force in which an asperity shape of an interface between a copper-tin alloy layer and a tin-based surface layer is controlled, it is possible to reduce insertion force of fitting even though all-purpose tin-plated terminal material is used by combination. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184303 | CHROMIUM-FREE SILICATE-BASED CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS - A composition based on a certain chromium-free silicate-based binder is described. The one-part slurry composition is an aqueous solution of lithium-doped potassium silicate in combination with an aluminum or aluminum alloy powder. The one-part slurry composition produces a corresponding coating exhibiting improved performance at a reduced coating thickness. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184304 | SELF HEALING ANTI CORROSIVE COATINGS AND A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF - The present invention provides self-healing anti corrosive coatings comprising composites of conducting polymers, chitosan and silica particles along with epoxy useful for corrosion prevention under highly corrosive medium like 3.5% NaCl. Tafel plots exhibits significantly high corrosion protection efficiency (99.99%) for the epoxy coatings with 2.0 wt % loading of chitosan-polymer composite. The weight loss measurements and salt spray test results clearly exhibit superior corrosion resistance offered by coatings with chitosan-polymer composite. The synergistic interaction between chitosan and polypyrrole in the composite is expected to improve the corrosion resistance properties of the coatings. The SiO | 2015-07-02 |