49th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120305757 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING COUNT RATE DRIFT IN A QUANTUM-COUNTING DETECTOR, AN X-RAY SYSTEM WITH A QUANTUM-COUNTING DETECTOR AND A CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR A QUANTUM-COUNTING DETECTOR - A method, a circuit arrangement and an X-ray system, in particular a CT system, are disclosed wherein, in order to correct the count rate drift of a detector for ionizing radiation having quantum-counting detector elements which include a combination of at least two counters with significantly different energy thresholds, and on the basis of previously determined functional dependencies of count rates on one another and using at least one of the counters per detector element as the reference, the count rates of the respective other counters with different energy thresholds are corrected. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305758 | ABRIDGED MULTIPOLE STRUCTURE FOR THE TRANSPORT AND SELECTION OF IONS IN A VACUUM SYSTEM - An abridged multipole structure for the transport and selection of ions along a central axis in a vacuum system is constructed from a plurality of rectilinear electrode structures, each having a substantially planar face with a first dimension and a second dimension perpendicular to the first dimension. When a voltage is applied across the second dimension, an electrical potential is produced at the planar face whose amplitude is a linear function of position along the second dimension. Two electrode structures can be arranged parallel to each other with the first dimension extending along the central axis or more electrodes structures can be arranged to form multipole structures with various polygonal cross sections. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305759 | ABRIDGED MULTIPOLE STRUCTURE FOR THE TRANSPORT, SELECTION AND TRAPPING OF IONS IN A VACUUM SYSTEM - An abridged multipole structure for the transport and selection of ions along a central axis in a vacuum system is constructed from a plurality of rectilinear electrode structures, each having a substantially planar face with a first dimension and a second dimension perpendicular to the first dimension. When a voltage is applied across the second dimension, an electrical potential is produced at the planar face whose amplitude is a linear function of position along the second dimension. Two electrode structures can be arranged parallel to each other with the first dimension extending along the central axis or more electrodes structures can be arranged to form multipole structures with various polygonal cross sections. Additional embodiments can act as linear ion traps or Paul ion traps. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305760 | Membrane Detector for Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry - The invention provides methods, and related devices and device components, for detecting, sensing and analyzing analytes in samples. In some aspects, the invention provides methods, and related devices and device components, useful in combination with a mass analyzer for the mass spectrometric analysis of analytes derived from biomolecules in biological samples including biological fluids cell extracts, and cell lysates. Methods of some aspects of the invention utilize a thin membrane-based detector as a transducer for converting the kinetic energies of analytes into a field emission signal via excitation of mechanical vibrations in an electromechanically biased membrane by generation of a thermal gradient. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305761 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE SEPARATION - The present invention involves a series of shifting reagents that selectively interact with a targeted functional group of biological molecules, pharmaceutical drugs, small molecules, chemicals, chemical agents, or explosives resulting in a structure selective based drift time shift in the IMS. Additional energy is used to enhance the mobility based separation; in particular, the energy level can be tuned. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305762 | ION ISOLATION METHOD AND MASS SPECTROMETER - Disclosed is a method whereby predetermined ions are isolated and ions to be left in an ion trap are left at the time of performing mass spectrometry using the ion trap. In order to have high ion isolation accuracy and to shorten a time necessary for ion isolation, a first time wherein ions having a lower mass than the ions to be left are isolated is set shorter than a second time wherein ions having a higher mass than the ions to be left are isolated. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305763 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR MAGNETIC NOISE - A system and method for noise compensation of a charged particle beam location includes one or more sensors that are spaced apart from each other for sensing magnetic noises within at least one predefined frequency band thereby to provide magnetic noise measurements with synchronous detection of the location of a charged particle beam. Based on the magnetic noise measurements and on relationships between values of the magnetic noises and particle beam location errors, magnetic noise compensations signals are generated. An object is then scanned by a particle beam in response to a desired particle beam scan pattern and the magnetic noise compensation signals. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305764 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE CONCAVITY AND CONVEXITY ON SAMPLE SURFACE, AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - A method and apparatus suitable for determining the concavity and convexity of line and space patterns formed on a sample. A profile is formed based on a charged-particle beam scan, the profile having a peak. When one foot portion of the peak converges more gradually than the other foot portion, a portion of the sample corresponding to the one foot portion is determined to be a convex portion. Alternatively, when one foot portion of the peak converges more steeply than the other foot portion, a portion of the sample corresponding to the one foot portion is determined to be a concave portion. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305765 | PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE IN A PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE - A particle beam device includes a movable carrier element with at least one receiving element for receiving a specimen and in which the receiving element is situated on the carrier element. In various embodiments, the receiving element may be situated removably on the carrier element and/or multiple receiving elements may be situated on the carrier element in such a way that a movement of the carrier element causes a movement of the multiple receiving elements in the same spatial direction or around the same axis. The carrier element may be movable in three spatial directions situated perpendicular to one another and rotatable around a first axis which is parallel to an optical axis of the particle beam device and around a second axis which is situated perpendicular to the optical axis. A method for using the particle beam device in connection with specimen study and preparation is also disclosed. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305766 | LINEAR MOTOR, MOVABLE STAGE AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - It is an object to balance suppression of a leakage magnetic field and driving performance. In a linear motor including a stator including a first yoke having an open face and two rows of permanent magnets linearly arrayed inside the first yoke so that S-poles and N-poles are alternate and a movable element arranged between the two rows of permanent magnets and linearly moving, a second yoke is connected to an open end of the first yoke so as to cover the open end of the first yoke and the permanent magnets when viewed from the open face of the first yoke. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305767 | Pattern Inspection Method, Pattern Inspection Program, and Electronic Device Inspection System - It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of accurately inspecting a circuit pattern in which the contrast of an observation image is not clear, like a circuit pattern having a multilayer structure. A pattern inspection method according to the present invention divides a circuit pattern using the brightness of a reflection electron image and associates the region in the reflection electron image belonging to each division with the region in a secondary electron image (see FIG. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305768 | Circuit-Pattern Inspection Device - Provided is a circuit-pattern inspection device which enables efficient inspection of a semiconductor wafer by selectively inspecting areas on the semiconductor wafer, such as boundaries between patterns thereon, where defects are likely to occur during the step of producing the semiconductor wafer while changing the beam scanning direction for each area. Two-dimensional beam-deflection control is employed for inspection operations in a continuous-stage-movement-type circuit-pattern inspection device in which only one-dimensional scanning has been employed conventionally. That is, by employing a combination of an electron-beam-deflection control in a first direction parallel to the stage-movement direction and an electron-beam-deflection control in a second direction intersecting the stage-movement direction, it is possible to obtain an image of any desired area for inspection that is set within a swath. The amplitude of deflection signals for the electron-beam-deflection and the rise and fall timings of the signals are suitably controlled according to inspection conditions. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305769 | ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND SAMPLE HOLDER - The electron beam apparatus sample holding means has a diaphragm which is placed on upper and lower sides of a sample to form a cell for separating a gas atmosphere and a vacuum atmosphere of a sample chamber and sealing an ambient atmosphere of the sample; a gas supply means for supplying gas to an inside of the cell; and exhaust means for exhausting gas. The exhaust means includes a gas exhaust pipe provided in the inside of the cell and an openable/closable exhaust hole provided in a sidewall of the sample holding means so as to pass through the cell. The diaphragm is an amorphous film made of light elements which can transmit an electron beam, such as carbon films, oxide films, and nitride films. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305770 | ARTICLE OF APPAREL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A MESSAGE - An article of apparel such as a necktie, hat, cap, eyeglasses, or a pendant, that has battery-powered infrared (IR) light emitter(s) such as IR-emitting LEDs, in a pattern so that the light emitted when the IR emitters are energized is not visible to the naked eye, yet displays a message that can be electronically seen by an IR detecting and display device, such as a digital camera and smart phone. The arrangement of the IR emitters can form a pattern of a text character, a sign, a mark, an image, or other message, the selection of which can be controlled by a microprocessor. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305771 | Proximity Sensor Packaging Structure And Manufacturing Method Thereof - The present invention pertains to a proximity sensor packaging structure, which comprises a substrate, two first electrically conductive layers and a plurality of second electrically conductive layers that are disposed on the substrate. The substrate has first and second grooves that are respectively defined by a bottom surface and an interior sidewall. Each electrically conductive layer extends from a bottom surface of the first groove, along the interior sidewall of the first groove and in an opposite direction relative to the other first electrically conductive layer, to an exterior sidewall of the substrate. The second electrically conductive layers include first and second electrically conductive portions. The first electrically conductive portion is disposed on a central region of the bottom surface of the second groove. The second electrically conductive portion extends from the bottom surface of the second groove, along the interior sidewall thereof, to the exterior sidewall of the substrate. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305772 | DEVICE FOR ANALYZING A SAMPLE USING RADIATION IN THE TERAHERTZ FREQUENCY RANGE - A device for analyzing a sample using radiation in the terahertz frequency range is provided. The device comprises a transmitter ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120305773 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOTELY DETECTING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS USING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY - Systems and methods for remotely detecting nuclear and non-nuclear materials such as chemical agents and gas-phase explosives are disclosed. Nuclear and non-nuclear materials may be detected by transmitting electromagnetic energy toward a remote target area, collecting scattered electromagnetic energy reflected from the remote target area, analyzing an absorption spectrum of the collected scattered electromagnetic energy, and detecting a presence of at least one nuclear or non-nuclear material in the remote target area based on the analyzed absorption spectrum. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305774 | Measuring Device and Measuring Method That Use Pulsed Electromagnetic Wave - Provided are a measuring device and a measuring method that use terahertz light, by which a substance to be detected can be detected with high sensitivity and high accuracy. A measuring device using a pulsed electromagnetic wave is provided with a substance detection plate, a means for generating the pulsed electromagnetic wave having amplitude intensity dependent on the amount of a substance to be detected at an irradiation position by irradiating the substance detection plate with a pulsed laser beam, and a detection means for detecting the amplitude intensity of the pulsed electromagnetic wave, and measures the change of the state of a solution containing the substance to be detected on the basis of the amplitude intensity. Said measuring device is provided with a first beam splitter which divides the pulsed laser beam into two, a detection region part into which the solution containing the substance to be detected can be introduced, and a reference region part into which a reference solution can be introduced, irradiates a semiconductor corresponding to the detection region part and a semiconductor corresponding to the reference region respectively with the two divided pulsed laser beams, collects pulsed electromagnetic waves generated from the semiconductors corresponding to the detection region part and the reference region part, and detects the collected pulsed electromagnetic waves by said one detection means. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305775 | Diffusing Measurement Window for Near and Mid IR Multichannel Sensor - A diffuse reflector of radiation in the near and mid infrared regions includes (i) an assembly that has a reflecting element and a diffusing element that is made of one or more layers of calcium fluoride, sapphire, or alumina; or (ii) a diffusively reflective surface configured as a metallic layer with a rough surface. The diffuse reflector can be incorporated into systems for measuring properties of sheet materials and particularly into optical sensors that include a measurement window configured with one or more of the diffuse reflectors that cause incident radiation from a sensor light source to be diffused and reflected a plurality of times within a layer of material before being detected by the sensor receiver. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305776 | LIGHT PATH ADJUSTING ASSEMBLY AND OPTICAL TOUCH DEVICE USING THE SAME - A light path adjusting assembly includes a supporting component and a light path adjusting component. The supporting component includes a mounting portion, a light transmission portion and a connecting portion. The light transmission portion faces to the mounting portion. The connecting portion is located between and is connected to the mounting portion and the light transmission portion, thereby forming a receiving space between the mounting portion and the light transmission portion. The light path adjusting component is disposed in the receiving space. An optical touch device using the light path adjusting assembly is also provided. The light path adjusting assembly and the optical touch device have a simple manufacturing process and a high production yield. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305777 | RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND RADIATION IMAGE PICKUP DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A radiation image pickup device includes: a sensor substrate including a photoelectric conversion element; a non-ionic layer provided on a part of the sensor substrate; and a wavelength converting member provided on the non-ionic layer, and converting a wavelength of a radiation into a wavelength in a sensitivity range of the photoelectric conversion element. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305778 | SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL INCLUDING A RARE EARTH HALIDE, AND A RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SCINTILLATION CRYSTAL - A scintillation crystal can include Ln | 2012-12-06 |
20120305779 | INORGANIC SCINTILLATING MATERIAL, CRYSTAL SCINTILLATOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR - A new inorganic scintillating material is provided represented by the formula Ln | 2012-12-06 |
20120305780 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING GATED IMAGE DATA - A method for generating an image is provided. The method comprises: acquiring a first set of image data using a first imaging modality; sorting the first set of image data into a plurality of gates to generate a plurality of gated data sets; reconstructing each gated data set to generate a respective gated image for each gated data set; registering the respective gated images to generate a plurality of registered images; and generating a median image from the plurality of registered images, wherein each voxel of the median image is a respective median value of the corresponding voxels of the plurality of registered images. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305781 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLIMATION IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SYSTEMS - A system and method for collimation in diagnostic imaging systems is provided. One collimator includes a plurality of parallel hole segments and a plurality of collimator bores within each of the plurality of parallel hole segments. Additionally, all of the plurality of collimator bores in at least one of the plurality of parallel hole segments have a first pointing direction and all of the plurality of collimator bores in at least one other of the plurality of parallel hole segments have a second pointing direction, wherein the plurality of parallel hole segments are arranged in a fanbeam collimation configuration. Further, the first pointing direction is different than the second pointing direction. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305782 | EFFICIENT AND SERVICEABLE LIGHT GUIDE FOR PET DETECTOR - A positron emission tomography (PET) detector module includes an array of scintillation crystal elements and a plurality of photosensors arranged to at least partially cover the array of scintillation crystal elements. The photosensors are configured to receive light emitted from the array of scintillation crystal elements. The module includes a transparent adhesive arranged between the array of scintillation crystal elements and the plurality of photosensors. The transparent adhesive extends directly from a surface of at least one of the scintillation crystal elements to a surface of at least one of the photosensors and is configured to distribute the light emitted from one of the scintillation crystal elements to more than one of the photosensors. A method of manufacturing the module includes various steps utilizing a fixture. A PET scanner uses multiple modules arranged circumferentially around an area to be scanned. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305783 | PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE WITH INTEGRATED FAST ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION FOR EVENT DERANDOMIZER AND DIGITAL TIME STAMPING - A digital photosensor that includes a photomultiplier tube (PMT) including a power distribution circuit, the PMT outputting an analog signal in response to received light; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to receive the analog signal and to generate a digital signal; and a non-transitory memory storing manufacturing parameters of the PMT and operational parameters of the PMT, the operational parameters being calculated by a parameter calculation unit during operation of the PMT, wherein the PMT, the ADC, and the memory are integrated into a single housing | 2012-12-06 |
20120305784 | COUNT RATE ADAPTIVE FILTER FOR MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS - Systems, devices, processes, and algorithms for adaptively filtering a signal output from a radiation detector and adaptively sampling the signal. A count rate of events detected by the radiation detector is estimated by a processing unit. An RC time constant of the filter and a sampling rate of an analog-to-digital converter are adjusted based on the estimated count rate. Events are continuously detected by the radiation detector and counted by the processing unit while the adjustable parameters (the RC time constant and the sampling rate) of the filter and the analog-to-digital converter are adjusted on the fly (in real time) to optimize an energy resolution of the detected events, while reducing degradation due to pile-up effects and improving efficiency of the analog-to-digital converter. The filter can be implemented through analog filters, digital filters, or a combination thereof. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305785 | DETECTION DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, DETECTION DEVICE, AND DETECTION SYSTEM - In a method of manufacturing a detection device including a plurality of pixels arrayed on a substrate, the pixels each including a switch element and a conversion element including an impurity semiconductor layer disposed on an electrode, which is disposed above the switch element, which is isolated per pixel, and which is made of a transparent conductive oxide joined to the switch element, and further including an interlayer insulating layer, which is made of an organic material, which is disposed between the switch elements and the electrodes, and which covers the switch elements, the method includes insulating members each made of an inorganic material and disposed to cover the interlayer insulating layer between adjacent two of the electrodes in contact with the interlayer insulating layer, and forming an impurity semiconductor film covering the insulating members and the electrodes and becoming the impurity semiconductor layer. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305786 | COMBINED INTEGRATION AND PULSE DETECTION - A pixel for the detection of electromagnetic radiation or high energy particles or charge packets, in particular for detecting X-ray photons, comprises a radiation receptor for converting the radiation into a sensing signal, the pixel being adapted for performing both pulse detection and integration of the same sensing signal. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305787 | Apparatus and Method for Area Disinfection Using Ultraviolet Light - A surface disinfection system comprising a plurality of independently placeable and controllable portable ultraviolet light emitting assemblies (ULAs), and a control station for remotely controlling the plurality of light assemblies. A cart housing the control station includes a dock for storing and transporting the assemblies. Each assembly includes a tubular UV-C lamp mounted on a portable base unit that includes electronic components for generating power to the lamp, detecting motion within the room being sterilized, detecting fluence levels and for audible alarm, and for wireless communication with the control station which is located outside the room during operation of the system. Using a plurality of ULAs permits strategic placement of the radiation sources to minimize shadows and thereby provides a thorough degree of disinfection. Independent control of the ULAs permits shutting down any unit to minimize the exposure to which UV-degradable materials are subject by repeated disinfections over time. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305788 | Detection of Neutrinos - A flux detection apparatus can include a radioactive sample having a decay rate capable of changing in response to interaction with a first particle or a field, and a detector associated with the radioactive sample. The detector is responsive to a second particle or radiation formed by decay of the radioactive sample. The rate of decay of the radioactive sample can be correlated to flux of the first particle or the field. Detection of the first particle or the field can provide an early warning for an impending solar event. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305789 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS - A method and a device are provided for evaluating quality of radiopharmaceutical preparations. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305790 | PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS - Provided is a particle beam irradiation apparatus capable of highly reliable measurement of a dose of each beam and capable of highly sensitive measurement of a leakage dose caused by momentary beam emission. The particle beam irradiation apparatus according to the present invention includes: an emission control portion that controls emission and termination of a particle beam; a control portion that sequentially changes an irradiation position of the particle beam relative to an affected area; first and second dosimeters that measure dose rates of the particle beam directed to the affected area; and an abnormality determination portion that accumulates the dose rates output from the first and second dosimeters for each of predetermined determination periods to calculate first and second sectional dose measurement values and that performs second abnormality determination of determining that there is an abnormality and outputs an interlock signal for terminating the emission of the particle beam in at least one of a case in which the first sectional dose measurement value exceeds a predetermined first reference range and a case in which the second sectional dose measurement value exceeds a predetermined second reference range. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305791 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A flat panel detector has an imaging area, in which pixels are arrayed in a matrix and signal lines for reading out electric signals from the pixels are provided, to detect an image of a subject from x-rays which are incident on the imaging area after penetrating the subject. Detective elements are arranged in the imaging area, to output electric signals corresponding to incident x-rays. Based on previously stored sensitivity data on the detective elements, high-sensitivity elements are selected from among the detective elements. The start of radiation and the end of radiation of x-rays toward the imaging area are detected by monitoring the electric signals from the selected high-sensitivity elements, to control operation of the imaging device on the basis of the detected start and end of radiation. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305792 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An x-ray image detector monitors the intensity of incident x-rays to detect an end of radiation from an x-ray source when the x-ray intensity decreases to a threshold level or less. The x-ray intensity gets down to zero with a variable time lag from the start of decreasing, called radiation wave tail. Depending on the gradient of declivity in time curve of the decreasing x-ray intensity, calculated at the time when the end of radiation is detected, the x-ray image detector decides a delay time from the end-of-radiation detection time to a reading start time to start reading signal charges from the image detector. Thus, the reading start time may be adjusted to the point when the x-ray intensity gets down to zero, which will improve S/N ratio and prevent shading artifacts. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305793 | ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRICAL COHERENT VERIFICATION PHANTOM (VIRTUAL PATIENT) WITH A FLAT DETECTOR DISPOSED ON A ROTARY AXIS INTEGRATED IN A MULTI PURPOSE QC-ACCESSORY - A quality control accessory (QC accessory) is provided which is adapted for use in linear accelerator quality control or in verification of an arbitrary isocentric radiation treatment plan of a patient or radiation sensitive body. The accessory includes an absorber, a detector and an optional orientation device. The absorber is rotationally symmetric, preferably spherical or hemispherical. The detector is adapted to be fixed in a stationary spatial relationship with respect to the absorber. The optional orientation device is adapted to maintain the two dimensional detector (2d detector) and the absorber in a fixed relative spatial relationship with respect to the beam focus of the linear accelerator, when the gantry is rotated, so that the central axis of the beam is essentially orthogonal to the 2d detector and the phantom axis of symmetry is parallel to or aligned with the central axis of the gantry rotation axis. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305794 | Apparatus for Counting Ions, and Method for Counting Ions - An apparatus for counting the number of ions emitted by an ion source of a handheld domestic appliance is disclosed. The apparatus includes a collector housing for collecting ions impinging on the inner surface of the collector housing and a determining means coupled with the collector housing for determining the number of ions collected by the collector housing. The collector housing has an input opening dimensioned such that the domestic appliance is at least partially insertable into the collector housing via input opening. A method for counting the number of ions emitted by an ion source of a handheld domestic appliance is also disclosed. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305795 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ION SOURCES, ION CONTROL AND ION MEASUREMENT FOR MACROMOLECULES - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, processes and other inventions relating to: ion sources with controlled electro-pneumatic superposition, ion source synchronized to RF multipole, ion source with charge injection, optimized control in active feedback system, radiation supported charge-injection liquid spray, ion source with controlled liquid injection as well as various embodiments and combinations of each of the foregoing. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305796 | PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS - Provided is a particle beam irradiation apparatus that can measure and display a dose two-dimensional distribution during scan with a simple configuration, while reducing degradation of a particle beam shape. The particle beam irradiation apparatus according to the present invention includes: a beam generation portion that generates a particle beam; a beam emission control portion that controls emission of the particle beam; a beam scanning portion that two-dimensionally scans the particle beam; a sensor portion including a plurality of first linear electrodes arranged in parallel in a first direction and a plurality of second linear electrodes arranged in parallel in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a beam shape calculation portion that calculates a center of gravity of the particle beam from a first signal output from each of the first linear electrodes and a second signal output from each of the second linear electrodes and that obtains a two-dimensional beam shape of the particle beam around the center of gravity; a storage portion that accumulates and stores the two-dimensional beam shapes; and a display portion that displays the two-dimensional beam shapes as a two-dimensional distribution of a dose. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305797 | METHOD AND PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE FOR FOCUSING A PARTICLE BEAM - A system is provided for focusing a particle beam onto an irradiation position on a surface of an object and for imaging and/or processing the surface. The described system is based on the consideration that the focusing of a particle beam generated in the particle beam device onto the surface of an object is intended to be effected in a manner dependent on the height profile of the surface. Accordingly, parameters for setting the focusing in a manner dependent on the height profile of the surface should be chosen. During scanning of the particle beam over the surface of the object, the focusing for each scanning point is set using the parameters in such a way that the best possible focusing can be achieved. In order to achieve this, the described system provides for taking account of the height profile of the surface of the object when choosing the parameters. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305798 | CHARGED PARTICLE MULTI-BEAMLET APPARATUS - The invention relates to a method and a device for manipulation of one or more charged particle beams of a plurality of charged particle beamlets in a charged particle multi-beamlet apparatus. The manipulator device comprises a planar substrate comprising an array of through openings in the plane of the substrate, each of these through openings is arranged for passing the at least one charged particle beamlet there through, wherein each of the through openings is provided with one or more electrodes arranged around the through opening, and a electronic control circuit for providing control signals to the one or more electrodes of each through opening, wherein the electronic control circuit is arranged for providing the one or more electrodes of each individual through opening with an at least substantially analog adjustable voltage. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305799 | PORTABLE ION GENERATOR - An ion generator is disclosed. The ion generator has improved portability and ion generation efficiency. As is apparent from the above description, the ion generator according to the present invention is configured so that the discharge unit is constituted by the felts, and the piezoelectric element, not the coil type transformer, is used in the high voltage generation unit which generates high voltage. Consequently, the present invention has the effect of improving portability of the ion generator and the present invention has the effect of improving ion generation efficiency although the portability of the ion generator is improved by configuring the ion generator according to the present invention so that the discharge unit is constituted by the felts, and the piezoelectric element, not the coil type transformer, is used in the high voltage generation unit which generates high voltage. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305800 | Holder and Tool For Radioisotope Elution System - A holder for a vial containing a sterile liquid for use with a radiopharmaceutical elution system includes a holder body. The body has a top, an opposing bottom, an opening in the top and a vial chamber. The vial chamber extends from the opening in the top toward the bottom and is sized and shaped for receiving the vial therein. An access opening extends through the bottom to the vial chamber and is aligned with a septum of the elution vial when the sterile vial is received in the vial chamber. A cap is removably secured to the top of the holder body for selectively opening and closing the vial chamber. The holder body includes plastic and has a density less than the density of the cap. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305801 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND MULTI-CHANNEL FLUORESCENCE DETECTION APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A fluorescence detecting optical system, and a multi-channel fluorescence detection apparatus comprising same, comprising a light source that emits excitation light, a polarizer that transmits light having a predetermined polarization component, a polarizing beam splitter that transmits light having a predetermined polarization component and reflects light having a different polarization component than the predetermined polarization component, and a quarter-wave plate converting linearly polarized to circularly polarized light or vice versa. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305802 | Nanoparticles and Methods of Generating Coherent Emission Therefrom - Nanoparticles with a metal or metallic core and an outer shell comprising a matrix and a dopant. For example, a nanoparticle can have a gold core and outer shell comprising silica and an organic dye. Such nanoparticles can have use in, for example, optical communication applications, chemical and biosensing applications, and imaging applications. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305803 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SETTING A SUITABLE EVALUATION PARAMETER FOR A FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE - A method for setting an evaluation parameter for a fluorescence microscope includes exciting dye particles in a sample to fluoresce and detecting fluorescent light from the particles. A graphical representation of a distribution of the fluorescent light is determined and a signal is generated for use in displaying the graphical representation on a display unit. Each subregion of the graphical representation is associated with a comparison value that is representative of a light quantity in the subregion. A predefined threshold is used as an evaluation parameter and compared to the comparison values. The subregions having a comparison value that is greater than the threshold value are marked on the display unit with predefined markings. The threshold value is changed and the comparison values are compared to the changed threshold value. The marked regions are defined as events and a complete image of the sample is obtained based on the events. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305804 | DOORKNOB STERILIZATION APPARATUS - A doorknob sterilization apparatus having a housing, an ultraviolet radiation source disposed within the housing, wherein the apparatus is designed to direct a quantity of ultraviolet radiation to an existing doorknob. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305805 | LASER APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a laser apparatus having a structure for facilitating the change of a transparent wavelength band of a bandpass filter in accordance with a central wavelength of pulsed light. In the laser apparatus, the transparent wavelength band of light to be transmitted through a BPF is changed according to the central wavelength of the pulsed light when the pulse width of the pulsed light outputted from a seed light source is changed. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305806 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention relates to a light source apparatus. The light source apparatus has an MOPA configuration and comprises a seed light source, a pulse generator, an intermediate optical amplifier, a final stage optical amplifier, a delivery optical fiber, and a light output terminal. The delivery optical fiber is a PBG fiber having a photonic bandgap (PBG) structure in a core-surrounding portion located around the core. Light with a wavelength in a high loss band of the PBG fiber is inputted into the PBG fiber. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305807 | Assembly for Precision Datum Alignment and Method of Use - A calibration assembly has a base and mounting elements to mount the base to a laser. The base has a front, middle and rear portions that are used to align the calibration assembly to the laser to cleave optical fibers with the laser. The front portion has a channel to receive the optical fibers, the middle portion has openings to confirm alignment of the laser; and the rear portion has a rear opening used to adjust the pitch and roll of the laser. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305808 | MICROWAVE PROCESSING CHAMBER - An apparatus includes a chamber configured to support a number of quasi-orthogonal resonant modes, and at least one antenna assembly, where the antenna assembly includes an antenna having a radiating element, where (i) the antenna has predominantly linear polarization of radiation defined by a polarization plane, (ii) the radiating element is disposed within the chamber such that the polarization plane is not parallel and not perpendicular to the plane containing a primary axis of the chamber and a central point of the radiating element, and (iii) each antenna is coupled to the chamber through a designated surface of the chamber and coupled to a source of microwave or radio frequency energy external to the chamber having a nominal operating frequency. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305809 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT - An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light is used with a first laser device for outputting a first laser beam. The apparatus includes a second laser device for outputting a second laser beam, a beam adjusting unit for causing beam axes of the first and second laser beams to substantially coincide with each other, a chamber, a target supply unit for supplying target materials into the chamber, a laser beam focusing optical system for focusing the first laser beam on the target material for plasma generation, an optical detection system for detecting the second laser beam and light from plasma, a focus position correction mechanism for correcting a first laser beam focusing position, and a target supply position correction mechanism for correcting a target material supplying position, and a controller for the focus position correction mechanism and the target supply position correction mechanism based on the optical detection system's detection. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305810 | Laser-Produced-Plasma EUV Light Source - Devices and corresponding methods of use are described herein that may include an enclosing structure defining a closed loop flow path and a system generating a plasma at a plasma site, e.g. laser produced plasma system, where the plasma site may be in fluid communication with the flow path. For the device, a gas may be disposed in the enclosing structure which may include an ion-stopping buffer gas and/or an etchant. A pump may be provided to force the gas through the closed loop flow path. One or more heat exchangers removing heat from gas flowing in the flow path may be provided. In some arrangements, a filter may be used to remove at least a portion of a target species from gas flowing in the flow path. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305811 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION SYSTEM - An apparatus used with a laser apparatus may include a chamber, a target supply for supplying a target material to a region inside the chamber, a laser beam focusing optical system for focusing a laser beam from the laser apparatus in the region, and an optical system for controlling a beam intensity distribution of the laser beam. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305812 | SPECT TARGETED VOLUME MOLECULAR IMAGING USING MULTIPLE PINHOLE APERTURES - A computed tomography apparatus is provided that includes a single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) multi-pinhole collimator, where the multi-pinhole collimator includes an aperture plate and a grid pattern of pinholes disposed in the aperture plate, and the pinholes include through-holes each having a central axis pointing at a common focal point at a finite distance from the aperture plate. The multi-pinhole collimator is disposed for radionuclide imaging using nuclear medicine therapies that include TI-201, Tc-99m, I-123, In-111 or I-131. Here, the radionuclide imaging can include brain radionuclide imaging, cardiac radionuclide imaging, bladder radionuclide imaging, thyroid radionuclide imaging, breast radionuclide imaging, prostate gland radionuclide imaging, or adrenal gland radionuclide imaging. The grid pattern includes up to 5 pinholes across the aperture plate and up to 4 pinholes down the aperture plate. The aperture plate includes a form factor having dimensions that fit into an imaging SPECT scanner. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305813 | ARRANGEMENT FOR AUTOMATIC HANDLING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS - An arrangement for automatic handling of a radioactive material includes a shielding unit, at least one handling unit arranged inside the shielding unit, and an operating unit arranged outside the shielding unit and configured to operate the at least one handling unit. Only the handling unit or parts of the handling unit are in contact with the radioactive material. The arrangement for automatic handling of radioactive materials can be used for fully automatic process control, including physical and/or chemical operations, on radioactive fluids inside shielding. Self-shielded synthesis modules or dispensers can thus be provided for handling and processing radioactive fluids. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305814 | RESET CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A reset circuit includes a power supply, a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) that has a gate, a drain, and a source, a capacitor, a Schmitt trigger; and an inverter. When a voltage of the power supply is applied to the gate and turns on the MOSFET, the power supply charges the capacitor. After a predetermined delay time, a voltage of the capacitor reaches a threshold voltage of the Schmitt trigger and turns on the Schmitt trigger, and the capacitor discharges through the Schmitt trigger to correspondingly generate a reset signal output by the inverter to reset an electronic device. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305815 | METHODS FOR MEASURING AT LEAST ONE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF A COMPONENT - In some embodiments, an inspection system includes a movable collimated light source, a sensing device, a positioning device and a retention mount. The movable collimated light source defines a source optical path and is capable of causing a collimated light beam to propagate along the source optical path. The sensing device defines a sensor optical path. The positioning device includes a positioning device stage that is movably disposed relative to the positioning device, sensing device and movable collimated light source. The retention mount is non-movably disposed on the positioning device stage and disposed within the sensor optical path such that when an item is retained within the retention mount, the item blocks at least a portion of the collimated light beam. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305816 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTUATABLE VALVE - An electrically actuatable valve for injecting fuel includes a magnetic actuator having multiple components, at least one component of the magnetic actuator having multiple sectors made of soft magnetic material and multiple insulating separating webs. A separating web is situated between each two neighboring sectors and entirely separates the neighboring sectors from one another electrically. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305817 | MODULAR FLOW REGULATOR WITH BACKLASH PREVENTION ASSEMBLY - A flow regulator comprising a needle valve assembly secured in a molded valve body having offset mounting flanges to permit a variety of flow control and monitoring components to be secured thereto. The valve body has parallel inlet and outlet passageways connected by a transverse passageway, with a metal ring forming a valve seat molded into the valve body around the transverse passageway. A valve stem mounted within a valve stem receiver by a support member is selectively advanceable against and away from the valve seat to control flow therethrough. A lateral expander positioned in a slot in the valve stem is compressed axially upon rotation of the valve stem causing the expander to expand in the slot to secure the valve stem in place relative to the support member. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305818 | ACTIVE AERO SHUTTERS - A shutter set includes a first vane and a first vane stop. The first vane is moveable between a first position and a second position. The first vane stop is selectively moveable between a locking position and a free position, relative to the first vane. The first vane stop is configured to apply a bias force or is configured to bias the first vane by a predetermined clearance distance when the first vane stop is in the locking position, and is configured to allow movement of the first vane between the first position and the second position when the first vane stop is in the free position. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305819 | SWITCH FOR PNEUMATIC TOOL - Used in a pneumatic tool having an air intake passage and a gas control member set in the air intake passage, a switch is disclosed to include a valve seat set in the air intake passage and movable into contact with or away from the gas control member and defining an air hole, and a valve rod inserted through the air hole of the valve seat and biasable to stop a positioning portion thereof against the air hole or to move the positioning portion away from the air hole. When the positioning portion of the valve rod is stopped against the valve seat and the valve seat is stopped against the gas control member, the air intake passage is blocked. When the valve rod is biased relative to the valve seat, the positioning portion is moved away from the air hole of the valve seat for allowing a compressed gas to pass through the air hole, and when the valve rod is biased further to carry the valve seat away from the gas control member, the compressed gas is allowed to pass between the valve seat and the gas control member. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305820 | COUPLING ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A VALVE ASSEMBLY - A coupling assembly includes a keyed coupling configured to couple to a valve stem and a plate configured to couple to a knob. The keyed coupling includes a projection having a cross-sectional shape. The plate includes a keyed slot defined therethrough. The keyed slot is shaped to correspond to the cross-sectional shape of the projection to receive at least a portion of the projection when the plate is coupled to the valve stem. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305821 | OPERATING DEVICE - An operating device includes: an operating portion provided in a casing so as to be swingable; hydraulic pilot valves and configured to operate by causing the operating portion to swing; and damper portions configured to generate resistance force with respect to a swing operation of the operating portion when the operating portion is caused to swing. Each of the damper portions is configured to generate friction torque in such a manner that a plurality of swing friction plates configured to swing in accordance with the operating portion is pressed by a pressing spring in a direction perpendicular to a swing direction of the operating portion against a plurality of fixed friction plates configured to be prevented from swinging. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305822 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL VALVE HAVING AN INTEGRAL NON-CONTACT NOISE MITIGATION DEVICE - An electronic control valve having a valve stationary portion defining a substantially central bore extending along an axis of the valve, and a valve train including a movable member of the valve. The valve train moveable member is disposed in the central bore, and the valve train is adapted for reciprocal movement along the axis. A mass is engaged is with the valve train and adapted for reciprocal movement along the axis. A biasing means is disposed between the valve train and the mass. Reciprocal movements of the mass along the axis induced by forces exerted along the axis by the valve train are transmitted through the biasing means, whereby reciprocal movement of the valve train along the axis is dynamically reduced by the mass. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305823 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - A fuel injection valve ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120305824 | Valve Device Having a Valve Closing Member Guided by Means of a Cardan Joint - A valve device of a device of a vehicle, actuated by a pressure medium has at least one valve closing member that can be brought by a valve member into an open or a closed position with respect to a valve seat for releasing or closing a flow cross section for the pressure medium. The valve closing member is connected to the valve member by at least one Cardan joint, such that the valve closing member can pivot spatially relative to the valve member. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305825 | ENGINE VALVE FOR AUTOMOBILE MADE OF TITANIUM ALLOY EXCELLENT IN HEAT RESISTANCE - The present invention provides an engine valve for an automobile made of titanium alloy which is excellent in heat resistance, which engine valve for an automobile made of titanium alloy comprises, by mass %, Al: 5.5% to less than 6.5%, Sn: 1.5% to less than 5.0%, Zr: 4.6% to less than 6.0%, Mo: 0.3% to less than 0.5%, Si: 0.35% to less than 0.60%, O: 0.05% to less than 0.14%, Fe+Ni+Cr: 0.01% to less than 0.07%, and a balance of titanium and unavoidable impurities. By being provided with such ingredients, the valve is excellent in room temperature ductility and impact resistance after high temperature exposure in addition to creep resistance and high temperature fatigue strength exceeding a conventional engine valve and can withstand use at a higher temperature and longer time than in the past. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305826 | CLOSED-CELL EXPANDED ARTICLE BASED ON EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENE, METHOD AND PLANT TO OBTAIN SAID ARTICLE - An article based on extruded polystyrene, in the form of a slab, panel or flexible sheet to make heat insulations is made with re-granulated polystyrene from industrial working or production scrap, or from primary production plants. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305827 | POROUS MATERIALS BASED ON AROMATIC AMINES - The invention relates to a porous material comprising at least one polyfunctional isocyanate (a1) and at least one polyfunctional substituted aromatic amine (a2-s) of the general formula I | 2012-12-06 |
20120305828 | VIBRATION-INSULATING RUBBER COMPOSITION - A vibration-insulating rubber composition includes: a rubber component (A) that is composed of an isoprene-based rubber; a rubber component (B) that is composed of a butadiene-based rubber; carbon black that is present mainly in the rubber component (B); and silica that is present mainly in the rubber component (A). The rubber composition exhibits improved durability without suffering from deterioration of vibration-insulation characteristics. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305829 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISORDERED POROUS SILICON DIOXIDE - A method for manufacturing a disordered porous silicon dioxide material including applying a fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether as an additive. The fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether has a formula of RO—(CH | 2012-12-06 |
20120305830 | HEAT TRANSFER COMPOSITIONS - The invention provides a heat transfer composition consisting essentially of from about 45 to about 58% by weight trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R-1234ze(E)) and from about 42 to about 55% by weight of 1,1-difluoroethane (R-152a). The invention also provides a heat transfer composition comprising from about 40 to about 60% by weight R-152a, from about 5 to about 50% R-134a, and from about 5 to about 50% by weight R-1234ze(E). | 2012-12-06 |
20120305831 | Compositions for Deicing/Anti-Icing - A non-toxic deicing/anti-icing fluid includes at least 20% by weight of a freeze point depressant selected from short chain polyols having 3 to 5 carbon atoms. The fluid further includes at least 10% by weight of water, a thickener, a surfactant, and a pH moderator. The fluid meets the requirements of SAE/AMS 1428 or its revisions for a non-Newtonian, Type II, III, or IV aircraft deicing/anti-icing fluid. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305832 | HYDROXYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND SALTS - Compositions which inhibit corrosion and alter the physical properties of concrete (admixtures) are prepared from salt mixtures of hydroxycarboxylic acids, carboxylic acids, and nitric acid. The salt mixtures are prepared by neutralizing acid product mixtures from the oxidation of polyols using nitric acid and oxygen as the oxidizing agents. Nitric acid is removed from the hydroxycarboxylic acids by evaporation and diffusion dialysis. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305833 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL - An n-type thermoelectric conversion material that has a high Seebeck coefficient, a low electric resistivity, and a large power factor includes, as its main constituent, a metal material mainly containing Ni, and includes an oxide material containing Sr, Ti, and a rare-earth element in the range of about 10 wt % to about 30 wt %. The oxide material is a SrTiO | 2012-12-06 |
20120305834 | Negative Electrode Material for Nonaqueous Electrolyte Secondary Batteries and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The present invention provides a negative electrode material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which can improve the cycle properties of a lithium ion secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the negative electrode material. The negative electrode material comprises at least two types of powdery alloy materials A and B in which powdery alloy material A contains Co, Sn, and Fe and does not contain Ti and powdery alloy material B contains Fe, Ti, and Sn, and the proportion of the mass of powdery alloy material B to the sum of the mass of powdery alloy material A and the mass of powdery alloy material B is at least 10 mass % and at most 30 mass %. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305835 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery provided by the present invention is obtained by mixing a nickel-containing lithium-manganese complex oxide having a spinel structure and an aluminum- and/or magnesium-containing lithium-nickel complex oxide having a lamellar structure. The lamellar-structure lithium-nickel complex oxide is a compound represented by general formula LiNi | 2012-12-06 |
20120305836 | METHODS AND CATALYSTS FOR DEOXYGENATING BIOMASS-DERIVED PYROLYSIS OIL - Embodiments of methods and catalysts for deoxygenating a biomass-derived pyrolysis oil are provided. The method comprises the step of contacting the biomass-derived pyrolysis oil with a first deoxygenating catalyst in the presence of hydrogen at first predetermined hydroprocessing conditions to form a first low-oxygen biomass-derived pyrolysis oil effluent. The first deoxygenating catalyst comprises a neutral catalyst support, nickel, cobalt, and molybdenum. The first deoxygenating catalyst comprises nickel in an amount calculated as an oxide of from about 0.1 to about 1.5 wt. %. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305837 | RECOVERY OF ALUMINA TRIHYDRATE DURING THE BAYER PROCESS USING SCLEROGLUCAN - The invention provides methods and compositions for improving the production of alumina. The invention involves adding a product containing one or more polysaccharides to liquor within the fluid circuit of the production process, where one of the polysaccharides is scleroglucan. The use of scleroglucan can impart a number of advantages including at least some of: greater flocculation effectiveness, increasing the maximum effective dosage, faster settling rate. The production process can be a Bayer process. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305838 | Polyelectrolyte-Coated Size-Exclusion Ion-Exchange Particles - A polyelectrolyte-coated particle, devices for using the particle, methods for using the particle for separating PCR reaction products and/or DNA sequencing reaction products, and compositions for coating the particle are provided. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305839 | DOPED HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIAL - A doped hydrogen storage material according to the general formula: | 2012-12-06 |
20120305840 | CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBING SOLUTION - An object of the present invention is to provide a carbon dioxide absorbing solution capable of avoiding precipitation of a product formed by the reaction with carbon dioxide. The absorbing solution is an aqueous solution characterized by containing an amino acid salt comprising at least one carboxylic acid salt connected to a heterocyclic ring including at least one nitrogen atom as the ring member atom. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305841 | Bleach Tablet - A method of making a bleach tablet includes mixing ingredients by weight that include 35 to 85% hypochlorite calcium/sodium, 0 to 80% bleach activator, 1 to 50% layered silicate and/or alkali metal silicate, 0 to 25% sodium/potassium bicarbonate, 5 to 45% by weight sodium dichloroisocyanurate, 0 to 5% disintegrating agent, 0 to 10% polymer, and 0 to 2% improvement additives; adding a builder compound to the mixed ingredients in an amount from 1% to 80% by weight; compressing the mixed ingredients to form the bleach tablet; and spraying a binder on the bleach tablet. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305842 | WATER ABSORBING AGENT, WATER ABSORBENT CORE USING THE AGENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR WATER ABSORBING AGENT - A water absorbing agent of the present invention has an internal crosslinking structure obtained by polymerization of a water-soluble unsaturated monomer. The agent satisfies conditions (a) to (d): (a) the agent contains water-insoluble inorganic particles at an amount of from 10 ppm to 1,900 ppm inclusive; (b) the agent contains 5 mass % or less particles which have such a size that they can pass through a sieve having a mesh opening size of 150 μm; (c) the agent has an absorbency against a pressure of 4.83 kPa (AAP) of 18 g/g or more; and (d) the water-insoluble inorganic particles reside on a surface of the water absorbing resin or near the surface. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305843 | LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM - The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, | 2012-12-06 |
20120305844 | BETA-SIALON FLUORESCENT MATERIAL, USES THEREOF, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE BETA-SIALON FLUORESCENT MATERIAL - The present invention provides a β-SiAlON phosphor that contains a β-SiAlON represented by a general formula Si | 2012-12-06 |
20120305845 | SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLE PRODUCTION METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLE, AND PHOSPHOR USING THE SAME - A method of producing a semiconductor nanoparticle of the present invention includes a core formation step of heating a first solution including group 13 element-containing fatty acid salt, a group 13 element-containing halide, and alkali metal amide to obtain a nanoparticle core made of a group 13 element-containing nitride, and a shell formation step of heating a second solution including the nanoparticle core, group 13 element-containing fatty acid salt, and alkali metal amide to obtain a semiconductor nanoparticle having the nanoparticle core covered with a shell layer made of a group 13 element-containing nitride. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305846 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRESERVING RNA IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - The present invention concerns methods and compositions to prepare biological samples to preserve the macromolecules in the samples. Embodiments of the invention concern the use of a soak solution that contains one or more water-miscible solvents. A sample is incubated with the soak solution to the point of saturation at a temperature above the melting temperature of the water-miscible solvent but below 0° C. The use of methods and compositions of the invention allow for subsequent preparation or analysis of the samples. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305847 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD OF OPERATING A HEAT EXCHANGER - A method of operating a heat exchange device downstream of a gasification reactor for the partial combustion of a carbonaceous feed for the production of synthetic gas. The produced synthetic gas flows through the heat exchange device with a flow velocity which is adjusted as a function of the composition and/or particle size of fouling components carried by the synthetic gas, in particular fly ash. A heat exchange device comprising a channel surrounding one or more heat exchange surfaces and having an adjustable flow-through capacity. The heat exchange surfaces can, e.g., be cylindrical and be coaxially nested, the inner heat exchange surface defining an inner channel with one or more closing members, which are moveable between a closing position and an opening position. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305848 | HYDROMETHANATION OF A CARBONACEOUS FEEDSTOCK - The present invention relates to processes for hydromethanating a carbonaceous feedstock to an acid gas-depleted methane-enriched synthesis gas, with improved efficiency of the acid gas removal treatment. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305849 | Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Composition for Anti-Corrosive Coating Agent and Manufacturing Method for the Same - The present invention relates to a composition for an anti-corrosive coating agent and a manufacturing method for same. The present invention includes: a metal flake; a sol-gel resin; a polyurethane prepolymer having NCO % of 2.5-3.1 and average molecular weight of 70,000-100,000; and a solvent. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305850 | USE OF PHOTOSENSITIVE MOLECULES AND METAL COMPLEXES AS OXYGEN SCAVENGER ELEMENTS - An oxygen scavenger composition for food packaging application comprising (I) a polymeric resin, (II) one or more oligomeric photosensitizers, (III) a metal salt, preferably Cu stearate or Mn stearate; (IV) a sacrificial oxidizable substrate, and optionally (V) additional components. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305851 | Materials for Organic Electroluminescent Devices - The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, and to electronic devices which contain these compounds. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305852 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT POLYMERS, PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to electroluminescent polymers which comprise indenofluorenarylamine derivatives as recurring units, to a process for the preparation thereof, to blends and formulations comprising these polymers, and to the use of these polymers or blends in electronic devices, in particular in organic light-emitting diodes, so-called OLEDs. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305853 | SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS - The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzodithiophene or derivatives thereof, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305854 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING SUBSTITUTED PENTACENES - The invention relates to a process of preparing substituted pentacenes, to novel pentacenes prepared by this process, to the use of the novel pentacenes as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors (FETs), electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices, and to FETs and other semiconducting components or materials comprising the novel pentacenes. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305855 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A positive electrode material for a secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the same are provided, in which manganese fluorophosphate containing lithium or sodium can be used as an electrode material. That is, a positive electrode material for a lithium/sodium battery is provided, in which intercalation/deintercalation of sodium/lithium ions is possible due to a short lithium diffusion distance caused by nanosizing of particles. Furthermore, a positive electrode material for a lithium/sodium battery is provided, which has electrochemical activity due to an increase in electrical conductivity by effective carbon coating. | 2012-12-06 |
20120305856 | METHOD FOR PREPARING Li4NbxTi5-xO12/C NANOCOMPOSITE AS AN ANODE MATERIAL FOR LI-ION BATTERIES - A method for preparing a Li | 2012-12-06 |