| 45th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
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| 20080274827 | GOLF BALL - A golf ball component, such as a golf ball cover layer, formed from a high or increased melt index thermoplastic polyurethane, polyurea or polyurethane/polyurea is disclosed. The cover layer may be relatively thin (i.e., 0.075 or less, preferably 0.050 inches or less, more preferably less than 0.040 inches, even more preferably less than 0.030 inches). In addition, an operation in which the outer cover is exposed to an isocyanate solution is described to improve certain physical properties of the resulting golf ball. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274828 | GOLF BALL COMPOSITIONS - Golf balls comprising a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a dual- or multi-layer core, wherein at least one layer is formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a benzoquinone. The core layer formed from such rubber composition has a positive hardness gradient such that the difference between the layer's outer surface hardness and inner surface hardness is 5 Shore C units or greater. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274829 | GOLF BALL COMPOSITIONS - Golf balls comprising a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a dual- or multi-layer core, wherein at least one layer is formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a resorcinol. The core layer formed from such rubber composition has a positive hardness gradient such that the difference between the layer's outer surface hardness and inner surface hardness is 5 Shore C units or greater. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274830 | GOLF BALL COMPOSITIONS - Golf balls comprising a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a dual- or multi-layer core, wherein at least one layer is formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a quinhydrone. The core layer formed from such rubber composition has a positive hardness gradient such that the difference between the layer's outer surface hardness and inner surface hardness is 5 Shore C units or greater. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274831 | GOLF BALL COMPOSITIONS - Golf balls comprising a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a dual- or multi-layer core, wherein at least one layer is formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber, a free radical initiator, and a hydroquinone. A ratio of the amount of the hydroquinone present in the rubber composition, measured in parts by weight, to the amount of free radical initiator present in the rubber composition, measured in parts by weight, is generally from 0.05 to 2. The core layer formed from such rubber composition has a positive hardness gradient such that the difference between the layer's outer surface hardness and inner surface hardness is 5 Shore C units or greater. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274832 | Golf Ball Compositions - Golf balls consisting of a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a solid, single-layer core formed from a rubber composition comprising a resorcinol. The core has a positive hardness gradient such that the difference between the core's surface hardness and the core's center hardness is 25 Shore C units or greater and/or the core has a diameter of from 1.51 inches to 1.59 inches. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274833 | Golf Ball Compositions - Golf balls consisting of a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a solid, single-layer core formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a benzoquinone. The core has a positive hardness gradient such that the difference between the core's surface hardness and the core's center hardness is 25 Shore C units or greater and/or the core has a diameter of from 1.51 inches to 1.59 inches. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274834 | GOLF BALL COMPOSITIONS - Golf balls comprising a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a dual- or multi-layer core, wherein at least one layer is formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a catechol. The core layer formed from such rubber composition has a positive hardness gradient such that the difference between the layer's outer surface hardness and inner surface hardness is 5 Shore C units or greater. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274835 | Golf Ball Compositions - Golf balls consisting of a core and a cover are disclosed. The core is a solid, single-layer core formed from a rubber composition comprising a catechol. The core has a positive hardness gradient such that the difference between the core's surface hardness and the core's center hardness is 25 Shore C units or greater and/or the core has a diameter of from 1.51 inches to 1.59 inches. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274836 | Golf Tee - A golf tee includes a tip portion that is adapted to be driven into the ground, a body portion that is adapted to stabilize and erect the golf tee and a ball support portion that is adapted to stably support a golf ball. The ball support portion comprises a hollow sleeve, a projection onto which the hollow sleeve is tightly fitted, and an annular step that abuts with the sleeve and prevents further movement of the sleeve. The projection and the sleeve may be integrated. The sleeve is flexible whereby the sleeve is not broken when the sleeve is hit by a golf club. The sleeve is cut to have desired size. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274837 | Slope indicator - A slope indicator for fastening to the ground of a putting green to indicate the slope during the game of golf is disclosed to include a housing having a transparent top face and a pointed bottom anchoring rod for fastening to the ground, a fluid sealed in the housing, and a bubble formed in the fluid inside the housing and shifted in the fluid subject to the tilting condition of the housing to give an indication of the slope of the ground to which the slope indicator is fastened. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274838 | Golf ball positioning dispenser for putting practice - The golf ball positioning dispenser for putting practice comprises a hollow tube for holding golf balls. A stop mechanism attached to a body block near the bottom end of the tube dispenses balls one at a time. The stop mechanism includes a pivotally attached biased lever that controls movement of a ball release pin and a ball retention pin into the tube in alternating cycles. The body block is attached to a travel wheel for circumferential travel around a practice hole. A telescoping radial arm is provided to keep travel of the travel wheel a predetermined user selected radial distance from the hole. Cams attached to the wheel engage the biased lever to dispense the golf balls from the tube at predetermined intervals of arc along a circumference of travel. A stand is included to stabilize the tube in an upright position. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274839 | Basketball Rim Attachment - A basketball practice device including a C-shaped ring capable circumferential contraction from its normal unrestrained configuration to reduce the diameter of the rim of a basketball goal including means to facilitate the installation and removal of the same. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274840 | METHOD FOR PLAYING A GAME OF BALL - A ball game platform and a method to play a ball game on said platform are disclosed. The ball game platform comprising a rectangular surface divided into two sections with boundary lines and a middle line, and a dual pole set on one end of the middle line. The method of playing a ball game for two teams of players to play on one section of the platform comprising providing a soft ball being bouncable; setting a set of rules for the game, judging the score according to the rule, breaking tie score by using dual pole and declaring a winner. The rules for the game do not allow the player to touch the ball by hands except in the services and duels. The rules may include the rules of starting the gaming, serving the ball, shooting, and exchanging of field, as well as rules of violations. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274841 | MULTI-MATERIAL COMPOSITE LOCKING UPRIGHT - A composite locking upright having low weight and great rigidity for installation into a playing surface with built-in sleeves. The composite locking upright supports and secures a net at a playing height for athletic sports such as, volleyball, tennis, and badminton. The composite locking upright may have a composite tube, a multi-material tube, an upper and a lower protective collar, and a locking tool. The composite tube may be made of a light-weight, fiber-reinforced composite. The multi-material tube may be made at least in part of the same material and may incorporate at least one abrasion resistant area, which may be a partial or full thickness insert and may be, but is not necessarily, formed of a metal. The multi-material tube is extendable and retractable from the composite. The locking tool locks the multi-material tube with respect to the composite tube and thereby fixes a net at a playing height. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274842 | Sports racket - Defined, is a sport racket with innovative uniform elongated spring bed, uniform man strings and cross strings segments, uniform elongated sweet spot, uniform head structure, innovative robust yoke design, and handle. The sports racquet includes a frame, a yoke and a string-bed. The frame includes a head portion, a handle portion, and a yoke portion positioned between the head and handle portions. The head portion includes an upper region, and first and second side regions. The yoke is coupled to the first and second side regions. The head portion and the yoke define a string bed area. The string bed is formed of a number of cross and main string segments. The main string segments include at least one central main string segment and at least two peripheral main string segments. Each central main string segment has first and second ends wherein the first end engages the head portion and the second end engages the yoke. Each central main string segment is coupled at a proximal end to at least one of the yoke portion. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274843 | Method for Manufacturing a Racquet Frame for Sports Racquet and a Racquet Frame Thereof - A racquet frame has one or more string holes formed therein and a string bed plane, along which the string holes extend. The racquet frame is preferably formed by providing a frame bearing structure, which is aimed at providing flexural stiffness to said racquet frame, and structurally integrating the frame bearing structure with a frame binding structure, which is aimed at providing torsional stiffness to the racquet frame. The mutual integration of the frame bearing structure and the frame binding structure forms a composite frame structure, in which one or more of said string holes may be provided. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274844 | False activation reducing centrifugal activation system - The present invention is directed to a false activation reducing centrifugal activation system. The system is an activation system that may be used to activate a wide variety of functionalities in a wide variety of devices. The functional elements to the system are a device housing, a power supply module, and one or more activation modules that are activated by a particular motion of the housing, such as when the device housing is able to at least partially spin or rotate about one or more axis' of rotation. The disclosed activation modules include a centrifugally activated electronic system that allows a device's functionality to be turned on or off by moving the device's housing in a particular fashion. In this way, a device equipped with the disclosed centrifugally activated electronic system does not need to have a manual ON/OFF switch or fragile mechanical switch. Instead, the disclosed system allows one or more of a device's functionalities to be activated (or de-activated) when the device's housing moves in the proper manner, while reducing unwanted activations that would be caused by slight and/or unintentional movement. Any sort of promotional product may be equipped with the disclosed false activation reducing centrifugal activation system, including, but not limited to, toys for children, pet toys, novelty devices, and corporate giveaways. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274845 | FRONT DERAILLEUR FOR A BICYCLE - A derailleur including an articulated quadrilateral mechanism, having four parallel articulation axes is provided. At a first articulation axis, between a fixed member and a first connecting rod, the fixed member includes a first forked structure embracing the first connecting rod. The first forked structure includes two opposite flanges having respective holes aligned along the first articulation axis, and the first connecting rod includes a hole aligned with the first articulation axis. A pin is inserted through the two holes of the first forked structure and the first connecting rod. The use of the fixed member creates a more favorable distribution of the stresses induced in the first connecting rod and the pin by the traction of the derailleur control cable. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274846 | THIN AUTOTENSIONER - An autotensioner comprises a torsion coil spring interposed between a base and a rocking arm, and a tubular bushing provided between an inside surface of the base and an outside surface of the rocking arm. The torsion coil spring pushes and biases the rocking arm toward the bushing, and brings the pushing direction substantially in coincidence with the axial load direction of the force, acting on a stepped bolt supporting the rocking arm, from a belt. When the belt tension becomes high, the arm axial center displaces slightly from the base axial center, an extremely large first damping force acts on the rocking arm. When the belt tension becomes low, the smaller second damping force acts on the rocking arm. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274847 | BELT TENSIONING DEVICE - A belt tensioning device for a continuous belt drive. The device includes a torsion spring assembly ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274848 | Drive Belt for a Transmission With Convex Pulley Sheaves - A drive belt for continuously variable transmission for motor vehicles is provided with two pulleys, each including two substantially conical pulley sheaves, between which the drive belt can be held at a variable radial position, which drive belt is provided with transverse elements ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274849 | Gear Transmission Unit With Planetary Gears - A planetary type gear transmission unit ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274850 | Transmission apparatus - The present invention relates to a transmission apparatus ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274851 | 8-Speed Transmission - The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets having six torque-transmitting mechanisms, two fixed interconnections and a grounded member. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is selectively connected to at least one of the planetary gear members and an output member that is continuously connected with another one of the planetary gear members. The six torque-transmitting mechanisms provide interconnections between various gear members, the transmission housing and with the input member, and are operated in combinations of three to establish eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274852 | Wide ratio transmissions having multiple gear ratios - The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide at least seven forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets having six or seven torque-transmitting mechanisms and three fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected to at least one of the planetary gear members and an output member that is continuously connected with another one of the planetary gear members. The six or seven torque-transmitting mechanisms provide interconnections between various gear members and with the transmission housing, and are operated in combinations of two to establish at least seven forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274853 | Wide ratio transmission with four planetary gear sets and four brakes - The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide at least eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets having seven torque-transmitting mechanisms and three fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected to at least one of the planetary gear members and an output member that is continuously connected with another one of the planetary gear members. The seven torque-transmitting mechanisms provide interconnections between various gear members and with the transmission housing, and are operated in combinations of two to establish at least eight forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274854 | Trike reverse gear - In an exemplary embodiment a mechanism for providing a gear mechanism having neutral, forward and reverse gear states for a Trike. The operation of the reverse gear mechanism is determined by its structure of conical gears affixed to shafts. The change of gear state is dependent upon causing, by a shifting device, engagement of certain conical gears resulting in certain rotational directions of shafts within the mechanism. In forward gear operation, as shown in FIG. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274855 | Gearless speed reducer or increaser - A gearless speed reducer or increaser consists of an input shaft, an output shaft, and a motor connected to the input shaft. There is an external race connected to one of the shafts, and an internal race attached to the other shaft. Two ball bearings are disposed between the races. After the ball bearings have been inserted, the shafts are tilted relative to each other so that the balls become fixed in pockets created between the races and cannot slide within the races. Rotating one of the shafts thus rotates the other shaft, since the balls do not slip but only rotate between the races. The system acts as a speed reducer or increaser due to the different diameters of the inner and outer races. The system can be uncoupled by pivoting the shafts back into alignment so that the balls can slide freely within the races. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274856 | Method and control device for implementing a startup of a combustion engine in a hybrid vehicle - A method for compensating a transmitted torque of a clutch between a regulated drive motor, in particular an electromotor, and a combustion engine in the transition to an operation using only the drive motor, to hybrid operation in which an overall torque is supplied jointly by the drive motor and the combustion engine, and the engine speed of the drive motor is controlled with the aid of a manipulated variable; to implement the transition, the combustion engine is dragged by coupling it with the drive motor with the aid of a proportional clutch having a controllable transmitted torque, and the control of the engine speed of the drive motor is implemented as a function of the transmitted torque using which the drive motor is coupled with the combustion engine. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274857 | Method for Controlling an Automatic Vehicle Transmission in Order to Reduce Back-and-Forth Shifting - A method of controlling an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle having clutches controlled by an electronic control unit. A transmission rotational speed in an initial transmission stage is determined. If a first transmission shifting rotational speed is reached, the transmission is shifted from the initial transmission stage to a target transmission stage. A target transmission rotational speed of the target transmission stage is then ascertained. A difference is next ascertained between the target transmission rotational speed and a second shifting transmission rotational speed. An initial counter value, of a counter, is determined, which depends on the transmission rotational speed difference. The counter is next caused to carry out counting, from the initial counter value, as time progresses. If and when the counter value reaches zero, the transmission is shifted from the target transmission stage toward the initial transmission stage. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274858 | Neck Trainer and Method of Use - A neck trainer for alleviating head, neck, and shoulder pain, and stretching, strengthening, and developing the core muscles of the neck includes an annular headband section configured to fit snugly on a forehead of the user, around a head of the user and above ears of the user; and an annular weight section delineated from and connected to the annular headband section, above the annular headband section. The annular weight section with the headband section is vertically spaced upwardly so that the annular weight section is disposed substantially at a top of or above the forehead of the user, increasing the moment of force provided by the annular weight section when the user moves the user's head, alleviating head, neck, and shoulder pain, and stretching, strengthening, and developing the core muscles of the neck. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274859 | GIANT TRAINER - A trainer for tap swing and giant swing training (collectively, “giant maneuvers”) on a high bar comprises an engagement rotatably coupled to the high bar, a cantilever affixed to the engagement, an upper support member joined at an obtuse angle to the cantilever, a lower support member pivotally coupled to the upper support member, a foot grasp joined to the lower support member at a location remote from the pivotal coupling to the upper support member, and a safety harness coupled to at least one of the upper support member and the lower support member proximate to the pivotal coupling. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274860 | EXERCISING MACHINE WITH ADJUSTABLE STRIDE LENGTH AND HEIGHT - An exercising machine includes a base frame, a rotary member, left and right rocker link units, left and right foot pedals, left and right cross links, and left and right coupling units. The rotary member is mounted rotatably on the base frame. Each of the left and right rocker link units is coupled pivotably to the base frame. The left and right foot pedals are coupled pivotably and respectively to the left and right rocker link units. Each of the left and right cross links has a length that is adjustable, is coupled pivotably to the rotary member, and is coupled pivotably to a respective one of the left and right rocker link units. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274861 | ELECTRIC TREADMILL WITH A LEVEL METER - The present invention is an electric treadmill. The treadmill includes a base with a tread belt, upright poles, handrails, and a control panel. There is also a level meter assembled at a preset location of the electric treadmill. Levelness of the electric treadmill is detected, and then the treadmill is adjusted to cater to the demands of the user. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274862 | Interactive exerciser - An interactive exerciser including an upper and a lower servomotor both of which are vertically assembled to be an interacting mechanism. The upper servomotor is disposed on a support at the top of a turning shaft of the lower servomotor such that the upper servomotor can be actuated by the lower servomotor to produce a rotation in horizontal direction. Besides, the upper servomotor is perpendicular to the lower servomotor. A rocking bar is vertically disposed on a turning shaft. A target portion with sensors is mounted on the top of the rocking bar. A positioning socket is interposed between the support and the rocking bar for restricting the swinging range of the rocking bar. Accordingly, the sensors are employed to detect the position, movement direction and speed of the external objects (or the operators). Thereafter, a control unit is used to give out a command to control the rotating and swinging action of the upper and the lower servomotor. In this way, the target portion can effectively avoid the approach of external objects. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274863 | MULTIPLE MUSCLE EXERCISING DEVICE - There is provided by this invention a portable, elastic, and resilient exercising sleeve that can be placed around the torso and the extremities of the body for performing muscle strengthening and conditioning exercises that is generally comprised of a large elastic oblong center section having connected at opposite ends thereof a plurality of smaller elastic positioning sections with the large oblong center section and the smaller positioning sections co-joined to form a one piece multiple muscle exercise device. The exercising sleeve is disposed to receive the extremities of the human body for stretching and strengthening the muscles. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274864 | SEAT ADJUSTING MECHANISM OF EXERCISE MACHINES - A seat adjusting mechanism of an exercise machine, of which a sliding rack is provided at bottom side of the seat that is moved relatively against the frame and an adjusting mechanism is arranged in-between a frame and a sliding rack of a seat, which is used to adjust and fix positions of the seat. The adjusting mechanism comprises a clamp-bearing member that extends to the frame and is installed on the location that the seat slides, and a clamping device that includes two clamp arms pivotally installed side by side on the sliding rack. The two clamp arms have their first ends being clamping parts that clamp on the clamp-bearing member, and their second ends being force-bearing parts that are receive foreign forces to have the clamping parts of the two clamp arms clamp with each other so as to clamp on the clamp-bearing member. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274865 | Processing Plant - A machining or processing plant ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274866 | Thermal expansion knife adapter - A thermal expansion knife adapter has a body, a conical shaft connecting sleeve and a conical knife connecting sleeve. The body has a first side and a second side. The conical shaft connecting sleeve is formed on and extends from the first side of the body and has a shaft holding hole defined in the shaft connecting sleeve at an end opposite to the body. The conical knife connecting sleeve is formed on and extends from the second side of the body and has a knife holding hole defined in the knife connecting sleeve at an end opposite to the body and communicating with the shaft holding hole in the shaft connecting sleeve. The knife connecting sleeve is a separate element securely and integrally combined with the body. The material for forming the body and the shaft connecting sleeve is different from that for forming the knife connecting sleeve. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274867 | Bag Manufacturing System with a Storage Device for Storing Tube Pieces - The invention relates to a bag manufacturing system ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274868 | FOLDING CARD - A three ply folding card. A method of manufacturing folding cards involving folding two edge portions of a sheet over a central portion to superposition two or three plies of the folding card against each other. A blank for forming folding cards having a plurality of plies of the folding cards positioned on either side of a fold line, one or more of the plies, and its corresponding ply on the other side of the fold line being oriented differently to the other ply or plies. A sheet comprising a plurality of blanks or arrays of plies for forming folding cards. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274869 | Quartz Glass Blank and Method for Producing Said Blank - The present invention relates to a quartz glass blank for an optical component for transmitting radiation of a wavelength of 15 nm and shorter, the blank consisting of highly pure quartz glass, doped with titanium and/or fluorine, which is distinguished by an extremely high homogeneity. The homogeneity relates to the following features:
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| 20080274870 | Refractory Ceramic Product - The invention relates to a refractory ceramic product which comprises: a) ≧93% by weight of at least one refractory basic component and b) ≦7% by weight of at least one anticorrosive component from the group including: b1) transition metals, b2) compounds of transition metals with each other, b3) non-oxidic compounds of transition metals, b4) oxidic compounds of transition metals, b5) compounds of the transition metals with Ca, Ba, Sr. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274871 | JIG FOR CALCINING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A jig for calcining an electronic component including a substrate | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274872 | Corrosion-resistant material manufacturing method - The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an yttria (Y | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274873 | SOLID-STATE HYDROGEN STORAGE MEDIA AND CATALYTIC HYDROGEN RECHARGING THEREOF - A solid-state hydrogen storage material and process for making the material more thoroughly rechargeable. The process entails forming a porous matrix material to contain atoms of a first element and hydrogen atoms, in which the atoms of the first element are capable of bonding with more than one hydrogen atom per atom of the first element, and the atoms of the first element are molecularly arranged within the porous matrix material so that different atoms of the first element are bonded to different numbers of hydrogen atoms at correspondingly different levels of bonding energy. At least some of the hydrogen atoms bonded to the atoms of the first element at the lowest bond energies are then removed without removing hydrogen atoms bonded at higher bond energies, after which atoms of a second element are bonded to those atoms of the first element from which hydrogen atoms were removed. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274874 | SORBENT FOR THE DRY CLEANING OF WASTE GASES CHARGED WITH MERCURY AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - Sorbent for the dry cleaning of waste gases charged with mercury and process for the production thereof. The sorbent includes as an adsorptively acting constituent for example activated carbons or activated cokes which are mixed with sulfur in powder form at ambient temperature, under the action of atmospheric oxygen. The sorbent is distinguished by a given ratio in respect of the median values of the grain size of the adsorptively operative constituent to the sulfur. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274875 | Process for preparation of a MEL-structural-type zeolite - A process for preparation of a MEL-structural-type zeolite that comprises at least the following stages:
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| 20080274876 | Catalyst for reduction of nitrogen oxides - A Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) catalyst was prepared by slurry coating ZSM-5 zeolite onto a cordierite monolith, then subliming an iron salt onto the zeolite, calcining the monolith, and then dipping the monolith either into an aqueous solution of manganese nitrate and cerium nitrate and then calcining, or by similar treatment with separate solutions of manganese nitrate and cerium nitrate. The supported catalyst containing iron, manganese, and cerium showed 80 percent conversion at 113 degrees Celsius of a feed gas containing nitrogen oxides having 4 parts NO to one part NO | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274877 | MERCURY REMOVAL SORBENT - A composition comprising a vanadium oxide compound and an alkali metal promoter loaded onto a porous support material is disclosed. Methods of making and using the composition to remove heavy metals or heavy metal containing compounds from a fluid stream are also provided. Such methods are particularly useful in the removal of mercury and mercury compounds from flue gas streams produced from the combustion of hydrocarbon-containing materials such as coal and petroleum fuels. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274878 | Platinum Based Catalyst for Oxidation/Reduction Reaction and Its Use - Disclosed herein are a platinum-based catalyst for oxidation/reduction reactions and the use thereof. The platinum-based catalyst is prepared by loading a catalyst composition comprising a water-soluble salt of at least one metal selected from among cerium (Ce), zirconium (Zr) and rhenium (Re), on a support comprising at least one selected from among alumina, silica and titania. The disclosed catalyst can be prepared in a simple manner without any particular limitation as to the kind of usable water-soluble platinum salt, and when it is applied to various oxidation reactions, including water gas shift reactions of carbon monoxide, three-way catalytic reactions, and selective oxidation reactions of carbon monoxide, and to reduction reactions, such as reactions of removing nitrogen oxide (NOx), it will show excellent catalytic activity. In particular, the disclosed catalyst shows excellent performance even in a specific temperature range in which it is difficult to apply the prior high-temperature water gas shift reaction catalyst and low-temperature water gas shift reaction catalyst. Also, it can remove carbon monoxide even at high temperatures without the loss of hydrogen caused by methanation, and thus is particularly useful in a hydrogen production process of producing high-purity hydrogen for fuel cells. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274879 | Process of producing an organic catalyst - This invention relates to a process of producing organic catalysts that may comprise iminium or oxaziridinium moieties, cleaning compositions comprising such catalysts; and methods of using such catalysts and cleaning products containing such catalysts. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274880 | HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER SHEET FOR USE IN HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER SYSTEM AND IMAGE-FORMING METHOD USING HEAT-SENSITIVE TRANSFER SYSTEM - A heat-sensitive transfer sheet, comprising a base film, at least three heat-sensitive transfer layers containing heat-sensitively transferable dyes and a resin, and a heat-resistant slipping layer, in which the at least three heat-sensitive transfer layers contains two or more dyes different from each other; the heat-sensitive transfer layers are provided on one face of the base film so as not to be superposed on one another; the heat-sensitive transfer layers contains, as the resin, at least one of a polyvinylbutyral resin and a polyvinyl acetacetal resin, each having a polymerization degree of 200 to 1,000; and at least one of the heat-sensitive transfer layers contains the polyvinylbutyral resin as described above and the polyvinyl acetacetal resin described above, and has a ratio of the polyvinylbutyral to the polyvinyl acetacetal different from those in the other heat-sensitive transfer layers. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274881 | THERMOSENSITIVE TRANSFER INK SHEET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided are a thermosensitive transfer ink sheet making it possible to overcome blocking and sticking and further giving a print having a high Dmax and a high image quality; and an image forming process using the same. The sheet is a thermosensitive transfer ink sheet including a base film which has, over one surface thereof, at least a thermal transfer layer containing a thermally transferable dye and a binder resin, and has, over the other surface thereof, a heat-resistant lubricant layer, wherein the thermal transfer layer comprises a polycondensed aromatic compound having 4 or more rings; and the above-mentioned process is an image forming process using the sheet. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274882 | Insecticides Based on Selected Neonicotinoids and Strobilurins - The present invention relates to novel active compound combinations comprising, as active compounds, firstly an active compound from the group of the neonicotinoids clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiacloprid, dinotefuran, acetamiprid, nitenpyram and thiamethoxam and, secondly, at least one active compound selected from the group of the strobilurin fungicides picoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin, dimoxystrobin, metominostrobin and orysastrobin, to their use as pesticides and as seed dressings for the treatment of seed, to methods for controlling pests and for protecting seed and to seed treated with the active compound combinations according to the invention. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274883 | Fungicidal Mixtures - Fungicidal mixtures comprising
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| 20080274884 | Novel use of (N'-methyl)benzoylurea compound - A method for preventing a plant such as vegetables, corn, cotton, rice, sugar beet or soybean from damage by insect pest after germination of the plant which comprises steps of treating seeds of the plant with a composition containing a (N′-methyl)benzoylurea compound represented by the formula (I): | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274885 | Biodegradable Seed Dressing Formulations - The present invention relates to the use of partially aromatic, biodegradable polyesters for dressing seed, to seed dressing formulations comprising partially aromatic, biodegradable polyesters, to a process for their preparation and to their use for dressing seed. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274886 | TALAROMYCES XYLANASES - Novel polypeptides possessing (endo) xylanase activity are disclosed which can degrade cellulose implant extracts and plant materials. The polypeptides can cleave β-D-xylan polymers at internal (1-4) bonds between adjacent xylopyranosyl units. The amino acid sequence and encoding DNA sequence is given and the polypeptide was used to treat cellulose in the preparation of edible foodstuffs and animal feed. The polypeptides have both arabinoxylanase and xylosidase activity. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274887 | SOLID MOSS CONTROL COMPOSITION - A method of controlling moss by applying to grass infested with moss a dry composition including: a) a source of nitrogen such as isobutylenediurea or methylene urea; b) a non-ionic surfactant or wetting agent; c) a metal containing salt, and d) an acidic pH adjusting agent effective to adjust the pH of the composition to a pH of between 2.5 and 5 when wetted on grass. The dry composition may be a granular composition, and may be applied by broadcasting over a large area. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274888 | N-Acetylcysteine Amide (Nac Amide) for Enhancing Plant Resistance and Tolerance to Environmental Stress - The potent antioxidant N-acetylcysteine amide (NAC amide), or a physiologically acceptable derivative, salt, or ester thereof, is topically or exogenously applied to a plant, or part thereof, to reduce or prevent adverse reactions of plants and crops to environmental biotic and abiotic stresses, such as extremes of temperature, drought, humidity, frost, rain, as well as the presence or invasion of a variety of pests and pathogens. Such environmental stresses can result in oxidative stress and the correlated production (and buildup) of free radicals in plant cells, which damages plant cells and tissues and can lead to plant death. NAC amide reduces, prevents, alleviates, or otherwise counteracts such oxidative stress and free radical production, which adversely effect the overall growth and viability of the plant. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274889 | Cotton event MON 88913 and compositions and methods for detection thereof - The present invention provides a cotton plant MON 88913 compositions and seed. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the cotton plant event MON 88913 based on a DNA sequence and the use of this DNA sequence as a molecular marker in a DNA detection method. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274890 | Method of Producing Suspended Agricultural Chemical Composition - A method of producing a suspended agricultural chemical composition, includes the steps of: grinding an agricultural chemical active ingredient; mixing at least water, a polyalcohol, a mineral salt, and a surfactant to produce a solution; adding to the solution the ground agricultural chemical active ingredient and a suspension stabilizer, to produce a mixture; heating the mixture to 40 to 70° C. while stirring; cooling the heated mixture to 10 to 25° C.; and wet-milling the cooled mixture at 30° C. or below. Alternatively the method includes the steps of: grinding an agricultural chemical active ingredient; mixing at least water, a polyalcohol, a mineral salt, and a surfactant to produce a solution; adding to the solution the ground agricultural chemical active ingredient and a suspension stabilizer to produce a mixture; wet-milling the mixture; heating the wet-milled mixture to 40 to 70° C. while stirring; and cooling the heated mixture. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274891 | SUBSTITUTED PYRIDINE HERBICIDES - Compounds of the formula I | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274892 | Novel Haloalkylsulfonanilide Derivative, Herbicide, and Method of Use Thereof - A haloalkylsulfonanilide derivative represented by the formula (I): {wherein R | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274893 | Spirocyclic 3-Phenyl-3substituted-4-Ketolactams and-lactones - The present invention relates to novel phenyl-substituted 4-ketolactams and -lactones of the formula (I) | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274894 | Urethane-Modified Isocyanate Composition and Polyurethane Product Therefrom - The present invention relates to an isocyanate-terminated composition having utility in the preparation of hydrophilic polyurethanes. The isocyanate composition has an isocyanate content of less than about 15 weight percent and comprises the reaction product of an aliphatic or aromatic polyisocyanate, or mixtures thereof; with a polyol composition that contains a polyether polyol derived from a molecule containing tertiary nitrogen. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274895 | OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTING FILM AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method of preparing an oxide superconducting film, the method includes reacting a metal acetate containing metal M selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, neodymium and samarium with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than three carbon atoms, reacting barium acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having two carbon atoms, reacting copper acetate with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less than two carbon atoms, respectively, followed by refining reaction products, dissolving the reaction products in methanol such that a molar ratio of the metal M, barium and copper is 1:2:3 to prepare a coating solution, and coating a substrate with the coating solution to form a gel film, followed by calcining and firing the gel film to prepare an oxide superconducting film. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274896 | Substrate for Superconducting Wire and Fabrication Method Thereof and Superconducting Wire - A substrate for a superconducting wire is made of Ni or Ni alloy, with a ratio of cube texture of 95% or above constant in a width direction of a substrate body, a ratio of low-angle (15 or less) grain boundary of 99% or above regularly distributed in the width direction, a thickness of 40-150 μm, an average grain size of 100 μm or less, and a surface roughness of RMS 50 nm or less. A method for fabricating the substrate includes rolling a Ni or Ni-alloy rod with a rectangular section; and thermally treating the rolled rod, the rolling step having a reduction ratio of 5 to 15% at each rolling, the rod being moved between rollers for the rolling process at a linear velocity of 100 m/min or less, the thermally treating process being conducted by heating above a recrystallization temperature with flowing an inert gas including hydrogen gas. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274897 | Primary Part Of A Linear Motor And Linear Motor Therewith - The invention relates to a primary part of a linear motor having a receptacle for a secondary part which can move along an axis in the receptacle, having a plurality of annular coils which are arranged coaxially with respect to the receptacle, and having a yoke, with teeth which are composed of a soft-magnetic material being arranged or formed between the end faces of adjacent coils. In order to provide a primary part or a linear motor which has a high power density in a compact form and allows good cooling with coolant, cooling gaps in which spacers are arranged are formed between the end faces of the coils and the teeth. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274898 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLABLY COUPLING QUBITS - A coupling system to couple a first and a second qubit in response to a state of the coupling system that may be set by two input signals. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274899 | SUPERCONDUCTING DISK RESONATOR - A superconducting disk resonator is disclosed that includes a dielectric base substrate having dielectric anisotropy, a disk type superconducting resonator pattern that is formed on the dielectric base substrate with superconducting material, and a pair of signal input/output lines arranged on the dielectric base substrate and extending in a straight line towards the disk type superconducting resonator pattern. The direction of dielectric anisotropy of the dielectric base substrate is oriented at ±90 degrees with respect to an extending direction of the pair of signal input/output lines. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274900 | Sintered Body, Superconducting Apparatus, Method of Manufacturing Sintered Body, Superconducting Wire and Method of Manufacturing Superconducting Wire - A method of manufacturing a sintered body, which is a method of manufacturing a sintered body containing Mg and B, comprises the arrangement and heat treatment steps of arranging Mg powder ( | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274901 | COMPOSITE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS AND METHOD FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE - An elongate composite electrical conductor with at least one superconducting core region including processed core material surrounded by sheath material such as Cu. The processed core material has a peripheral portion of ex situ reacted MgB | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274902 | Method for producing MgB2 superconductor and MgB2 superconductor - The present invention provides a method for producing a MgB | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274903 | Critical current density in Nb3Sn superconducting wire - Critical current densities of internal tin wire having values of at least 2000 at temperature of 4.2 K and in magnetic field of 12 T are achieved by controlling the following parameters in a distributed barrier subelement design: wt % Sn in bronze; atomic Nb:Sn; local area ratio; reactable barrier; and barrier thickness relative to the filament thickness; and the design for restacking and wire reduction to control the maximum filament diameter at the subsequent heat reaction stage. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274904 | Method of target enrichment - The present invention is directed to a method for reducing the complexity of a nucleic acid sample in a reproducible manner by enriching for specific nucleic acid target sequences in the population of nucleic acids. More specifically, the invention relates to a method for enriching specific target sequences in a population using libraries of oligonucleotides. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274905 | MICROFLUIDIC CELLS WITH PARALLEL ARRAYS OF INDIVIDUAL DNA MOLECULES - Nucleic acid arrays and methods of using nucleic acid arrays are disclosed. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274906 | Novel Predictors of Transplant Rejection Determined by Peripheral Blood Gene-Expression Profiling - The present invention provides methods and kits for predicting transplant rejection or tolerance. Methods for predicting the probability of cardiac allograft rejection via profiling of peripheral blood gene expression are also provided. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274907 | FLUOROGENIC PH SENSITIVE DYES AND THEIR METHOD OF USE - A new class of pH sensitive fluorescent dyes and assays relating thereto are described. The dyes and assays are particularly suited for biological applications including phagocytosis and monitoring intracellular processes. The pH sensitive fluorescent dyes of the present invention include compounds of Formula I: | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274908 | DIAGNOSIS OF MELANOMA BY NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS - The present invention provides methods for diagnosing melanoma in a subject by analyzing nucleic acid molecules obtained from the subject. The present invention also provides methods for distinguishing melanoma from dysplastic nevi and/or normal pigmented skin. The methods include analyzing expression or mutations in epidermal samples, of one or more skin markers. The methods can include the use of a microarray to analyze gene or protein profiles from a sample. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274909 | Kits and Reagents for Use in Diagnosis and Prognosis of Genomic Disorders - The invention provides articles of manufacture which are arrays, reagents, kits, and methods for diagnosis and/or prognosis of diseases with genomic aberrations. The methods of the invention identify differences between DNA samples from normal and disease tissues that are ascertained using comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) with microarrays of genomic fragments covering the whole genome of an organism, or microarrays containing subsets of the genome that are identified by the methods herein, for example, the long arm of chromosome 2 associated with prostate cancer. The detected genomic aberrations, are correlated to specific clinical outcomes, such that specific patterns of genomic aberration—disease association are identified in the majority of samples. The invention also provides genomic DNA arrays encompassing regions, the aberration of which was correlated to specific disease outcomes, for diagnosis/prognosis of such diseases. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274910 | Method of Detecting Early Immune Activation - Provided are methods of diagnosing an early immune activation by detecting T-cell immune response cDNA 7 (TIRC7); in particular, TIRC7 as an early biomarker for the detection of transplant rejection in a non-invasive diagnostic methods is described that replaces biopsy intervention with a simple diagnostic method for monitoring after transplantation and furthermore, kits for uses in such methods of diagnosis are provided. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274911 | Gene expression profiling based identification of genomic signature of high-risk multiple myeloma and uses thereof - The present invention discloses a method of applying novel bioinformatics and computational methodologies to data generated by high-resolution genome-wide comparative genomic hybridization and gene expression profiling on CD138-sorted plasma cells from a cohort of 92 newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients treated with high dose chemotherapy and stem cell rescue. The results revealed that gains the q arm and loss of the p arm of chromosome 1 were highly correlated with altered expression of resident genes in this chromosome, with these changes strongly correlated with 1) risk of death from disease progression, 2) a gene expression based proliferation index, and 3) a recently described gene expression-based high-risk index. Importantly, we also found a strong correlation between copy number gains of 8q24, and increased expression of Argonate 2 (AGO2) a gene coding for a master regulator of microRNA expression and maturation, also being significantly correlated with outcome. Our novel findings significantly improve our understanding of the genomic structure of multiple myeloma and its relationship to clinical outcome. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274912 | Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Functionally Adsorbed to Biopolymers for Use as Chemical Sensors - Chemical field effect sensors comprising nanotube field effect devices having biopolymers such as single stranded DNA functionally adsorbed to the nanotubes are provided. Also included are arrays comprising the sensors and methods of using the devices to detect volatile compounds. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274913 | Multiplex Array Useful for Assaying Protein-Protein Interaction - The described invention shows how multiple interactions between two proteins of interest can be determined by observing activation or lack thereof of intracellular proteins, following interaction of ligand and receptor. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274914 | Screening Method for Somatic Cell Nuclear Reprogramming Substance - The present invention provides a screening method for somatic cell nuclear reprogramming substances, which comprises (a) a step for bringing into contact with each other a somatic cell comprising a gene wherein a marker gene is present at a position permitting expression control by the expression control region of an ECAT gene, and a test substance, and (b) a step following the aforementioned step (a), for determining the presence or absence of the emergence of cells expressing the marker gene, and selecting a test substance allowing the emergence of the cells as a somatic cell nuclear reprogramming substance candidate, and the like. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274915 | Solid Substrate Comprising Array of Dendrons and Methods for Using the Same - The present invention provides solid supports comprising a surface bound array of dendrons and methods for using the same. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274916 | Nanoscale array biomolecular bond enhancer device - The invention teaches the use of an addressable nanoscale device to create a programmable substrate useful in selectively attracting proteins, nucleating protein crystals and growing protein crystals of a size amenable to diffraction analysis. Further taught is the use of nanoscale assemblies to create charge patterns, where such charge patterns are useful in purifying, nucleating or crystallizing protein molecules. Charge extension moieties, including water, are taught. The invention provides rapid and efficient identification, purification and detection of proteins and protein-related complexes. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274917 | Surface activation methods for polymeric substrates to provide biochip platforms and methods for detection of biomolecules thereon - A surface activation method is provided to convert polycarbonate (PC) substrates, e.g., plastic bases of optical discs, to biochip platforms. Such surface activation methods comprise providing an ozone enriched environment in a vicinity of the surface and irradiating the surface with UV radiation. Once activated, the surfaces can be used for DNA probe immobilization and target detection or other bioassays. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274918 | IN SITU MICROEMULSIONS USED AS SPACER FLUIDS - Nanoemulsions, miniemulsions, microemulsion systems with excess oil or water or both (Winsor III) or single phase microemulsions (Winsor IV) may be formed in situ during hydrocarbon recovery operations after drilling with OBM or SBM using one or more fluid pills. The nanoemulsions, miniemulsions, microemulsion systems with excess oil or water or both or single phase microemulsions remove oil and solids from the well and wellbore surfaces. In one non-limiting embodiment, a single phase microemulsion (SPME) or other in situ-formed fluid may be created from a polar phase, a nonpolar phase, at least one viscosifier, and at least one surfactant. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274919 | Method and system for improving fuel economy and environmental impact operating a 2-stroke engine - A method and system to reduce fuel consumption and environmental impact in a two-stroke engine. Fresh system oil having a TBN less than 10 is provided and used in the two-stroke engine to produce partially used system oil. The partially used system oil is withdrawn from the two stroke engine and at least one friction modifier is added to at least some of the withdrawn partially used system oil, wherein the addition of the at least one friction modifier reduces the friction coefficient of the withdrawn system oil, resulting in a system oil having reduced friction. The system oil with reduced friction is combined with partially used system oil remaining in said two-stroke and the combined system oil is used to lubricate pistons of said two-stroke engine. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274920 | LUBRICANT COMPOSITION, MECHANICAL ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRIAZINE DERIVATIVES - A lubricant composition comprising following ingredients (a) and (b) is disclosed.
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| 20080274921 | Environmentally-Friendly Lubricant Compositions - A lubricant additive composition having environmentally compatible characteristics as defined by European Council Directive 67/548/EEC is disclosed. Such a composition may include components selected from non-persistent materials, non-bioaccumulative materials, or non-toxic materials. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274922 | Lubricant Composition and Antioxidant Composition - The lubricating oil composition of the present invention comprises at least one species of aromatic constituent selected from the following (a1) to (a5):
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| 20080274923 | OVERBASED METAL CARBOXYLATE CALCITE-CONTAINING GREASES - Grease precursors of overbased alkaline earth metal carboxylates are prepared by reacting an alkaline earth metal base and a carboxylic acid in the presence of a hydrocarbon liquid, a polyol and an alcohol. The resulting grease precursor has amorphous calcium carbonate and a calcite content of greater than 10% by weight. At least one converting agent is added to the grease precursor containing elevated levels of calcite. This mixture is heated followed by the removal of water to form calcite-containing greases having a calcite content greater than 12.5% by weight. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274924 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MANNICH ADDUCTS THAT CONTAIN POLYISOBUTYLENE PHENOL - Polyisobutenylphenol-containing Mannich adducts are prepared by
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| 20080274925 | Alkylated Pana and Dpa Compositions - The invention relates to a composition comprising a mixture of alkylated N-α-naphthyl-N-phenylamine (PANA) and alkylated diphenylamine (DPA), the product obtainable by alkylating PANA or a mixture of PANA and DPA with alkenes and the process for alkylating PANA or a mixture of PANA and DPA with alkenes. The compositions according to the present invention have an outstanding anti-oxidative action, which can be demonstrated by established test methods. | 2008-11-06 |
| 20080274926 | Garment Stain Treatment Bag - A stain treatment apparatus uses a transparent plastic bag with a recloseable opening into which a stained garment is placed. A stain treatment compound is contained within the bag, such as within an ampoule or pouch that releases upon compression or that releases upon exposure to water added to the bag. A thermochromatic indicator assists in filling with water of an appropriate temperature. A completion indicator further assists in indicating completion of the stain treatment regimen. A plurality of stain-specific treatment assemblies may be included that are optimized for a category of stains (e.g., protein, tannin, oil, dye/ink). | 2008-11-06 |
