49th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100311100 | APPLANATION SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION OF CELL PRESSURE DEPENDENT FIRMNESS ON LEAVES AND SOFT ORGANS FLAT FACE SEGMENTS - The applanation system on air permeated screen ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100311101 | Method to Predict Toxicity Using the Analysis of Dynamic Organelle Behaviour - The present invention provides an in vitro method to predict the effect of an exogenous element on an animal or human organism. This method is based on the analysis of variations of an organelle behaviour represented by at least two characteristics in isolated cells induced by the contact with the exogenous element and the determination of the cluster membership of the exogenous element which is representative of the effect of said element. Analyzed characteristics are selected from the group consisting of the motility, the morphology, the relationship with the cell cytoskeleton and the membrane permeability of said organelle. This method may be used to predict the efficacy or the toxicity of an element, such as a drug. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311102 | Electrophysiology Methods for Identification of Protein Structures in Membranes Associated to Neurodegenerative Diseases - This invention corresponds to an in vitro method that employs an electrophysiology technique; in particular, an embodiment of the patch-clamp technique in its perforated type, which will allow us evaluating the neurotoxic capacity of protein structures associated to the generation of neurodegenerative diseases. It addition, it allows evaluating potential pharmacologic capacities of candidate molecules (drugs) in order to prevent, treat, or cure the said diseases. The invention involves the use of peptides that cause neurodegenerative diseases in order to form a spontaneous perforated recording that only occurs with peptides in the patch clamp glass pipette. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311103 | SOLID SUPPORT COATED WITH AT LEAST ONE METAL FILM AND WITH AT LEAST ONE TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE LAYER FOR DETECTION BY SPR AND/OR BY AN ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD - One subject of the present invention is a transparent solid support coated with at least one layer of metal and with at least one layer of transparent conductive oxide (TCO), especially tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) in order to form a solid support that can be used at the same time or independently for detection by SPR and by an electrochemical method. The invention comprises a process for producing such supports, especially by cathode sputtering using a device comprising a radiofrequency (RF) generator, this device also being included in the invention. Another subject of the invention is a kit and a method for detection or identification of an organic or mineral compound by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and/or electrochemical plasmon resonance comprising or using such supports. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311104 | NOVEL BACTERIA AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A novel class of bacteria is described which has improved efficiency in the production of thanol by anaerobic fermentation of substrates containing carbon monoxide. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311105 | METHODS OF DELIVERY OF EXOGENOUS PROTEINS TO THE CYTOSOL AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to a method for delivering exogenous proteins to the cytosol, by binding a target antigen (such as a protein) to a transport factor that contains a fragment of a bipartite protein exotoxin, but not the corresponding protective antigen. Preferably, the target antigen is fused to the transport factor. Preferred transport factors include the protective antigen binding domain of lethal factor (LFn) from | 2010-12-09 |
20100311106 | QUANTITATION OF LOBULAR INVOLUTION FOR BREAST CANCER RISK PREDICTION - Methods for determining risk of developing breast cancer are described. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311107 | Ultra-High Throughput Screening of Natural Products - The present invention provides cells having more than two drug resistance genes and at least two different resistance genes that have been recombined into the chromosome of a cell. It also teaches the processes for preparing cells by recombining two or more different drug resistance genes into the chromosome of a cell. The invention further shows a screening method using the cells of described herein that may be used to accomplish high throughput screening of, among other things, natural products and/or whole cells isolated from the environment. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311108 | System and method for agitation of multiple specimen containers - A system is disclosed for agitating multiple specimen containers each containing a sample and a growth medium. The system includes a plurality of racks. The racks have a plurality of receptacles, each of which is adapted for holding a specimen container. The racks include a first rack oriented in a first direction and a second rack oriented in a second direction different from the first direction. The system also includes a rotating turret having a frame holding the racks. The frame is rotatable about an axis, wherein the rotating turret operates to rotate the racks about the axis to an access position, e.g., where a user may access the specimen containers. The system also includes an agitation assembly coupled to the racks. The agitation assembly rocks the racks back and forth thereby agitating specimen containers held by the racks. In one configuration, the system is incorporated into an automated instrument detecting whether a microbiological agent is present in the specimen container. In another configuration, the system is incorporated into an automated instrument identifying or characterizing the microbiological agent. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311109 | NON-CONTACT METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING CHANGES IN THE DYNAMICS OF MICROBIAL POPULATIONS - A method for quantifying an amount of a viable microorganism includes subjecting a fluid sample suspected of containing a viable microorganism to a temperature change, and correlating the temperature history of the fluid sample to the amount of the viable microorganism contained in the fluid sample. The method may include the steps of bringing, the fluid sample to a first temperature, and transferring the fluid sample to a second temperature that is different than the first temperature. After the step of transferring, next is the step of measuring a temperature change in the fluid sample over a predetermined period of time. The temperature change may then be correlated to the amount of the viable microorganism contained in the fluid sample. The method finds use in a variety of applications, including evaluation of compositions or compounds potentially having microbicidal, microbiostatic, or growth enhancing properties. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311110 | Thermal and acid tolerant beta xylosidases, arabinofuranosidases, genes encoding, related organisms, and methods - Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from | 2010-12-09 |
20100311111 | Methods for Optimizing Production and Collection of Reusable Gases - Methods for increasing methane emitted from organic waste and for collecting methane and other gaseous bi-products. A gas collection unit collects gas in a first separation tank, wherein the gas is separated into methane and other components. The methane is collected, and other components are diverted. A second separation tank receives diverted components combined with an acidic solution and further separates the components into carbon dioxide and other compounds. The carbon dioxide is collected for reuse in a variety of applications. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311112 | METHOD FOR AMIDATING POLYPEPTIDES WITH BASIC AMINO ACID C-TERMINALS BY MEANS OF SPECIFIC ENDOPROTEASES - The invention relates to a method for producing C-terminal amidated dibasic or polybasic peptides, consisting in reacting two peptides in the presence of trypsin biologically active enzymes and, if necessary, in purifying the thus obtainable compounds of formula (I) by means of protein chemistry. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311113 | CHEMO-ENZYMATIC PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS VIA C-TERMINAL ESTER INTERCONVERSION - The invention relates to a method for preparing an optionally N-protected amino acid C-terminal ester or an optionally N-protected peptide C-terminal ester, comprising transesterifying the C-terminal t-alkyl ester of the amino acid or the C-terminal t-alkyl ester of the peptide with an alcohol (other than the t-alcohol corresponding to the t-alkyl group of the ester) in the presence of a hydrolytic enzyme (E.C. 3). | 2010-12-09 |
20100311114 | PREPARATION OF SAMPLES FOR PROTEOME ANALYSIS - The invention mainly concerns methods and systems for the preparation of biological samples for proteome analysis, N-terminal or C-terminal peptides of proteins are enriched using exopeptidase. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311115 | SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT OF POST-TRANSLATIONALLY MODIFIED PROTEINS - The present invention relates to the selective enrichment of post-translationally modified proteins and/or peptides from complex samples. In particular, the invention relates to methods for the separation of phospho-proteins and/or -peptides and/or for the discrimination between different subsets of phospho-proteins and/or -peptides. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311116 | FAST GENERATION OF HIGH EXPRESSION STABLE CELL LINES EXPRESSING RECOMBINANT PROTEINS UNDER MINIMAL AND SHORT-TERM SELECTIVE PRESSURE - The present invention provides a novel method for the fast generation of high expression stable cell lines for the production of recombinant proteins with high efficacy of stable integration while using low selective pressure for only a short period of time. The method uses transiently expressed piggybac transposase to mediate stable integration of a transgene of interest flanked by the PB transposon termini. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311117 | NUCLEIC ACIDS ISOLATED FROM THE INTESTINE - A recombinant intestinal nucleic acid is provided. One embodiment of the present invention contemplates the use of a gut-specific promoter, wherein a promoter can be the chicken intestinal fatty acid binding protein promoter region. A method for making a transgenic bird is also disclosed by transfecting a bird with a vector comprising a recombinant nucleic acid comprising a chicken intestinal fatty acid binding protein promoter region operably linked to a heterologous nucleic acid expressing a desired polypeptide to be expressed in the gut tissue of an avian. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311118 | PLASMID-ENCODED NEUROTOXIN GENES IN CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM SEROTYPE A SUBTYPES - The present invention provides a novel isolated plasmid, wherein the plasmid is a native plasmid found in unique | 2010-12-09 |
20100311119 | Single-domain antigen-binding proteins that bind mammalian IgG - The present application relates to antigen-binding proteins that are capable of binding to mammalian IgG. The frame-work regions of the antigen-binding proteins of the application preferably correspond to those of antibodies naturally that are devoid of light chains as may e.g. be found in camelids. The application further relates to nucleic acids that encode such antigen-binding proteins, to immunoadsorbent materials that comprise such proteins, to the uses of such immunoadsorbent materials for the purification of mammalian IgG antibodies and for therapeutic apheresis. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311120 | HUMAN CYTOKINE RECEPTOR - Cytokines and their receptors have proven usefulness in both basic research and as therapeutics. The present invention provides polynucleotides, vectors, cells, and methods of production related to a new human cytokine receptor designated as “Zcytor16.” | 2010-12-09 |
20100311121 | REGULATORY NUCLEIC ACID ELEMENTS - The invention relates to DNA-sequences, especially transcription- or expression-enhancing elements (TE elements) and their use on an expression vector in conjunction with an enhancer, a promoter, a product gene and a selectable marker. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311122 | VECTORS AND YEAST STRAINS FOR PROTEIN PRODUCTION - Lower eukaryote host cells in which the function of at least one endogenous gene encoding a chaperone protein, such as a Protein Disulphide Isomerase (PDI), has been reduced or eliminated and at least one mammalian homolog of the chaperone protein is expressed are described. In particular aspects, the host cells further include a deletion or disruption of one or more O-protein mannosyltransferase genes, and/or overexpression of an endogenous or exogenous Ca2 | 2010-12-09 |
20100311123 | VECTOR FOR EXPRESSING ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECOMBINANT PHAGE THAT DISPLAYS ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS BY USING THE VECTOR - Disclosed are a plasmid vector (pLA-1 or pLT-2) for producing water-soluble light chain antibody fragments (VL+CL), a phagemid vector (pHf1g3T-1 or pHf1g3A-2) having a heavy chain antibody fragments (VH+CH1)-ΔpIII fusion protein expression and genotype-phenotype linkage function, a host transformed using the vectors, and a method of producing and selecting a water-soluble antibody and recombinant phage displaying an antibody from the host. Also, provided are a method of producing a combinatorial phage display combinatorial Fab fragment libraries DVFAB-IL and DVFAB-13 IL by using a dual vector system (DVS-II) and a method of selecting an antigen-specific human Fab fragment from the combinatorial Fab fragment libraries. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311124 | Methods and compositions for inactivating glutamine synthetase gene expression - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for inactivating a glutamine synthetase (GS) gene, using fusion proteins comprising a zinc finger protein and a cleavage domain or cleavage half-domain. Polynucleotides encoding said fusion proteins are also provided, as are cells comprising said polynucleotides and fusion proteins. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311125 | Method for Liquefying and Saccharifying Starch Quickly - A method for liquefying and saccharifying starch quickly includes the steps of: irradiating starch with 0.25×10 | 2010-12-09 |
20100311126 | METHOD FOR IN VITRO RECOMBINATION - The present invention relates, e.g., to an in vitro method, using isolated protein reagents, for joining two double-stranded (ds) DNA molecules of interest, wherein the distal region of the first DNA molecule and the proximal region of the second DNA molecule share a region of sequence identity, comprising (a) chewing back the DNA molecules with an enzyme having an exonuclease activity, to yield single-stranded overhanging portions of each DNA molecule which contain a sufficient length of the region of sequence identity to hybridize specifically to each other; (b) specifically annealing the single-stranded overhangs; and (c) repairing single-stranded gaps in the annealed DNA molecules and sealing the nicks thus formed (ligating the nicked DNA molecules). The region of sequence identity generally comprises at least 20 non-palindromic nucleotides (nt), e.g., at least about 40 non-palindromic nt. In some embodiments of the invention, about 5% PEG is present during all steps of the reaction, and/or the repair reaction is achieved with Taq DNA polymerase and a compatible ligase, such as Taq DNA ligase. The method allows the joining of a number of DNA fragments, in a predetermined order and orientation, without the use of restriction enzymes. It can be used, e.g., to join synthetically produced sub-fragments of a gene or genome of interest. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311127 | Recombinase polymerase amplification - This disclosure describes related novel methods for Recombinase-Polymerase Amplification (RPA) of a target DNA that exploit the properties of recombinase and related proteins, to invade double-stranded DNA with single stranded homologous DNA permitting sequence specific priming of DNA polymerase reactions. The disclosed methods have the advantage of not requiring thermocycling or thermophilic enzymes, thus offering easy and affordable implementation and portability relative to other amplification methods. Further RPA reactions using light and otherwise, methods to determine the nature of amplified species without a need for gel electrophoresis, methods to improve and optimize signal to noise ratios in RPA reactions, methods to optimize oligonucleotide primer function, methods to control carry-over contamination, and methods to employ sequence-specific third ‘specificity’ probes. Further described are novel properties and approaches for use of probes monitored by light in dynamic recombination environments. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311128 | METHOD OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS - Methods and kits for synthesizing a plurality of oligonucleotides are provided. Methods for providing a plurality of oligonucleotides enriched for full length oligonucleotides are provided. Truncated oligonucleotides are preferentially removed from the sample by digestion. Methods are also provided for amplification of a plurality of oligonucleotides. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311129 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN L-AMINO ACID USING BACTERIUM OF THE ENTEROBACTERIACEAE FAMILY WITH ATTENUATED EXPRESSION OF A GENE CODING FOR SMALL RNA - The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus | 2010-12-09 |
20100311130 | ENZYMATIC ESTER HYDROLYSIS - The present invention relates to a method for selectively hydrolysing a pendant ester bond formed by an unsubstituted or substituted hydrocarbon group—optionally comprising one or more heteroatoms—and a pendant carboxylate moiety, which carboxylate moiety is part of a polymer or a polymerisable compound, which polymer or polymerisable compound comprises at least one other hydrolysable group, wherein the method comprises contacting the polymer or polymerisable compound with a hydrolytic enzyme. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311131 | TRANSGENIC SYSTEMS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF POLY(2-HYDROXY-BUTYRATE-CO-3-HYDROXYHEXANOATE) - Methods for engineering transgenic organisms that synthesize polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) containing 3-hydroxyhexanoate as comonomer have been developed. These processes are based on genetically engineered bacteria such as | 2010-12-09 |
20100311132 | PRODUCTION OF ITACONIC ACID - The invention relates to the production of itaconic acid in micro-organisms by introducting into a suitable host cell a gene coding for the enzyme cis-aconitic acid decarboxylase, preferably derived from | 2010-12-09 |
20100311133 | ELECTRODE, ENZYME SENSOR USING THE ELECTRODE, FUEL BATTERY, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DECOMPOSING POLYOL - An electrode that can generate reduced coenzymes from a desired substrate in multiple stages is provided. An electrode includes a 2-hydroxycarboxylic acid synthase, a 2-oxo acid synthase, and a 2-oxo acid carboxylyase. The electrode includes a 2-oxo acid carboxylyase, which is a decarboxylase, in addition to a 2-hydroxycarboxylic acid synthase and a 2-oxo acid synthase, which are oxidoreductases; therefore, oxidation products having carboxyl groups, reactions of which do not proceed with oxidoreductases, can be decarboxylated and modified into substances with which oxidoreductases can act. Thus, oxidation reactions and decarboxylation reactions can repeatedly proceed with respect to desired substrates, and large quantities of reduced coenzymes can be generated thereby. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311134 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SCLAREOL - The present invention provides a method of producing sclareol, said method comprising contacting a particular polypeptide having a sclareol synthase activity with labdenediol diphosphate (LPP). In particular, said method may be carried out in vitro or in vivo to produce sclareol, a very useful compound in the fields of perfumery and flavoring. The present invention also provides the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide used in the method. A nucleic acid derived from | 2010-12-09 |
20100311135 | ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL- PRODUCING BACTERIUM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL USING THE SAME - The invention provides: an isopropyl alcohol-producing bacterium which has an acetoacetate decarboxylase activity, an isopropyl alcohol dehydrogenase activity, a CoA transferase activity and a thiolase activity having been imparted thereto and is capable of producing isopropyl alcohol from a plant-derived material; a method of producing isopropyl alcohol whereby isopropyl alcohol is produced from a plant-derived material by using this isopropyl alcohol-producing bacterium; and an apparatus therefor. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311136 | RECOMBINANT YEAST AND BRANCHED ALCOHOL PRODUCTION METHOD USING RECOMBINANT YEAST - This invention provides a recombinant yeast that can produce branched alcohol appropriate for automotive fuel and the like and a branched alcohol production method whereby branched alcohol can be produced at low cost with the use of the recombinant yeast. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311137 | Microorganisms Having Enhanced Tolerance To Inhibitors and Stress - The present invention provides genetically modified strains of microorganisms that display enhanced tolerance to stress and/or inhibitors such as sodium acetate and vanillin. The enhanced tolerance can be achieved by increasing the expression of a protein of the Sm-like superfamily such as a bacterial Hfq protein and a fungal Sm or Lsm protein. Further, the present invention provides methods of producing alcohol from biomass materials by using the genetically modified microorganisms of the present invention. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311138 | ETHANOL PRODUCTION BY FERMENTATION - A method for producing ethanol by fermentation includes the preparation of a starter culture, inoculation of a mash with the starter culture, fermentation of the mash, and recovery of ethanol from the mash. The starter culture includes a tallow base with Chinese tallow tree parts and water which are inoculated with micro-organisms, where the micro-organisms include yeast. The micro-organisms are grown in the tallow base, and used to inoculate the mash. The mash is then fermented, and ethanol is recovered from the mash. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311139 | SYSTEMS, COMPOSITIONS, AND/OR METHODS FOR DEPOLYMERIZING CELLULOSE AND/OR STARCH - Methods for depolymerizing polysaccharides are disclosed. In certain exemplary methods, polysaccharides having a first average molecular weight can be reacted with hydroxyl free radicals to produce polysaccharides having a second average molecular weight lower than the first average molecular weight. The hydroxyl free radicals can be formed by interaction of an oxidant with a catalyst comprising a polydentate ligand complexed with a metal ion. In certain exemplary embodiments, the oxidant can be hydrogen peroxide, and the catalyst can be iron methylglycine diacetate or iron-2,3,4,5,6 pentahydroxyhexanoate. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311140 | BACTERIUM CAPABLE OF FERMENTING GLUCOSE, MANNOSE AND XYLOSE SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOETHANOL USING THE BACTERIUM - The object is to develop a bacterium capable of fermenting glucose, mannose and xylose simultaneously, which can ferment a saccharified solution of a cellulose-type or lignocellulose-type biomass resource to produce ethanol, and to construct an energy-saving high-efficiency bioethanol conversion process. Thus, disclosed is | 2010-12-09 |
20100311141 | BIOGAS INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOGAS FROM BIOMASS, AND METHODS FOR OPERATION OF THE BIOGAS INSTALLATION - A biogas installation for production of biogas from biomass and methods for starting and shutting down a fermenter are disclosed. When biomass in a fermenter is used up, biogas production must stop, the fermented biomass removed, and the fermenter filled with fresh biomass. Biogas production and utilisation is maintained for as long as possible. When the methane concentration in the biogas outlet falls below an upper limit, the biogas line is disconnected. The biogas/off-gas mixture is fed out via an exhaust chimney until the methane concentration has fallen to a lower limit. The fermenter to be shut down is purged with fresh air, and the off-gas/biogas/fresh air mixture is fed out via the exhaust chimney until the carbon-dioxide concentration in the off-gas/biogas/fresh air mixture has fallen to a first limit. The fermenter is then opened to unload the consumed biomass and load fresh biomass. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311142 | Novel Hydrogenases Isolated from Thermococcus SPP., Genes Encoding the Same, and Methods for Producing Hydrogen Using Microorganisms Having the Genes - The present invention relates to novel hydrogenases isolated from novel hyperthermophilic strains belonging to | 2010-12-09 |
20100311143 | ENZYME ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention discloses an enzyme electrode and its producing method, which comprises: providing a substrate with a carbon surface; forming a gold surface on the carbon surface and thus forming an electrode; covalently bonding a mediator containing an aldehyde group to the electrode; and covalently bonding a glucose oxidase to the electrode. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311144 | MUTANT DNA POLYMERASES - Provided herein are mutant DNA-dependent polymerases which are derived from, or otherwise related to, wild type RB69 DNA polymerase. These mutant polymerases are capable of selectively binding labeled nucleotides. These mutant polymerases are also capable of incorporating a variety of naturally occurring and modified nucleotides, including, for example, terminator nucleotides. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311145 | NOVEL USE OF ADENOVIRUSES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS THAT CODE FOR SAID VIRUSES - The present invention is related to the use of a virus, preferably an adenovirus, for the manufacture of a medicament, whereby the virus is replication deficient in cells which do not have YB-1 in the nucleus, and the virus codes for an oncogene or oncogene product, in particular an oncogene protein, which transactivates at least one viral gene, preferably an adenoviral gene, whereby the gene is selected from the group comprising E1B55kDa, E4orf6, E4orf3 and E3ADP. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311146 | CELL CULTURE AND MIXING VESSEL - A mixing vessel ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100311147 | ALLELES OF THE REL GENE FROM CORYNEFORM BACTERIA - An isolated mutant of a coryneform bacterium comprising a gene coding for a polypeptide having GTP-pyrophosphate kinase activity, wherein said polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence in which one of the proteinogenic amino acids other than L-proline is present in position 38 or a corresponding or comparable position. In addition, an isolated polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having GTP-pyrophosphate kinase enzyme activity, a vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide, a recombinant microorganism comprising the vector, and a process for preparing the recombinant coryneform bacterium is described. A method for over-expressing a GTP-pyrophosphate kinase, a method of preparing an L-amino acid, an L-lysine comprising and L-tryptophan comprising feed is also described. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311148 | APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING AND PROCESSING WASTE MATERIAL - Apparatus, methods and systems for processing waste are provided. For example, a system for processing waste, wherein the waste comprises hard particulates embedded therein, can be provided. The system can comprise a waste disruptor, wherein the waste disruptor disrupts the waste and releases at least one of the embedded hard particulates from the disrupted waste; a segregator, wherein the segregator segregates at least one of the released hard particulates from the waste; and a dilution unit, wherein the dilution unit dilutes the waste. In some embodiments, the system can include a waste loader that provides waste continuously to the waste disruptor, which is configured to disrupt at least a portion of the continuously provided waste. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311149 | BIOSENSOR - Disclosed herein is a biosensor. The biosensor includes a measuring layer configured to measure whether reaction to a biological sample has occurred. An upper cover is disposed on a top of the measuring layer, and is provided with an open window configured to allow a measurement area of the measuring layer to be exposed and an upper protrusion configured to protrude from an outer portion of the open window in a direction in which the upper protrusion is coupled to a lower panel. The lower panel is disposed below the measuring layer, and is provided with a lower protrusion which protrudes between the open window and the upper protrusion of the upper cover so that the lower protrusion is spaced apart from the upper protrusion by a gap and which presses the measuring layer so that a top of the measuring layer upwardly protrudes from the open window. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311150 | CELL PROCESSING DEVICE - In a closed system having a large number of containers connected via pipes, a leakage of a liquid from the closed system can be more reliably detected by a convenient and inexpensive method. Provided is a cell processing device ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100311151 | Blood Glucose Tracking Apparatus and Methods - A measurement module for glucose testing includes a glucose testing measurement module housing, a test strip receptacle formed in the housing, and a connector portion formed in the housing and shaped to permit mechanical removable attachment of the housing to a hand-held computer. Electronics determine the amount of glucose present in a sample of body fluid, when the test strip is positioned in the receptacle and the body fluid is placed on a test strip, and communicate the glucose amount to the hand-held computer via the connector portion. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311152 | Real-Time Amplification and Monitoring System Incorporating Vector-Based Algorithm for Analyzing Polynucleotide-Containing Samples - System for analyzing a polynucleotide-containing sample using real-time amplification and monitoring. The system includes a computer or processing device with software for performing a vector analysis of growth curves. The vector analysis advantageously simplifies polynucleotide quantitation by circumventing the need to establish thresholds used for calculating initiation of the growth phase, or to calculate derivatives. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311153 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A BIOLOGICAL FLUID FOR ANALYTE DETERMINATION - The present invention refers to a method of processing a biological fluid which comprises cellular components by heat treatment. The method is particularly useful for preparing biological samples for analyte detection. Further, the invention refers to a processed biological fluid comprising substantially quantitatively disintegrated cellular components. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311154 | TEST STRIP DESIGNED TO IMPROVE SPREADABILITY OF BLOOD - Disclosed is a test strip for measuring medical data, in which a hydrophilic material is introduced to improve the spreadability of blood. Having the structure comprising a blood-filtering layer designed to filter off either or both of erythrocytes and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol from an applied blood sample; a reaction layer in which the blood sample free of erythrocytes and/or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is reacted with an reagent, and a hydrophilic material, intercalated between the blood-filtering layer and the reaction layer, for uniformly spreading the blood sample filtered through the filtering layer, the blood-filtering layer and the reaction layer being stacked between the lower support and the upper cover, the test strip prevents the infiltration of erythrocytes into the reaction layer and improves the spreadability of blood to reduce measurement errors, thus bringing about higher reproducibility. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311155 | METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF ORGANIC MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a disintegrating system for treatment of organic material comprising: multiple disintegrating units ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100311156 | PRODUCTION OF BIO-BASED MATERIALS USING PHOTOBIOREACTORS WITH BINARY CULTURES - A method, device and system for producing preselected products, (either finished products or preselected intermediary products) from biobased precursors or CO | 2010-12-09 |
20100311157 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOFUEL - Self-sustaining, self-contained systems and methods for producing biofuels and for producing biofuel feedstock from algae. The system is carbon neutral or may be carbon positive, fixing more carbon than it releases to the atmosphere. In various embodiments, the system may be coupled to an existing carbon dioxide producing process to reduce or completely eliminate carbon dioxide output, making the existing system carbon neutral, and providing valuable and tradable carbon credits. The system may also comprise modular tiles comprising a biomass sandwiched between two panels and use a combination of microbes, nutrients, water, and sunlight to generate biological hydrocarbon compounds that can be used in almost any type of engine. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311158 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR CULTURING CELLS AND METHOD OF CULTURING CELLS USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a device for culturing cells. The device includes a well and a membrane. The well has an internal space and a membrane actuating control channel. The internal space has an inlet and an outlet. The membrane is provided between the membrane actuating control channel and the internal space such that the membrane actuating control channel is isolated from the internal space. The membrane is elastically varied in shape to form a three-dimensional cell culture space in the internal space. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311159 | METHODS FOR PURIFYING OR DEPLETING MOLECULES OR CELLS OF INTEREST - A method of separating a target molecule or cell of interest from a sample is provided. The method comprising: | 2010-12-09 |
20100311160 | Cultures of E1-immortalized cells and processes for culturing the same to increase product yields therefrom - Provided are processes for culturing cells derived from embryonic retinoblast cells immortalized by adenovirus E | 2010-12-09 |
20100311161 | METHOD FOR TISSUE REGENERATION - The invention relates to DNA-sequences, their use and the use of DNA-sequences of the MAG gene or genes encoding the high mobility group proteins, agents for the treatment of various diseases including tumors, influencing the development of the vascular system, as well as for contraception and tissue regeneration, and appropriate kits and processes. The sequences, agents, uses, kits and processes enable the specific influencing of molecular mechanisms that jointly form the basis for various diseases, the development of the vascular system, the contraception and the regeneration of tissue. Thus, the disadvantages associated with other agents or processes are decreased. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311162 | Mammalian Cell Lines for Increasing Longevity and Protein Yield from a Cell Culture - Disclosed are compositions and methods for increasing the longevity of a cell culture and permitting the increased production of proteins, preferably recombinant proteins, such as antibodies, peptides, enzymes, growth factors, interleukins, interferons, hormones, and vaccines. Cells transfected with an apoptosis-inhibiting gene or vector, such as a triple mutant Bcl-2 gene, can survive longer in culture, resulting in extension of the state and yield of protein biosynthesis. Such transfected cells exhibit maximal cell densities that equal or exceed the maximal density achieved by the parent cell lines. Transfected cells can also be pre-adapted for growth in serum-free medium, greatly decreasing the time required to obtain protein production in serum-free medium. In certain methods, the pre-adapted cells can be used for protein production following transformation under serum-free conditions. The method preferably involves eukaryotic cells, more preferably mammalian cells. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311163 | CELL TRANSFORMED BY HUMAN WNT3A GENE - Disclosed is a cell transformed by a vector containing human Wnt3a gene, wherein the cell is selected from a group consisting of hair follicle-derived cells and prostate cancer-derived cells. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311164 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR FEEDER-FREE PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL MEDIA CONTAINING HUMAN SERUM - The present invention provides compositions and methods for the culture and maintenance of pluripotent stem cells. More particularly, the present invention provides for compositions and methods for culturing, maintaining, growing and stabilizing primate pluripotent stem cells in a feeder-free defined media further comprising human serum, or a soluble attachment component of the human serum, for promoting cell attachment. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311165 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF TISSUE OR STOOL SAMPLES - An arrangement for collecting a tissue or stool sample has a sample vial and a source of preservative fluid. A fluid valve controls a flow of the preservative fluid from the source of preservative fluid to the sample vial. An air equalization vent tube is coupled to the source of preservative fluid and an air valve controls a flow of air through the air equalization vent tube, the air valve and the fluid valve being actuated simultaneously. A scoop for collecting the sample is coupled to the sample vial coupler and extends into the sample vial. The preservative fluid flows from the source of preservative fluid to the sample vial by force of gravity upon actuation of the fluid valve. The air equalization vent tube transfers air from the sample vial to the source of preservative fluid upon actuation of the air valve. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311166 | METHOD OF IMPROVING CELL PROLIFERATION OF PANCREATIC PROGENITOR CELLS IN A PANCREATIC CELL CULTURE - The invention relates to the discovery that the proliferation and survival of pancreatic progenitor cells can be enhanced by contacting the cells with, (1) a caspase inhibitor sufficient to reduce apoptosis in the pancreatic endocrine cells; and, (2) a growth factor in an amount sufficient to increase the level of activated Akt in the pancreatic endocrine cells. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311167 | ELECTROKINETICALLY-ALTERED FLUIDS COMPRISING CHARGE-STABILIZED GAS-CONTAINING NANOSTRUCTURES - Provided are electrokinetically-altered fluids (e.g., gas-enriched (e.g., oxygen-enriched) electrokinetic fluids) comprising an ionic aqueous solution of charge-stabilized gas-containing nanostructures in an amount sufficient to provide, upon contact with a cell, modulation of at least one of cellular membrane potential and cellular membrane conductivity. Further provided are the methods of making the electrokinetically-altered ionic aqueous fluid compositions. Particular aspects provide for regulating or modulating intracellular signal transduction associated by modulation of at least one of cellular membranes, membrane potential, membrane proteins such as membrane receptors, including but not limited to G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR), and intercellular junctions (e.g., tight junctions, gap junctions, zona adherins and desmasomes). Other embodiments include particular methods of producing the electrokinetically-altered fluids. The electrokinetically-altered fluid compositions and methods of producing the fluid include electrokinetically-altered ionic aqueous fluids optionally in the form of solvated electrons stabilized, at least in part, with molecular gas (e.g., oxygen). | 2010-12-09 |
20100311168 | NANOPARTICLE MEDIATED DELIVERY OF SEQUENCE SPECIFIC NUCLEASES - Provided are methods for introducing a sequence specific nuclease into a plant cell comprising a cell wall. Methods are provided for genetically or otherwise modifying plants and for treating or preventing disease in plant cells comprising a cell wall. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311169 | Methods Of Generating High-Production Of Antibodies From Hybridomas Created By In Vitro Immunization - The invention provides methods for generating high titers of high-affinity antibodies from hybridoma cells produced by fusing myeloma cells with in vitro immunized donor cells. The hybridoma cells or mammalian expression cells with cloned antibody genes from the hybridomas producing the high-affinity antibodies may be mismatch repair defective due to defects of endogenous mismatch repair subunits of through expression of a dominant negative allele of a mismatch repair gene which allows the hybridoma cell to be hypermutable, may be rendered hypermutable by chemical means, or may be naturally mismatch repair deficient. High-affinity antibodies and high titer producer cells producing antibodies may be prepared by the methods of the invention. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311170 | METHOD FOR REPROGRAMMING DIFFERENTIATED CELLS - The present invention discloses a method for reprogramming a differentiated cell to an undifferentiated stem cell comprising fusing a pluripotent cell with a differentiated cell to form a fused cell, wherein the pluripotent cell is pre-treated or the fused cell is treated with a suitable amount of a Wnt/β-catenin pathway activator. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311171 | VECTORS FOR GENERATING PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS USING THE SAME - Stem cell reprogramming genes cloned into a single sustained expression-type Sendai viral vector are shown to reprogram differentiated somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells without integration of vector sequences into the host cell's genome. The genes are transduced into normal differentiated somatic cells via infection with recombinant Sendai virus. After expression of the reprogramming genes and subsequent induction of pluripotency, the vector genome RNA including the reprogramming genes is removed from the cell to establish an iPS cell that is genetically identical to the parent somatic differentiated cell thus reducing the risk of tumorigenic transformation caused by random integration of vector sequences into the host genome. The method promises to provide safe, autologous iPS cells that can be used for human cell replacement and regeneration therapeutic applications. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311172 | Packaging cells for recombinant adenovirus - In the absence of substantial sequence overlap between a recombinant adenoviral vector and the genome of a packaging cell, helper-dependent E1-containing particles (HDEP) can be formed at low frequency. Provided are means and methods for reducing or preventing the generation of HDEP. To this purpose, novel packaging cells and methods of making these are provided. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311173 | Procedure and System for the Agricultural Evaluation of Livestock Excrement - A system consisting of livestock farms ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100311174 | DETERMINATION OF GLYCATED PROTEIN - The present invention provides methods for quantitation of glycated protein in a biological sample using a solid support matrix by making a first bound protein measurement total bound protein under conditions where both glycated and non-glycated protein bind to the support in making a second bound protein measurement under conditions where glycated protein is bound to the support and non-glycated protein is not substantially bound. Diagnostic devices and kits comprising the methods of the present invention are also provided | 2010-12-09 |
20100311175 | MASS TAGS FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES - This invention pertains to methods, mixtures, kits and/or compositions for the determination of analytes by mass analysis using unique labeling reagents or sets of unique labeling reagents. The labeling reagents can be isomeric or isobaric and can be used to produce mixtures suitable for multiplex analysis of the labeled analytes. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311176 | METHOD OF MASS ANALYSIS OF TARGET MOLECULES IN COMPLEX MIXTURES - The present invention is a method for performing a mass spectrometric analysis of analytes in a complex mixture. In particular, samples containing unknown analytes are analyzed by MS/MS to identify portions of a molecule of interest that has been labeled with a selected isotope. Ionization and detection identify a characteristic isotope shift in real time based on a selective precursor ion scan that in turn identifies precursor masses that also contain the isotopic shift. From the precursor ion scan, precursor masses are identified for further mass spectrometric analyses. The method of the invention is preferably performed in real time such that the precursor ion scan simultaneously identifies target precursor ions and identifies precursor masses for further analyses. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311177 | Fluid sample collecting and analyzing apparatus and method - A spongy swab ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100311178 | Labelled nucleotides - The invention provides a nucleotide or nucleoside having a base attached to a detectable label via a cleavable linker, characterised in that the cleavable linker contains a moiety selected from the group comprising: Formula (I) (wherein X is selected from the group comprising O, S, NH and NQ wherein Q is a C | 2010-12-09 |
20100311179 | Method of Using 14C Measurements to Determine the Percent Natural of Cleaning Compositions - The present invention relates to a method for measuring the percentage natural of a cleaning composition using radiocarbon dating data. The percentage natural of a cleaning composition is defined as the amount of material that comes from non-petroleum based or derived products. By using radiocarbon data for the entire composition or its individual components one can determine the percentage of materials which are from non-petroleum based or derived products, and calculate the percent Renewable Carbon Index (RCI). The percent RCI can be used to calculate the percent natural of the cleaning composition as defined by the methods of the present invention. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311180 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF LABISIA PUMILA EXTRACT - A process for the preparation of | 2010-12-09 |
20100311181 | Assay Reader Insert and Method of Maintaining a Reader - An assay reader system incorporating a conventional assay reader, for example a lateral flow reader, and an insert aligned with the reader's sensor to detect an assay result. The insert may include a housing which defines a cavity to receive a removable barrier, wherein the removable barrier can be aligned between the sensor and the test strip. The barrier may include an optical window, and may be cleanable and/or disposable to maintain the accuracy of the reader. Test strips are introduced into the reader through a receiving port within the insert's housing. An air inlet on the insert further maintains the reader's accuracy by allowing air to be tunneled over the housing to remove excess dust, debris, or the like. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311182 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING ANALYTICAL DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD BASED ON SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSOR - An analytical system-on-a-chip can be used as an analytical imaging device, for example, for detecting the presence of a chemical compound. A layer of analytical material is formed on a transparent layer overlying a solid state image sensor. The analytical material can react in known ways with at least one reactant to block light or to allow light to pass through to the array. The underlying sensor array, in turn, can process the presence, absence or amount of light into a digitized signal output. The system-on-a-chip may also include software that can detect and analyze the output signals of the device. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311183 | MAGNETIC BEAD ACTUATION USING FEEDBACK FOR FTIR BIOSENSOR - The invention provides a method for controlling actuation of label particles in a biosensor device, in particular a biosensor device using frustrated total internal reflection. By applying a predetermined actuation force on the label particles and determining the effect of the applied actuation force in a binding volume or surface of a sensor cartridge of the biosensor device, a feedback control of the actuation force is applied. Furthermore, a biosensor device is provided which is adapted for forming the method according to the invention. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311184 | AZO HETEROCYCLIC DYES AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL CONJUGATES - Azo heterocyclic compounds that are substantially non-fluorescent or only weakly fluorescent useful as energy acceptors. The chemically reactive compounds possess utility for labeling a wide variety of substances, including biomolecules with the resulted conjugates being highly useful for a variety of energy-transfer assays and applications. The biological conjugates of the disclosure exhibit little or no observable fluorescence and their fluorescence is significantly increased upon a biological stimulation. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311185 | DETECTION METHODS - The invention relates to a method for quantitatively or qualitatively detecting an analyte in a sample, with the sample being incubated, for the purpose of avoiding, diminishing and/or detecting the high-dose hook effect, with an analyte-specific binding partner R | 2010-12-09 |
20100311186 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING RECEPTOR BINDING ASSAYS USING MAGNETIC PARTICLES - The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for performing receptor binding assays. In particular, magnetically responsive particles configured to form a complex with a labeled conjugate corresponding to one or more analytes of interest can be moved within an assay device to one or more discrete detection regions through the application of one or more magnetic fields. By positioning the detection region such that the direction of this movement is, for at least a portion of the movement, counter to the direction of fluid flow within the device, detection of assay signals can be performed without the need for separate wash steps. Moreover, contamination of the signals resulting from labeled conjugate being carried in the direction of fluid flow substantially reduced. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311187 | ANTIBODY RECOGNIZING C-DOMAIN OF MIDKINE - It is intended to provide an antibody which inhibits the function of midkine. An antibody which recognizes an epitope consisting of amino acid residues 62 to 104 of midkine or a fragment thereof; DNA encoding the antibody or a fragment thereof; a recombinant vector which contains the DNA; a transformant which has the vector or a hybridoma which produces the antibody; a method for producing the antibody by allowing the transformant or hybridoma to produce the antibody or a fragment thereof and collecting the resulting antibody or fragment thereof; a pharmaceutical composition containing the antibody or a fragment thereof as an active ingredient; and a diagnostic agent containing the antibody or a fragment thereof as an active ingredient. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311188 | FEMALE FERTILITY TEST - The present invention is related to a diagnostic test kit that assesses ovarian reserve by measuring Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) in a liquid sample. The sample can be deposited on a first portion of the device for transport to a second portion of the device. The device can include a release medium formed of a first material and including a detectable label thereon and a capture medium, including a test site, in fluid communication with the release medium and formed of a second, different material. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311189 | Novel Receptor Nucleic Acids and Polypeptides - Disclosed are nucleic acids encoding BAFF-R polypeptides, as well as antibodies to BAFF-R polypeptides and pharmaceutical compositions including the same. Methods of treating tumorigenic and autoimmune conditions using the nucleic acids, polypeptides, antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are also provided. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311190 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AMNIOTIC FLUID IN VAGINAL SECRETIONS - The present invention relates to a diagnostic method for the detection of small quantities of amniotic fluid in the vagina. More specifically, the invention relates to the detection of PAMG-1 in the vagina using anti-PAMG-1 antibodies. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311191 | Metallic electrode forming method and semiconductor device having metallic electrode - A metallic electrode forming method includes: forming a bed electrode on a substrate; forming a protective film with an opening on the bed electrode to expose the bed electrode from the opening; forming a metallic film covering the protective film and the opening; mounting the substrate on an adsorption stage, and measuring a surface shape of the metallic film by a surface shape measuring means; deforming the substrate by a deforming means so that a difference between the principal surface and a cutting surface is within a predetermined range; measuring a surface shape of the principal surface, and determining whether the difference is within a predetermined range; and cutting the substrate along with the cutting surface so that the metallic film is patterned to be a metallic electrode. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311192 | PACKAGING AND TESTING OF MULTIPLE MEMS DEVICES ON A WAFER - A wafer containing a plurality of electro-optical devices, each device being enclosed in chamber that has a translucent cover. An X-Y matrix of pairs of interconnections on the wafer are connected to the circuitry of the electro-optical devices for addressing the electro-optical devices. The pairs of interconnections extend outside of the chambers enclosing the devices to testing areas on the periphery of the wafer. Testing is done by signals applied through the interconnections while simultaneously exposing the devices to light through the translucent covers. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311193 | LED MODULE FABRICATION METHOD - A method of fabricating a LED module by: bonding one or multiple LED chips and multiple conducting terminals to a circuit substrate, and then molding a packing cup on the circuit substrate over by over molding for enabling the LED chip(s) and the conducting terminals to be exposed to the outside of the packing cup, and then molding a lens on the packing cup and the LED chip(s) by over-molding. By means of directly molding the lens on the packing cup and the LED chip(s), no any gap is left in the lens, avoiding deflection, total reflection or light attenuation and enhancing luminous brightness and assuring uniform distribution of output light. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311194 | Method For Manufacturing Surface-Emitting Laser Device, Optical Scanner, Image Forming Apparatus, And Oxidation Apparatus - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a surface-emitting laser device that emits laser light in a direction perpendicular to a substrate. The method includes manufacturing a laminated body in which a lower reflecting mirror, a resonator structure including an active layer, and an upper reflecting mirror including a selectively oxidized layer are laminated on the substrate; etching the laminated body from an upper surface to form a mesa structure having at least the selectively oxidized layer exposed at a side surface; and mounting the laminated body on a tray having a front surface shaped to follow a warpage of the laminated body at an oxidation temperature and selectively oxidizing the selectively oxidized layer from the side surface of the mesa structure, thereby generating a confinement structure in which a current passing region is surrounded by an oxide. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311195 | DBR Laser with Improved Thermal Tuning Efficiency - A distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) includes a base substrate and a gain medium formed on the base substrate. A waveguide positioned above the base substrate in optical communication with the gain medium and defines a gap extending between the base substrate and the waveguide along a substantial portion of the length thereof. The waveguide may have a grating formed therein. A heating element is in thermal contact with the waveguide and electrically coupled to a controller configured to adjust optical properties of the waveguide by controlling power supplied to the heating element. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311196 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR HAVING OPENINGS FORMED THEREIN - A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first and second signal lines crossing each other on the substrate, source electrodes connected to the first signal lines, drain electrodes connected to the second signal lines, pixel electrodes connected to the drain electrodes, a first partition formed on the source and drain electrodes and having a first opening, wherein a lower width of the first opening is wider than an upper width of the first opening, an organic semiconductor formed in the first opening and at least overlapping the portions of the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a gate electrode connected to the second signal line and at least overlapping the portion of the organic semiconductor. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311197 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - As a substrate gets larger, time of manufacture is increased due to the repetition of film formations and etchings; waste disposal costs of etchant and the like are increased; and material efficiency is significantly reduced. A base film for improving adhesion between a substrate and a material layer formed by a droplet discharge method is formed in the invention. Further, a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device according to the invention includes at least one step for forming the following patterns required for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device without using a photomask: a pattern of a material layer typified by a wiring (or an electrode) pattern, an insulating layer pattern; or a mask pattern for forming another pattern. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311198 | FRAME ASSEMBLY EXTENDING DONOR FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DONOR FILM USED IN LASER INDUCED THERMAL IMAGING(LITI), AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A frame assembly to stretch a donor film used in laser induced thermal imaging (LITI), a method of manufacturing the donor film, and a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting device. The frame assembly to stretch a donor film includes: a main body including a center opening; a first support portion including a film mounting guide portion on which the donor film is mounted; a second support portion that including a film pressing portion that presses a donor film in a direction perpendicular to a coupling direction of the frame main body and the first support portion; and an elastic member disposed between the first support portion and the main body, wherein the first support portion is coupled to an inner portion of the main body by a first coupling member, and wherein the second support portion is coupled to an inner portion of the first support portion in a direction perpendicular to the coupling direction of the main body and the first support portion by a second coupling member. | 2010-12-09 |
20100311199 | METHOD OF PRODUCING EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A method of producing an epitaxial substrate for a solid-state imaging device, comprising: forming a gettering sink by injecting laser beam to a semiconductor substrate through one surface thereof, condensing the laser beam to an arbitrarily selected portion of the semiconductor substrate, thereby causing multi-photon absorption process to occur in the portion, and forming a gettering sink having a modified crystal structure; and epitaxially growing at least two epitaxial layers on the semiconductor substrate in which the gettering sink is formed. | 2010-12-09 |