baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2004145840-A (JP)
Title: Method for preparing housekeeping account book and computer program using the same
Inventor: SHINOHARA TORU
IPC: G06F3/048
Filed: 2002-10-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify an operation when a computer such as a personal computer writes data in a housekeeping account book.  <P>SOLUTION: The relation of of a phonetic symbol written above a Chinese character to show pronunciation with a commodity description is registered in advance. When a portion of the phonetic symbol is inputted, a candidate for the commodity description that begins with the phonetic symbol is displayed in a pull-down menu to allow a user to select a desired candidate from the pull-down menu. In addition, the relation of the commodity description with a category attribute is registered in advance, and the category attribute is automatically inputted together with the input of the commodity description. These simplify operation procedures when the user writes data in the housekeeping accounts book.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004186514-A (JP)
Title: Optical element module structure
Inventor: MIURA TAKESHI
IPC: H01L31/02
Filed: 2002-12-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem of defective soldering or heavy weight of products caused by the deformed shield case terminals.  <P>SOLUTION: In a circuit board 1, a laminated board 1B for insulating a through hole electrode 2 and an aluminum deposition film 7 is laminated on a base board 1A having a plurality of the semicircle through hole electrodes 2 on its side edge and an external connecting terminal. An OEIC (or LED) 5 as an optical element is mounted on the circuit board 1 and sealed with transparent sealing resin 6 having a hemispherical lens portion 6a for covering the optical element, and the aluminum deposited film 7 is formed on the whole surface other than the lens portion 6a in the sealing resin 6. The lens portion 6a is previously masked with a film and the mask film is removed after forming the aluminum deposited film 7 on the whole surface of the sealing resin 6, or the aluminum deposited film 7 is removed by polishing the lens portion 6a after forming the aluminum deposited film 7 on the whole surface of the sealing resin 6. Then, the module can be made light and small. In this case, flatness between the case terminals and the module terminals does not need to be taken into consideration.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003209652-A (JP)
Title: Apparatus with facsimile function
Inventor: MOROI SHIYOUHEI
IPC: H04N1/00
Filed: 2002-12-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus having a facsimile function capable of improving the convenience for managing a received document file by flexibly utilizing the excellent function provided in the apparatus having the facsimile function.  <P>SOLUTION: The digital composite apparatus 200 with the facsimile function, connected to a personal computer 100 to transmit/receive a document file to/ from the computer 100, saves the received document in a storage medium, and also uploads it to the computer 100. A document deletion function is provided so that, when the received document is deleted on the computer 100 side, the received document saved in the storage medium is simultaneously deleted.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004183437-A (JP)
Title: Trigger mechanism for locking device
Inventor: SHIGETANI MAMORU
IPC: E05B63/20
Filed: 2002-12-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure the operation of a trigger mechanism for a locking device.  <P>SOLUTION: This trigger mechanism has a trigger body 2 supported turnably within a plane parallel with a side plate of a lock case 1 and energized to allow a first permanent magnet 4 mounted to the front edge, to face a back plate opening 18 of a front plate. The trigger body 2 when closing a door is turned by a magnetic repulsive force between the first permanent magnet 4 and a second permanent magnet embedded in a door frame matching the first permanent magnet 4 when the door is closed, and magnetized to have the same pole as that of the first permanent magnet. The back plate 16 is formed of a magnetic material, and at least one part of the opening edge of the back plate opening is formed with an attraction protrusion 21 projected inside. The tip of the attraction protrusion 21 is brought close to the first permanent magnet 4.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004154101-A (JP)
Title: Mosquito-detecting radar
Inventor: OGATA SHUNSUKE
IPC: A01M1/00
Filed: 2002-11-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To readily find a flying mosquito by using a device in order to solve problems in which a conventional device can drive or attract the mosquito into a place to kill the mosquito, but the device is difficult to find the mosquito by itself to kill the mosquito and the device is liable to lose sight of the mosquito even if the device finds the mosquito.  <P>SOLUTION: The device is interlocked with a sound-detecting sensor with which only sound region in which the mosquito generates is differentiated and irradiates colored light to the mosquito. The device catches the position of the flying mosquito at any time and irradiates the mosquito with the colored light as long as possible while indicating the mosquito with the light so that a person can visually see the flying place of the mosquito. As a result, the device makes it easy to kill or catch the mosquito by finding the flying mosquito.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004191132-A (JP)
Title: Silicon acceleration sensor and its manufacturing method
Inventor: KUMAGAI MITSUMASA
IPC: G01P15/125
Filed: 2002-12-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure electric connection by drawing outside a fixed electrode of each glass plate by an electrode unloading part.  <P>SOLUTION: Concerning this silicon acceleration sensor and its manufacturing method, a constitution and a method are applied, wherein the electrode unloading parts 6a, 7a are formed on the fixed electrodes 6, 7 of each glass plate 8, 9 and unloading to the outside is performed, and a silicon wafer 1A and each glass plate body 8A, 9A are superimposed to form kerfs 50, 51, 60, 61 and folded, to thereby acquire the sensor.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004189267-A (JP)
Title: Piston-type quantitative filling device
Inventor: HIROSE HIDEAKI
IPC: B65B3/32
Filed: 2002-12-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve cleaning effects by generating a flow of cleaning water also on the upper surface of a piston 2.  <P>SOLUTION: A piston-type quantitative filling device includes: a cylinder 6 communicating with a filled liquid tank 4; a filling nozzle 8 communicating with the cylinder 6; a flow path switching valve 14 (first open/close valve 16 and second open/close valve 18) for alternately connecting and shutting between the tank 4 and the cylinder 6 and between the cylinder 6 and the nozzle 8; and a safety valve 22 for discharging a filled liquid when the inside of the cylinder 6 abnormally rises in pressure. The safety valve 22 has an air passage 38 connected in addition to a conventional liquid discharging passage 36, so that the discharging passage 36 and the air passage 38 can be switched for connection by a three-way valve 40. In cleaning, the safety valve 22 is kept open by a stopper 48, and the piston 2 is raised/lowered while feeding the air into a cylinder chamber 20 so as to suck and discharge the cleaning water.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004194739-A (JP)
Title: Premium exchanging system
Inventor: YAMANE REIJI
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2002-12-16
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a premium exchanging system in which a choice of premium exchanging is wider and a process for premium exchanging is simpler than the conventional system.  <P>SOLUTION: A game place 2 where game media are issued to a client in accordance with a game result and the game media are exchanged to electronic coupons, an affiliated store 3 where displayed commodities are exchanged with the electronic coupons, and a head office 4 where a head office server 30 for performing generation/erasion of data on the electronic coupons is installed, are connected with each other with a communication circuit network 5 to enable to transmit and receive data between the game place 2 and the head office 4 and between the head office 4 and the affiliate 3. When the electronic coupons are exchanged in the game place 2, new data on the electronic coupons are generated in the head office server 30, and when the electronic coupons are utilized for exchanging the premium in the affiliate, the data on the electronic coupons corresponding to the electronic coupons utilized are erased.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004200854-A (JP)
Title: Information processing system, information processor, and electronic apparatus
Inventor: OKA YOSHIHIRO
IPC: G06F3/048
Filed: 2002-12-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remotely control an electronic apparatus by using user identification information ordinarily memorized by a user such as a mail address without the need for using an electronic apparatus identifier whose memory is difficult as to an information processing system or the like capable of remotely accessing the electronic apparatus.  <P>SOLUTION: The information processing system includes the electronic apparatuses, an information processing apparatus, server apparatuses, and portal units, which are interconnected by a network. When accepting entry of an access instruction having the user identification information, the information processing apparatus transmits the access instruction to the portal unit, acquires apparatus control menu information being information for configuring a menu for controlling one electronic apparatus or more from the server apparatus via the portal unit, outputs the apparatus control menu configured from the apparatus control menu information, receives an entry corresponding to the output of the apparatus control menu and accesses the electronic apparatuses. Thus, the information processing apparatus can control the electronic apparatuses from a remote place by using the user identification information ordinarily memorized by a user such as a mail address.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004196087-A (JP)
Title: Pillar part structure of vehicle
Inventor: HAMADA MAKOTO
IPC: B60R21/34
Filed: 2002-12-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pillar part structure of a vehicle capable of enhancing the pedestrian protecting performance at low cost.  <P>SOLUTION: The pillar part structure of the vehicle is configured so that a hinge elevating/sinking mechanism 24 to lift the rear 20A of a hood 20 is actuated when the vehicle has gone in collision, the front extremity 76A of a cable 76 is elevated through a hook 74 formed on a hinge arm 22 when it rises, and that the whole cable 76 rotates the tail upward about the rotational center. As a result, a pillar outer garnish panel 88 where the cable 76 is engaged with a rib 100 moves upward together with the cable 76 and separates from a pillar skeleton member 82.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004199322-A (JP)
Title: Password preparation method and password preparation program
Inventor: MISHIMA TAKASHI
IPC: G06F21/46
Filed: 2002-12-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide new password preparation technology to prepare a password whose intensity is ensured.  <P>SOLUTION: Under the consideration that the intensity of a password is made to correspond to the generation order of password candidates generated by a password presuming tool used for brute force attack, a user is made to input the intensity of the password, the generation order corresponding to the inputted intensity of the password is acquired, and a password is prepared by the password presuming tool on the basis of the result. Thus, it is possible to prepare a password whose intensity, that is, whose resistance to the brute force attack is guaranteed in two years, for example. Therefore, it is possible for a user to use the password without any anxiety.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004200003-A (JP)
Title: Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
Inventor: TABUCHI TORU
IPC: H01M10/05
Filed: 2002-12-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with high energy density and excellent cycle characteristics.  <P>SOLUTION: In this nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode 4 containing a metallic negative electrode current collector 41 and a nonaqueous electrolyte, a negative electrode active material layer 42 containing an element alloyable with lithium is formed on the surface of the negative electrode current collector 41, and the surface of the negative electrode active material layer 42 is covered with a carbon material 43. The high energy density can be attained by using element alloyable with lithium as the negative electrode active material. Excellent cycle characteristics can be obtained by covering the surface of the negative electrode active material 42 with the carbon material 43.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003211285-A (JP)
Title: Welding wire and its production method
Inventor: FUFU CHEN
IPC: B23K35/40
Filed: 2002-12-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a metallic core wire and its production method with which deposited speed can be improved by 15-20% and simultaneously, a welding electrode running speed can be improved by 45-50%.  <P>SOLUTION: This welding wire has the peculiarity, in which the metallic core composed of powdery metal is included in a sheath and a filling ratio of this metallic core is larger that about 12% and this metallic core has a core composition adding one kind of alloy element or a plurality of alloy elements combining Cr, Mo, V, W, Hf and Nb, or while having the plurality of alloy elements combining these alloy elements, the total mass% of the alloy elements in the core composition is ≤ about 1%.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004195039-A (JP)
Title: Care lifter
Inventor: SAKAI KUNIO
IPC: A61G3/00
Filed: 2002-12-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that a conventional lifter is comparatively expensive, often has a fault due to oil leakage and requires professional knowledge and apparatus for the maintenance of it since the conventional lifter vertically moves a moving part by using a hydraulic motor.  <P>SOLUTION: The caring lifter is constituted to switch and connect switching switches 12 and 13 to the side of contacts 12b and 13b by manually operating the switches 12 and 13 in order to lower the moving part. Thus, a motor brake circuit 16 is energized to release braking to a DC motor 11. As the result of this, the moving part where a wheelchair in the state of loading a physically handicapped is fixed and placed starts moving down with its dead weight, and the DC motor 11 is reversely rotated with moving down of this moving part to operate as a generator. Current generated by the DC motor 11 operating as the generator at this time is thermally discharged by resistors R1 and R2. As the result of this, the velocity of moving down of the moving part is reduced. In the case of moving up, the driving motor 11 is driven to move the moving part up.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003328991-A (JP)
Title: Turbo fan and air conditioner using the same
Inventor: LEE NEE YOUNG
IPC: F24F1/02
Filed: 2002-12-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a turbo fan having an axial fan flow characteristic, and to provide an air conditioner using this turbo fan.  <P>SOLUTION: This turbo fan is provided with a hub 30 having a boss coupled to a driving means, a plurality of blades 40 arranged along the peripheral edge of the hub at fixed intervals and connected to the peripheral edge of the hub at a part of the inside end thereof, and a shroud 50 formed with an inlet and an outlet so that a wall surface between the inlet and the outlet surround at least a part of the outside end of each blade to lead the air to be discharged in the same direction with the axial direction of the driving means.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004204799-A (JP)
Title: Device for controlling discharge amount for variable displacement hydraulic pump
Inventor: IIJIMA YOSHIHIRO
IPC: F04B1/26
Filed: 2002-12-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for controlling the discharge amount for a variable displacement hydraulic pump where the responsiveness at changing the discharge amount is improved.  <P>SOLUTION: This device for controlling the discharge amount includes an incline piston 1 for driving capacitive control means such as a swash plate of a variable displacement hydraulic pump by moving of the piston due to differential pressure between piston chambers 1a and 1b on both sides and a regulator for controlling the operation of the incline piston 1. At a pump operation, the piston chambers 1a and 1b are both always connected to a pilot port 2c of the regulator 2 to introduce control pressure to the piston chambers 1a and 1b, and when changing the discharge amount, pressure is reduced by connecting one of the piston chambers 1a and 1b to the tank port 2d by switching the regulator 2, which generates differential pressure between the piston chambers 1a and 1b to move the piston 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004209810-A (JP)
Title: Method and apparatus for producing laminate
Inventor: YAMAMOTO YUICHI
IPC: B42D15/10
Filed: 2002-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the occurrence of coating irregularity, the streak-like falling-off of coating films or the like and to obtain a laminate reduced in thickness irregularity, good in surface smoothness and appearance and enhanced in surface printing properties or the like.  <P>SOLUTION: In this method for producing the laminate, an extrusion type coater, in which a coating port 204c is composed of a front bar 202 located on the upstream side in the transfer direction of a pair of substrates and a back bar 201 located on the downstream side, is used, an adhesive is applied to the surfaces of substrates to form adhesive layers, and the substrates are laminated to form the laminate. Difference in level exists between the tip 202a of the front bar 202 and the tip 201a of the back bar 201 and, when the clearance between the tip 202a of the front bar 202 is D1 and the clearance between the tip 201a of the back bar 201 is D2, the adhesive is applied under the condition of D2 < D1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004210355-A (JP)
Title: Container
Inventor: YASHIMA NOBORU
IPC: B65D47/06
Filed: 2002-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an excessive outflow of a content liquid upon pouring out the content liquid without making an outflow rate too small, and to enlarge an inflow rate upon refilling a container with the content liquid.  <P>SOLUTION: The container 10 comprises a container body 11 having a cap 20 provided with an inner cylinder 23. An air streaming hole 44 is formed to open along the boundary, which is closer to the pour-out side of the inner cylinder 23, between the side wall 42 and the bottom 43 of the inner cylinder 23. The streaming hole 44 is formed on a surface different from the bottom surface 43A of the bottom 43, and the side wall 42 side edge Pa is located higher than the bottom 43 side edge Pb.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004213353-A (JP)
Title: Delivery method, reproduction method, delivery device and reproduction device of multimedia content
Inventor: OSHIMA HAJIME
IPC: H04N21/6547
Filed: 2002-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To deliver a multimedia content referring to external data so as to be correctly reproducible, and reproduce it.  <P>SOLUTION: A content data storage part 2 stores the multimedia content referring to external data by use of URL. A reference URL management part 1 manages a reference URL for deriving an absolute URL showing the proper position of the external data. A data processing part 3 makes, on receipt of a delivery request of the multimedia content, a data transmission and receiving part 4 return information including the reference URL for calculating the URL of the external data.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003536230-A (JP)
IPC: H01M50/429
Filed: 2001-06-19
Abstract: Alkaline electrochemical cells containing no added mercury and having a concentration of potassium hydroxide in the electrolyte, prior to discharge, of between about 34 and 37% (w/w solution) and wherein the amount of electrolyte is such that, after a calculated level of one electron discharge of the manganese dioxide, the calculated concentration of potassium hydroxide is between 49.5 and 51.5% (w/w solution), have superior performance in intermittent discharge tests.
Patent JP-2004503788-A (JP)
IPC: G01S7/03
Filed: 2001-06-11
Abstract: A radar altimeter for determining altitude of an air vehicle with respect to ground comprises a digital sequencer for digitally modulating a first signal. A transmitter coupled to the digital sequencer transmits a radar signal including the modulated first signal toward the ground. A receiver receives a reflected radar signal from the ground. The received radar signal includes the modulated first signal. A digitizer coupled to the receiver generates digital samples of the modulated first signal. A digital signal processor coupled to the digitizer receives digital samples of the modulated first signal from the digitizer, demodulates the received digital samples, processes the demodulated digital samples and outputs altitude data based on the demodulated digital samples.
Patent JP-2004507936-A (JP)
Title: ダウンロード可能な音声命令の集合による音声制御型遠隔制御装置
IPC: G10L15/06
Filed: 2001-08-10
Abstract: 電子装置を制御するための遠隔制御装置であって、前記遠隔制御装置は、音声命令データを検出するマイクロフォンと、前記マイクロフォンによって検出された音声命令を認識するためにテンプレートデータを用いて音声認識アルゴリズムを実行し、且つ前記電子装置を制御するための処理装置と、前記遠隔制御装置が前記音声命令を認識することができるようにするために外部データベースからテンプレートデータを受信する受信機と、前記選択され受信されたテンプレートデータを記憶するためのメモリとを有する。
Patent JP-2004507427-A (JP)
Title: カーボンフォーム材の製造方法及び生成物
IPC: C10G69/06
Filed: 2001-08-23
Abstract: 異方性カーボンフォーム材の製造方法は、瀝青炭を脱灰し、水素化し、コーク前駆体に含まれるオイルとアスファルテンを分離し、該材料をコーキングしてカーボンフォームを生成することを含んでいる。本発明の一実施例において、カーボンフォームを次に黒鉛化する。フォーム材の内部の孔は、ほぼ等しいサイズであることが望ましい。孔のサイズとカーボンフォーム材の密度の制御は、（ａ）コーキングされるアスファルテン内部に含まれる揮発性物質の割合を変えること、（ｂ）アスファルテンを、本質的に等方性の様々なコーキング前駆体と混合すること、又は（ｃ）コーキングを行う際の圧力を変更すること、によって行われる。本発明の他の実施例において、溶媒によって瀝青炭原料を分離し、等方性カーボンフォームが形成される。関連するカーボンフォーム製品を開示する。本発明のカーボンフォーム材は、従来のカーボーンフォーム材と比較して、圧縮強度が強いことに特徴がある。さらなる実施例として、石油ピッチを供給原料として、単独で、或いは石炭原料と組み合わせて使用する例を開示する。
Patent JP-2004508248-A (JP)
Title: 製品ディスペンサボトル接続機構
IPC: B67D3/00
Filed: 2001-09-05
Abstract: 製品ディスペンサボトル接続機構２０が提供される。ディスペンサボトル１０とディスペンサとの間がしっかりと接続されたとき触覚によるフィードバック作用が働く。この触覚フィードバック作用により、ディスペンサボトルとディスペンサとがしっかり接続され、思いがけない時に両者が外れてしまうことはないという安心をユーザに与える更に、本発明は、ディスペンサボトル１０とディスペンサとの間の接続は一方向のみが可能となるようにして、ラベル１４が常時前に位置し、ディスペンサボトル１０の平坦面１６が常時後に位置してディスペンサユニットの壁設置面と整合するディスペンサボトル接続機構２０を提供する。
Patent JP-2004509789-A (JP)
Title: 多層ポリマーフィルム
IPC: B65D53/00
Filed: 2001-09-26
Abstract: 一方の側にヒートシール可能な層を有し、および反対の側に収縮性層を有する支持体を含み、前記収縮性層が、５５から１００℃までの温度範囲にわたる約１０〜８０％までの第１の寸法における収縮度、および１：１から１：１までの範囲内である１００℃での前記１の寸法対第２の直交する寸法の収縮比を有する多層積層ポリマーフィルムを提供する本発明に従うフィルム；前述のフィルムを作製する方法；および、容器、特には調理済のオーブン加熱可能な食品の包装用に用いられる容器用の蓋としての前記フィルムの使用。
Patent JP-2004510389-A (JP)
Title: 基地局チャネルに電力を割当てるための方法および装置
IPC: H04B7/005
Filed: 2001-09-14
Abstract: 【解決手段】基地局に送信されたデータ転送速度制御（ＤＲＣ）メッセージに基づいて複数の局から送信される複数の逆方向リンク電力制御（ＲＬＰＣ）チャネルの各々にどのくらいの電力を割当てるかを決定する方法装置。基地局に送信されたＤＲＣメッセージを用いてＲＬＰＣが送信される順方向リンクの品質を決定する。ＲＬＰＣチャネルが向けられた遠隔局がＤＲＣを送信させなかったとしても、基地局により受信されたＤＲＣ内の基地局に供給された情報に基づいて基地局はＲＬＰＣに電力を割当てることが出来る。従って、基地局は、基地局と、ＲＬＰＣチャネルに関する情報を受信するように意図された各遠隔局との間の順方向リンクの品質に関する明示的な情報を受信することなしに、ＲＬＰＣチャネルに電力を割当てることができる。 【選択図】図１
Patent JP-2004519091-A (JP)
Title: 広帯域幅ファイバのラマン増幅器
IPC: H04B10/17
Filed: 2001-09-28
Abstract: 少なくとも１つのポンプ波長が信号波長の間に挟み込まれているような複数のポンプ波長を、逆伝搬する信号波長を伝送しているラマン活性伝送媒体に作用させるステップを含むラマン増幅の方法。
Patent JP-2004529315-A (JP)
Title: 抗癌処置の効力を検出するための方法
IPC: G01N33/15
Filed: 2001-11-02
Abstract: 抗癌処置の前および後の非侵襲性手順によって得られたサンプルにおける、増殖因子レセプターのリン酸化レベルを検出および比較することによって、抗癌剤の有効性を決定するための方法が提供される。本発明はまた、非浸襲性手段によって得られた毛包または他の組織における、増殖因子レセプターのリン酸化を検出するための方法を提供する。癌処置の有効性を決定するための方法であって、該方法は、（ａ）癌処置を受ける患者から、非浸襲性手順によって組織サンプルを獲得する工程；および（ｂ）該癌処置の前および後に、該組織における増殖因子レセプターのリン酸化を決定する工程、を包含する。