baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-0873721-A2 (EP)
Inventor: POWELL DARREL M
IPC: A61B17/34
Filed: 1998-04-24
Abstract: A surgical trocar has a cannula assembly including a sleeve having a
proximal end, a distal end and a passageway therethrough. A housing having an
opening is located at the proximal end of the sleeve and is aligned with the
passageway of the sleeve. The trocar also includes an obturator assembly which is
insertable in the cannula assembly. The obturator assembly includes a handle and
an obturator shaft. The obturator shaft has a proximal end connected to the handle
and a distal end opposite the proximal end. A penetrating tip is located at the shaft
distal end for penetrating tissue. A protector having a distal end is slidably
disposed around the obturator shaft for covering the penetrating tip. The protector
has an aperture at its distal end for permitting the penetrating tip to pass
therethrough. The protector also includes a flexible proximal end movable against
the obturator handle to expose the penetrating tip when a proximal force is
asserted against the protector. A seal assembly is located in the housing for
sealing against the obturator assembly or surgical instruments passed through the
cannula assembly. The seal assembly includes an upper seal arrangement having
an aperature. The seal assembly also includes a pressure seal located beneath the
upper seal arrangement. The pressure seal includes a pair of side walls. At least
one rib is located on the inner surface of each side wall.
Patent EP-0887771-A2 (EP)
Title: Method and apparatus for composing layered synthetic graphics filters
Inventor: BIER ERIC A
IPC: G06T11/00
Filed: 1998-04-30
Abstract: A computerized two-dimensional illustration system composes an image
of a scene with layered synthetic graphics filters or lenses. The scene is defined
by an ordered list of shapes. Some of the shapes in the ordered list of shapes are
lenses. Each lens is a shape that has a fill color which is an operator rather than
a constant. The operator of a selected lens performs a filtering function on the
shapes ordered below it in the list of shapes. To compose a selected lens in the
scene, the system first computes an under-list of shapes for the selected lens. The
under-list of shapes is used to identify those shapes in the ordered list of shapes
to which the filtering function of the selected lens may apply. Depending on the
filtering function of a lens, the lens composes in either a back-to-front order or
a front-to-back order. A lens composes in a back-to-front order by freezing lenses
in the under-list before applying the filtering function of the lens to shapes in the
under-list. In contrast, a lens composes in a front-to-back order by applying the
filtering function of the lens to the under-list of shapes before freezing lenses in
the under-list. When a lens is frozen, it is replaced with a cluster of shapes that
are formed independently of other shapes in the list of shapes.
Patent EP-0906956-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FUEYO JOANNA LYNN
IPC: A61P31/04
Filed: 1998-07-30
Abstract: The invention provides MurD polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding MurD
polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also
provided are methods for utilizing MurD polypeptides to screen for antibacterial compounds.
Patent EP-0922465-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PAGAN ERIC
IPC: A61M16/04
Filed: 1998-10-28
Abstract: A laryngeal mask assembly has an inflatable cuff 13 mounted at the patient end 14 of
a tube 1. The cuff 13 has a region 15 on its anterior surface 16 and a region 18 on its posterior
surface 17 that expand preferentially when gas pressure is increased. The cuff 13 is inflated
for insertion at low pressure such that the cuff takes one shape and is then further inflated
when positioned correctly such that the region 15 on the anterior surface 16 expands and
engages the epiglottis 5 and such that the region 18 on the posterior surface 17 expands and
engages the adjacent tissue, pushing the anterior surface 16 forwardly.
Patent EP-0921518-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SUNG JUN-HO
IPC: H04N5/66
Filed: 1998-12-08
Abstract: An LCD interface for communicating a video signal to an
LCD comprises a video input device for separating the
video signal into a synchronising signal and R (red), G
(Green) and B (Blue) video signals having a resolution of
m rows by n columns, a controller for generating a first
clock frequency, a second clock frequency and a third
clock frequency being half the second clock frequency
based on the synchronising signal, an R signal converter
for dividing the frequency of the R video signal by four
according to the first clock frequency to sequentially
generate two adjacent pixel column data simultaneously
starting both from the first pixel row and the (m/2)+1'st
pixel row respectively to the m/2'th pixel row and m'th
pixel row according to the second clock frequency fo so
that the four pixel data arranged in the adjacent pixel
columns are simultaneously generated, a G signal
converter for dividing the frequency of the G video
signal by four according tot he first clock frequency to
sequentially generate two adjacent pixel column data
simultaneously starting both from the first pixel row and
the (m/2)+1'st pixel row respectively to the m/2'th pixel
row and m'th pixel row according to the second clock
frequency fo so that the four pixel data arranged in the
adjacent pixel columns are simultaneously generated, a B
signal converter for dividing the frequency of the B
video signal by four according to the first clock 
frequency to sequentially generate two adjacent pixel
column data simultaneously generate two adjacent pixel
column data simultaneously starting both from the first
pixel row and the (m/2)+1'st pixel row respectively to
the m/2'th pixel row and m'th pixel row according to the
second clock frequency fo so that the four pixel data
arranged in the adjacent pixel columns are simultaneously
generated, and an LCD driver for supplying the pixel data
from the R, G, B converters to an LCD panel.
Patent EP-0988551-A2 (EP)
Inventor: JIANG QINGPING
IPC: G01N33/533
Filed: 1998-05-29
Abstract: A new class of chemiluminescent acridinium or benzacridinium compounds is disclosed by virtue of forming an intramolecular energy transfer conjugate (ETC) between the acridinium or benzacridinium compound and a luminophore. A method of extending the emission wavelengths of acridinium or benzacridinium esters in order to further reduce or eliminate the emission spectral overlap between the parent polysubstituted aryl Acridinium Esters (DMAE) and Benzacridinium Esters (LEAE) is disclosed. The ETC's retain the unique desired properties of acridinium or benzacridinium compounds including complete light emission in very short period of time, monophasic emission spectrum, simplicity of triggering mechanism, ability of labeling the biological molecules of interest to form a tracer, and good stability. Additionally, the range of the emission spectrum of an acridinium or benzacridinium compound can now be shifted at will and at longer leap through the choice of a luminophore as the integral part of an ETC molecule. Disclosed are chemiluminescent labeled conjugates comprising an acridinium or benzacridinium moiety covalently attached to a luminophore via a spacer, said moiety further conjugated to a biological molecule of interest, wherein said spacer is of an appropriate length to allow the excited species generated from said moiety to transfer energy efficiently to said luminophore, resulting in the emission of light in the spectral region of said luminophore. Also disclosed are binding assays using said conjugates, test kits comprising said conjugates and methods of preparing the conjugates.
Patent EP-0957887-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MUIZZUDDIN NEELAM
IPC: A61K8/00
Filed: 1998-09-21
Abstract: The invention relates to topical cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions comprising an anti-stinging effective amount of an amino acid selected from the group consisting of an amino butyric acid, glutamine, glycine, and derivatives thereof, or mixtures thereof, as well as methods of reducing or preventing stinging using such compositions.
Patent EP-1066698-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PEIFER JOHN W
IPC: G16H40/67
Filed: 1998-09-18
Abstract: The present invention provides a packet-based telemedicine system (18) for communicating video, voice and medical data between a central monitoring station (11) and a patient monitoring station (19) which is remotely-located with respect to the central monitoring station (11). The patient monitoring station (18) obtains digital video, voice and medical measurement data from a patient and encapsulates the data in packets and sends the packets over a network (16) to the central monitoring station (11). Since the information is encapsulated in packets, the information can be sent (52, 56) over multiple types or combinations of network architectures (16), including a Community access Television (CATV) network, the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), the Internet, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), over a wireless communications network, or over an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network. Thus, a separate transmission protocol is not required for each different type of transmission media. Rather, a single transport/network layer protocol is used for encapsulating (51) the information in packets at the sending end and for de-encapsulating (35) the information at the receiving end. Furthermore, by sending the information in packets (52, 56), the video, voice and measurement data can be integrated and sent over a single network (16).
Patent EP-1030649-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KURZ THEKLA
IPC: A61K8/27
Filed: 1998-10-31
Abstract: La présente invention concerne l'utilisation de particules inorganiques insolubles, caractérisées par une absorption des UVA, pour améliorer la photostabilité de préparations cosmétiques renfermant du butylméthoxydibenzoylméthane comme filtre photoprotecteur organique.
Patent EP-1038012-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHMIDT FRANK
IPC: C12N9/90
Filed: 1998-12-10
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing transgenic plants by means of modified 5-aminolevulinic acid biosynthesis, transgenic plant cells, transgenic plant parts, transgenic seeds, and transgenic reproduction material. The invention is characterised in that one or several nucleic acid molecules coding for a protein with a 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase function (ALAS), selected from a group of feedback regulated ALAS, animal ALAS and bacterial ALAS, an active fragment thereof or an antisense or complementary sequence thereof, are integrated into the plant genome in a stable form. Effectors of natural 5-aminolevulinic acid biosynthesis in plants are found using a method for determining effector efficacy of a test substance in relation to a GSAAT, by: a) determining the enzymatic activity of the GSAAT in the absence of a test substance b) determining the enzymatic activity of the GSAAT in the presence of a test substance; and c) by comparing the enzymatic activities determined under a) and b).
Patent EP-0937470-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SAVAL RECUERO RICAURTE ENRIQUE
IPC: A61M3/02
Filed: 1999-02-11
Abstract: The syringe for pharmaceutical products, particularly
laxatives and the like, comprises a bottle (2) which
contains the product and has at least one deformable
portion and an injection cannula (5) which is provided with
elements (4) for coupling at the mouth (3) of the bottle
(2) and is provided with an upper membrane (7) for closing
the dispensing port (8) which can be perforated at the time
of use.
Patent EP-0936672-A2 (EP)
Inventor: INOUE KEN
IPC: H01L27/115
Filed: 1999-02-08
Abstract: In a semiconductor device having a plurality
of memory cells, each of the memory cells includes a
floating gate, a control gate, a source and drain, and a
silicide layer. The floating gate is formed on a
semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type
through a gate insulating film to be insulated from a
surrounding portion. The control gate is formed on the
floating gate through an ONO film. The source and drain
are formed on the semiconductor substrate on two sides
of the floating gate and doped with an impurity of a
second conductivity type. The silicide layer is formed
on a surface of at least one of the drain and source. A
method of manufacturing the semiconductor device is also
disclosed.
Patent EP-0942309-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NOGUCHI KAZUHIRO
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 1999-03-11
Abstract: An image stabilizer for stabilizing an image against
unexpected vibrations or shaking of a zoom lens includes
a diaphragm arranged to vary its full-open aperture
diameter according to a magnification varying (zooming)
action from a wide-angle end position to a telephoto end
position of the zoom lens for the purpose of preventing
variations in light quantity which more conspicuously
take place in the peripheral part than in the central
part of an image plane when an image stabilizing action
is performed.
Patent EP-0962683-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHIMIZU MASATOSHI
IPC: F16H61/16
Filed: 1999-06-04
Abstract: A system for controlling an automatic transmission (12) mounted on a
vehicle, including an automatic mode in which gear is retrieved from a predetermined
gearshift characteristics by the detected vehicle speed (VSP) and the engine load (THHF) and an
manual mode in which gear is designated by a device manually operated by a vehicle
driver. In the system, a temperature (TEX) in an exhaust pipe (38) of the vehicle is estimated
based on the detecting operating conditions and the gear designated in the manual
mode is corrected to upshift by one gear, if the estimated exhaust pipe temperature (TEX) is
found to exceed a predetermined temperature, thereby improving avoidance of the
occurrence of excessive thermal load of components in the vicinity of the exhaust
pipe (38), and that, by not conducting forced upshift until such time, fully exploits the
features of the manual mode and, by this, makes the product more appealing to
customers.
Patent EP-0981012-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KETTLER ANDREAS
IPC: F21V15/01
Filed: 1999-07-28
Abstract: The lamp has an envelope arranged between discs which are used as thrust plates, in which the envelope is connected with the thrust plates which are themselves clamped to each other by a clamping unit operating as a tie rod. The discs are designed as thrust plates (12,13), and the lamp envelope (19) is connected by force locking with the pressure plates (12,13). A clamping unit (11) works as a tie rod, such that the plates are clamped with each other. The openings (23) in the thrust plates (12,13) are arranged for the passage of the clamping unit (11) which has an oversize of the bore diameter (D), facilitating a radial shift of the thrust plates compared to the clamping direction. The bore diameter (D) is oversize compared to the outside diameter (d) of the clamping unit.
Patent EP-0987792-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CHEONG MUN FAI
IPC: H01R13/648
Filed: 1999-09-15
Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for
mounting on one side of a circuit board. The connector
includes an elongated dielectric housing having a board
mounting face and defining a longitudinal center line. A
board retention member projects from the board mounting
face on one side of the center line for insertion into an
appropriate hole in the circuit board. A recess is
provided in the board mounting face on an opposite side
of the center line and located for accommodating a board
retention member projecting through the circuit board
from a connecting device mounted on an opposite side of
the circuit board.
Patent EP-0999093-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ALBRECHT BJOERN DIPL-ING
IPC: B60N2/48
Filed: 1999-10-08
Abstract: The one-piece headrest, which is made with an angle and looks like a boomerang from the side, fits in a recess in the backrest in the rest position (3), forming part of the outline (1) of the backrest. By means of multi-link slideway guides (6, 8; 7, 9), it can be turned to the working position (3') and adjusted for height and closeness to the head.
Patent EP-0995594-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SACCA LUIGI
IPC: E04C2/292
Filed: 1999-10-11
Abstract: A method for the continuous manufacture of sandwich panels,
comprising the following stages:
     advancing at the same speed a first (6) an a second (4) web of shaped
metal sheet intended to form respectively the outer and inner shell of a
continuous panel, while causing them to approach each other until at a
distance apart corresponding to the final thickness of said panel to be
obtained,   inserting a layer of insulating material between the two approaching webs,   simultaneously feeding the two webs into a moving press (18) to determine
a controlled thickness of the continuous panel,   cutting the continuous panel to size to obtain finished panels of the desired
length, 
characterised by also comprising the following stage:   before its entry into the moving press (18), transversely cutting at least one
of the sheet metal webs and then accelerating that portion of this web
driven by the corresponding forming machine (12) such that its front end
(13) and that portion (15) previously separated during the cutting stage
become partially superposed to form a transverse superposing band,   securing said superposing band, 
and then   at the exit of the pressing station cutting the other sheet metal web in
correspondence with the band formed by the two superposed metal sheets,
and cutting the insulating material,    then detaching the panel from the forming line to obtain a panel provided
with a longitudinally projecting appendix (38) corresponding to the
superposing band.
Patent EP-0999417-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHUERMANN WOLFRAM
IPC: F24F7/02
Filed: 1999-10-26
Abstract: A roof venting tube (3) is the main constituent of the venting system (1) and works with devices for conducting air flow in the direction of the free tube end. The tube is provided with a cover cap (2) which can be fitted to the free end of the tube. The cap consists of a top (5) and walls (8) connecting to the outer edge areas (6,7) of the top. Outside the free flow cross-section (16) of the tube, cap ends (17,18) extend in the direction of a roof surface of the building. The cap ends and the devices for flow conduit limit flow outlet apertures (30) accessible crossways to the longitudinal direction of the roof venting tube.
Patent EP-1004634-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YAMASAKI YASUHIRO
IPC: G03G5/06
Filed: 1999-11-25
Abstract: The present invention provides novel µ-Oxo-aluminum/gallium
phthalocyanine dimer having a structure of
the formula (A):
 
The µ-oxo-aluminum/gallium phthalocyanine dimer, and the
mixed crystals comprising the µ-oxo-aluminum/gallium
phthalocyanine dimer are suitable as a charge generating
material for an organic photoconductive material, such as
an electrophotographic photoreceptor.
Patent EP-1005840-A2 (EP)
Inventor: VRESPA GIUSEPPE
IPC: A61C8/00
Filed: 1999-11-25
Abstract: In the dental implant, of titanium or its alloys, the implant
surface, or at least that part thereof which could be visible when
the implant and relative prosthesis have been applied, is coated
with a layer of titanium nitride of yellow-gold colour. The
titanium nitride coating can be applied by the PVC (physical
vapour deposition) method.
Patent EP-0972440-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHOUTEN FRANK
IPC: A01J25/11
Filed: 1994-04-20
Abstract: Drainage pipe having perforations for use in a vertical
drainage column for draining whey from a whey/curd mass,
wherein the drainage pipe is made of plastics material.
Patent EP-0930776-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SEMBA SATOSHI
IPC: G06T5/00
Filed: 1999-01-19
Abstract: If all colors of a picture obtained by a first
color picture device cannot be outputted from a second
color picture device, a plurality of color data which
are outside the gamut of the second color picture
device and are inside the gamut of the first color
picture device are converted so as to preserve
correspondence regarding both the lightness value and
the saturation value. Furthermore, if, since an equi-hue
line has distortion, the tone of a color
represented by color data is changed by conversion,
the hue angle of the color data is rotated and
converted. In picture data, color data for the color
of paper or the color of a picture digitally generated
have extreme values, and errors occur when the data
are converted. In this case, data around the color
data in a color conversion table are modified to
obtain a desirable conversion result.
Patent EP-0982315-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HIGGINS JOHN D
IPC: A61K31/00
Filed: 1999-01-22
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the direct esterification of stanols
and sterols with fatty acids to form stanol/sterol-esters. The method provides a synthetic
route that is amenable to large scale production of the esters in high yields. A preferred
embodiment employs a food grade process free of organic solvents or mineral acids.
Patent EP-0940604-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NISHIJI MAKOTO
IPC: F16H48/20
Filed: 1999-01-25
Abstract: One pair of planetary gears 3A,3B are each provided on one end
thereof with a long gear portion 31, on the other end with a short gear portion
32 and a neck portion 33 between the long gear portion 31 and the short gear
portion 32. The long gear portion 31 of the planetary gear 3A is in
engagement with the short gear portion 32 of the other planetary gear 3B at an
inner gear portion 31b and with a gear portion 2a of a side gear 2A at an outer
gear portion 31b beyond where it engages the short gear portion 32 of the
other planetary gear. The long gear portion 31 of the other planetary gear 3B
is in engagement with the short gear portion 32 of the planetary gear 3A at the
inner gear portion 31b and with a gear portion 2b of a side gear 2B at the outer
gear portion 31a beyond where it engages the short gear portion 32 of the first
planetary gear.
Patent EP-0959397-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NAKAGAWA YUKIO
IPC: B65B9/10
Filed: 1999-05-14
Abstract: A vertical pillow type form-fill-seal packaging
machine (10) with transverse sealers (40) incorporates a
timing controller (50) for adjusting the timing for
clamping a tubularly formed film with the sealers such that
articles being dropped in to be packaged will not be caught
in between. A display device (54) displays a time axis or
parallel axes along which markers indicate the times of
arrival of the falling articles to be packaged and the
sealers at the clamping position for the sealers. As the
user moves the marker for indicating the arrival time of
the sealers, the timing controller (50) adjusts the
operating mode of the sealers (40) such that the sealers
will clamp the film at the time specified by the user
according to the displayed time of arrival of the articles.
Patent EP-0974468-A2 (EP)
Inventor: IWASAKI OSAMU
IPC: B41J2/485
Filed: 1999-07-20
Abstract: A plurality of patterns (SP1 to SP8) respectively
having different area factor of dot formation area are
formed by forward and reverse scanning printing of a
print head (1), and then optical characteristics of
the plurality of formed patterns are measured. A
function representing the relationship between the
printing position offset between the forward and
reverse printings is determined from the optical
characteristics. Then, respective pattern (PM, PF,
PS) having a predetermined area factor of dot formation
area is formed by means of forward and reverse scanning
where the speed is differentiated according to the mode
of a printing apparatus, and then the optical
characteristics of this pattern is measured. By
applying this measured optical characteristics to the
function, an adjustment value of the dot formation
position conditions between the forward and reverse
scans is obtained for each mode. This makes it easy
to perform printing registration in a printing
apparatus in the case of printing by a forward and
reverse scan of a printing head or in the case of
printing by means of a plurality of printing heads.
In this case, operations by a user etc. are also
unnecessary and are easily performed.