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Patent EP-1222596-B1 (EP)
Inventor: CRANE SUZANNE P
IPC: G06Q40/00
Filed: 2000-09-26
Granted: 2003-12-03
Abstract: A known charge card billing system communicates with an investment broker system, wherein the investment broker system includes an instruction arrangement database, payment hierarchy and an investment account. An interested cardholder suitably appoints the charge card administrator as a processing agent to collect and promptly remit the cardholder's voluntary, periodic payments for investment into preselected investment products, such as, for example, mutual fund shares, fixed annuities, variable annuities, CDs, insurance, certificates, equities and/or the like. The billing system distributes a billing statement at the end of each month, wherein the statement includes all of the charges for that month and a reminder to remit an additional dollar amount for the preselected investments. The cardholder then sends a single payment for the charges and the investments to the charge card administrator. After receiving the payment, the system appropriately unbundles the payment and distributes the remitted payment to the card account to satisfy the captured financial events and to the investment broker system for the purchase of investment products.
Patent EP-1224660-B1 (EP)
Inventor: VANDALI ANDREW E
IPC: G10L21/02
Filed: 2000-10-25
Granted: 2010-07-14
Abstract: A sound processor including a microphone (1), a pre-amplifier (2), a bank of N parallel filters (3), means for detecting short-duration transitions in the envelope signal of each filter channel, and means for applying gain to the outputs of these filter channels in which the gain is related to a function of the second-order derivative of the slow-varying envelope signal in each filter channel, to assist in perception of low-intensity sort-duration speech features in said signal.
Patent EP-1242557-B1 (EP)
Inventor: DIRKSEN JAMES A
IPC: C09G1/02
Filed: 2000-12-15
Granted: 2005-10-26
Abstract: A method of polishing or planarizing a substrate comprising abrading at least a portion of the surface of a substrate comprising a metal, metal oxide, metal composite, or mixture thereof, with a composition comprising a metal oxide abrasive and a liquid carrier, wherein the composition has a pH of about 7 or less and the metal oxide abrasive has a total surface hydroxyl group density no greater than about 3 hydroxyl groups per nm<2>.
Patent EP-1125869-B1 (EP)
IPC: B23P21/00
Filed: 2001-02-02
Granted: 2010-02-24
Abstract: The mounting incorporates a bench (1) with a semi-circular cavity on the side of the work-place, and an appliance (3) for rolling or sliding multiple workpiece holders (2) on the bench's upper side, along a pre-set semicircular track. The bench is curved and has arms protruding from the curved-side bench edges beyond the bench's upper side for guiding the multiple workpiece holders. The bench has preferably three assembly units (4A,4B.4C) each with a through-passage in the bench.
Patent EP-1167242-B1 (EP)
Inventor: STEINBRUNNER OTTMAR
IPC: B65F3/04
Filed: 2001-06-13
Granted: 2004-09-22
Abstract: The vehicle has a pick-up with pivot arms for refuse bins, and a suspension with pivot bearing (9a). The suspension is connected to the vehicle via a detachable fastening unit (10). The unit is position-adjustable, esp. height-adjustable, and pref. continuously adjustable. The pivot arms are actuated by esp. piston-cylinder-units (14), which are fastened to the vehicle via pref. detachable and continuously adjustable pivot bearing (17,18).
Patent EP-1176723-B1 (EP)
Inventor: RENNIG FRED S
IPC: H03K19/003
Filed: 2001-07-30
Granted: 2003-10-08
Abstract: A driver circuit generates an adjustable output signal current at a driver output, which corresponds in each case to one or the other binary data level of an input signal. The driver circuit comprises n partial driver circuits (TT1-TT7), connected in parallel both at the input and at the output sides, which may be set into either an active or an inactive state for the purpose of setting the output signal current by means of a setting signal. In their active state each driver circuit delivers at each of its outputs a partial signal current relative to a constant reference current (Iref), depending on the data level of the input signal. The sum of the partial signal currents corresponds to the set output signal current. The input signals (INP, INN) are applied to a first partial driver circuit (TT1) directly, and to a second to nth partial driver circuit (TT2-TT7) via 1, 2, ... or n-1 delay elements (DP1-DP6, DN1-DN6) after a time delay of 1x DELTA t, 2x DELTA t up to (n-1)x DELTA t. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1188758-B1 (EP)
Inventor: KRAFCZYK ROLAND DR
IPC: C07F7/18
Filed: 2001-09-06
Granted: 2004-12-22
Abstract: Production of yellow bis-(3-(triethoxysilyl)-propyl)polysulfane (average sulfur chain length less than 4 and iodine color number no greater than 10 mg iodine/100 ml) comprises mixing neutral chloropropyltriethoxysilane with chloropropyltrichlorosilane and reaction with sodium sulfide and sulfur, disodium tetrasulfide and Nas2S or disodium trisulfide and Na2S in ethanol. A process for the production of yellow bis-(3-(triethoxysilyl)-propyl)polysulfone having an average sulfur chain length of less than 4 and an iodine color number of no greater than 10 mg iodine/100 ml comprises mixing neutral chloropropyltriethoxysilane with chloropropyltrichlorosilane followed by reaction with sodium sulfide (Na2S) and sulfur, disodium tetrasulfide (N2S4) and Nas2S or disodium trisulfide (Na2S3) and Na2S in ethanol.
Patent EP-1205606-B1 (EP)
Inventor: GOEHRING WOLFRAM
IPC: E03C1/05
Filed: 2001-10-02
Granted: 2006-03-01
Abstract: The shower installation has a number of side shower jets positioned at different heights, with each of their respective supply lines (6,7,8,9) containing an electrically-operated valve (10,11,12,13), coupled to a driver circuit (20,21,22,23), operated by a control device (19) in dependence on the size of the shower user, provided by a sensor device (15,16,17,18).  The control device is programmed for activating all of the side shower jets which correspond to the height of the user, or all of the side shower jets lying below the users head.
Patent EP-1128199-B1 (EP)
Inventor: ZUELLIG MARC-ANDREW
IPC: G02B6/36
Filed: 1999-06-21
Granted: 2002-11-27
Abstract: The plug connector has a socket part with a housing (11) open on at least one side into which a plug part with a plug pin enclosing an optical waveguide can be inserted. A socket (25) open towards the open side of the housing that accepts a plug pin has an associated pivoting arrangement (39, 41) that enables unhindered plug pin access in one position and seals the opening dust tight in a second position.
Patent EP-1257141-B1 (EP)
Inventor: LESCUYER PIERRE
IPC: H04W36/14
Filed: 2001-05-10
Granted: 2007-01-03
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for Dynamic System Performance Adaptation (DSPA) and in particular DSPA between uncoordinated radio access networks having different RAT's is described. The present invention may provide a system and a method for operating at least a first and a second mobile telecommunications network connected through at least one common node, a mobile terminal being in radio communication with the first mobile telecommunications network. The mobile terminal scans a frequency spectrum and identifies at least a potential radio access network. The mobile terminal communicates a report of the results of the scan to the first network. The mobile terminal sends a message to the first telecommunications network with a request for specific mobile telecommunications service. The first network decides in response to the report and the request which of the radio networks detected by the scan of the mobile terminal is suitable for the requested service. The first radio network requests the common node to redirect at least a part of the communication to the second network. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1257389-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SCHMALZ KURT
IPC: B25J15/06
Filed: 2001-01-16
Granted: 2008-07-16
Abstract: L'invention concerne un appareil de manutention à aspiration qui comprend une caisse aspirante (12), une pompe centrifuge à vide (22), un dispositif de manutention (16) et une unité d'aspiration (20) qui ferme la caisse aspirante et qui est constituée d'une tôle d'aspiration (26) et d'un mat d'aspiration (30). Cette unité d'aspiration (20) comporte des trous d'aspiration (36) qui présentent une résistance à l'écoulement.
Patent EP-1287261-B1 (EP)
Inventor: KRIWET ANSGAR
IPC: F15B15/10
Filed: 2001-02-10
Granted: 2011-01-19
Abstract: A fluid power operable actuating device, which possesses a flexible contractible tube extending between two spaced head pieces, such flexible contractible tube being caused to expand radially when its inner space is subjected to fluid pressure and transmitting simultaneously axial forces, due to contraction, to the head pieces. The flexible contractible tube comprises an elastically deforming flexible tube body which has a special geometrical shape having a cross sectional outline on the inner periphery and/or the outer periphery of the flexible tube body which is non-circular and/or is in the form of several portions of the body of the flexible tube with properties of the material of the flexible tube body which are different from one another.
Patent EP-1263593-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SILVERBROOK KIA
IPC: B41J2/155
Filed: 2001-03-02
Granted: 2008-11-19
Abstract: A modular printhead includes a chassis. A plurality of printhead modules is mounted on the chassis. Each module is a sealed unit with a number of independent ink chambers for feeding inkjet nozzles in a printhead integrated circuit. Each printhead module is plugged into a reservoir molding. A self sealing elastomeric strip is interposed between the reservoir molding and the printhead modules. The printhead modules are supplied from the reservoir molding through the elastomeric strip.
Patent EP-1272300-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BRETSCHNEIDER FRANK
IPC: B22F3/11
Filed: 2001-02-22
Granted: 2005-05-18
Abstract: According to the invention, the shaped bodies are comprised of at least one heavy metal, preferably Fe, Ni, Co, Sn, Mo or W which can be reduced from a corresponding metallic compound at a temperature of less than 1 500° C. The shaped bodies have an outer diameter ranging from 0.05 to 0.5 mm, and a diameter-to-wall thickness ratio of 0.5 to 3%. According to the method, starting materials are deposited as an enveloping layer on supporting elements of any shape, and the green compacts thus produced are subsequently heat-treated. On that occasion, the supporting elements are pyrolyzed, the enveloping layers are essentially thermally decomposed and the decomposition products are sintered. The outer dimensions of the supporting elements are selected such that they are larger than the shaped bodies to be produced. Metallic compounds, preferably metal oxides, metal hydroxides, metal carbonates or organometallic compounds are used as starting materials and can be reduced at a temperature of less than 1 200° C. The thermal treatment is carried out in a reductive atmosphere containing hydrogen and/or carbon such that the starting materials are essentially reduced to the sintered metal which is based on the respectively used metallic compound.
Patent EP-1328386-B1 (EP)
Inventor: FRANKS GEORGE VINCENT
IPC: B29C35/02
Filed: 2001-04-06
Granted: 2009-12-02
Abstract: The invention relates to methods of forming shaped articles from suspensions which include ceramic or metallic powder, or from solutions or suspensions which include one or more pharmaceutical substances or other components. The method comprises the steps of: (a) combining solvent, polymer, cross-linking agent precursor and optional further components and placing into a mould of desired shape; (b) increasing temperature of mould contents to activate cross-linking agent; (c) allowing mould contents to solidify to sufficient extent to remove mould; (d) removing shaped article from the mould.
Patent EP-1278426-B1 (EP)
Inventor: ANDERSEN KIM TOFT
IPC: A23C19/06
Filed: 2001-04-27
Granted: 2005-06-22
Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of cheese manufacturing. In particular, there is provided a novel method for making cheese involving the preparation of a cheese curd using a curdling agent and wherein a lactic acid bacterial starter culture is introduced into the resulting cheese curd. The advantage of the present method is that is possible to produce a large amount of cheese curd which may subsequently be divided into smaller portions each of which can be inoculated with specific and designed lactic acid bacterial starter culture to obtain different types of cheese or different ripening profile (storage time) for the same cheese type. Thus, this method is useful in the manufacturing of a variety of cheese types originating from a single curd.
Patent EP-1266385-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SAUER PHILIPPE
IPC: H01F1/00
Filed: 2001-03-22
Granted: 2008-12-31
Abstract: Porous, ferro- or ferrimagnetic, glass particles are described that selectively bind molecules of interest, especially nucleic acid molecules; under appropriate conditions. Methods of preparing the porous, ferro- or ferrimagnetic, glass particles and their use for identifying or separating molecules of interest are also described. Kits comprising the porous, ferro- or ferrimagnetic, glass particles are also provided.
Patent EP-1290540-B1 (EP)
Inventor: HEYL CHRISTIAN
IPC: G06F3/05
Filed: 2001-06-11
Granted: 2004-05-12
Abstract: An analogue to digital converter has a settable trigger level that generates an interrupt signal for a CPU when a trigger condition is fulfilled.
Patent EP-1342292-B1 (EP)
Inventor: ROY APURBA
IPC: H01R12/52
Filed: 2001-08-20
Granted: 2008-05-07
Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a circuit module is provided with a plurality of dual capacity connector pads, each pad holding a miniature surface mount connector and/or a connection pin. The preferred I-channel surface mount connector is sufficiently small that the module can be connected by either surface mount or pin to the same region of the circuit board.
Patent EP-1316220-B1 (EP)
Inventor: THIENOT CEDRIC
IPC: H04N7/26
Filed: 2001-08-31
Granted: 2004-12-22
Abstract: The invention concerns a method for compressing and decompressing a structured document, associated with at least a tree diagram structure defining a document structure and comprising nested structure elements, associated with a type of information, and representing sets of data, the method comprising steps which consists in: performing a syntactic analysis of the structure diagram and standardizing it so as to obtain a single predefined sequence of the elements of the diagram; compiling the standardized diagram to obtain finite automata, each automaton comprising states interconnected by transitions respectively representing the elements of the structure; and compressing the document, and executing at least a compression algorithm associated with a type of information, when a set of data having the type of information is encountered in the document.
Patent EP-1328853-B1 (EP)
Inventor: RATHJEN ANDREAS
IPC: G05B19/05
Filed: 2001-09-13
Granted: 2006-11-15
Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for collecting, visualising and/or modifying operating data of at least one machine (10) pertaining to the tobacco processing industry. The method involves calling up the operating data by at least one computer (14, 17-20), and a bus system (15, 16) is provided for the system and the device, by which means the operating data can be transferred between at least one control system (13) and at least one computer (14, 17). The inventive method is characterised in that at least some of the operating data is placed on a web server (18) and can be called up via the Internet (21, 31) and/or at least one intranet (16, 32) by at least one other computer (19, 20) which can be connected to the Internet (21, 31) and/or intranet (16, 32). The inventive device is characterised by a data connection (21) enabling at least some of the operating data to be collected, visualised and/or modified via the Internet (21, 31) and/or at least one intranet (16, 32).
Patent EP-1328372-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BOYLE ADRIAN
IPC: H01L21/00
Filed: 2001-10-26
Granted: 2006-11-29
Abstract: A UV laser beam is used to machine semiconductor. The beams intensity (IB) is chosen so that it lies in a range of such values for which there is an increasing (preferably linear) material removal rate for increasing IB An elongate formation such as a trough or a slot is machined in n scans laterally offset (O_centre), for each value of z-integer in the z direction.
Patent EP-1341718-B1 (EP)
Inventor: DELAUNAY MARC
IPC: F17C11/00
Filed: 2001-10-26
Granted: 2008-07-23
Abstract: Electron cyclotron resonance plasma deposition process and device for single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) on a catalyst-free substrate, by injection of microwave power into a deposition chamber comprising a magnetic confinement structure with a magnetic mirror, and at least one electron cyclotron resonance area inside or at the border of the deposition chamber and facing the substrate, whereby dissociation and/or ionization of a gas containing carbon is caused, at a pressure of less than 10<SUP>-3 </SUP>mbars, in the magnetic mirror at the center of the deposition chamber, producing species that will be deposited on said heated substrate. The substrate surface includes raised and/or lowered reliefs. The invention concerns the SWNTs thus obtained.
Patent EP-1372923-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SCHERER RONALD J
IPC: B28B7/00
Filed: 2001-10-19
Granted: 2007-02-14
Abstract: A masonry block that is produced from a workpiece that is split in a block splitting assembly which uses any of a variety of projections to supplement or replace the action of the splitting blade in splitting and dressing the workpiece. The resulting masonry block has features that provide the masonry block with a weathered appearance.
Patent EP-1228954-B1 (EP)
Inventor: EWRINGMANN ULRICH
IPC: A63H17/12
Filed: 2002-01-18
Granted: 2006-04-26
Abstract: The toy vehicle has a seat (5) providing a seating surface for the child and a pair of track bands (4) positioned on either side of the seat, which are passed around freely rotating rollers (3), and pressed into driving engagement with the floor surface by the weight of the child on the seating surface. The outer surfaces of the track bands may be structured for increasing the friction between the track bands and the floor surface.
Patent EP-1254728-B1 (EP)
Inventor: NOE ANDREAS DR MONT DIPL-ING
IPC: B21B1/28
Filed: 2002-02-27
Granted: 2008-07-16
Abstract: A strip treatment line in which downstream of the processing roll stand for stainless steel strip, first and second tension rolls are provided to directly form a prestretching zone A for elastic or elastoplastic stretching of the strip following the dressing mill stand and for providing an afterstretching zone with elastoplastic or plastic stretching of the strip.
Patent EP-1291256-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BIEDERMANN KLAUS
IPC: H02H9/04
Filed: 2002-09-06
Granted: 2006-09-06
Abstract: The method involves applying a pull-in current and connecting a free-running diode with a clocked permanent current to switch the valve on, changing to a holding current after reaching the pull-in current, resulting in a clocked permanent current signal that is slowly quenched with diodes to give a d.c. coil current with low superimposed a.c.. The switch is opened to switch the valve for rapid quenching. The valve current is monitored. The method involves applying a pull-in current for a defined period and connecting a free-running diode (22) with a clocked permanent current to switch the valve (10) on, changing to a pulse width modulated, clocked holding current after reaching the pull-in current, resulting in a clocked permanent current signal, whereby the clocked permanent current is slowly quenched with diodes to give a d.c. coil current with a low superimposed a.c. current. The switch (18) is opened to switch the valve off to enable rapid quenching. The current to the magnetic valve is monitored by a monitoring device (26). AN Independent claim is also included for the following: a control system for operating magnetic valve for pneumatic brake cylinder.
Patent EP-1373977-B1 (EP)
Inventor: HOLMES MELANIE
IPC: G02F1/1362
Filed: 2002-03-27
Granted: 2005-12-14
Abstract: A beam steering device uses a liquid crystal with an array of back electrodes. Voltages are applied to the array to cause a desired phase distribution across the array, the distribution being selected to steer a beam incident upon the array into a desired direction. Reflective elements are disposed to reflect light incident in the spaces between the electrodes to reduce losses and to smooth the transitions in phase between adjacent electrodes.
Patent EP-1371165-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BENDER PAUL E
IPC: H04J13/00
Filed: 2002-03-08
Granted: 2006-11-15
Abstract: In a wireless communication system ( 10 ) a method and apparatus for inhibiting data transmissions during a data service outage at the access terminal ( 16 ). The access terminal ( 16 ) transmits an outage indicator to the access network ( 12 ) prior to the outage. A data service outage may be due to a page monitor of the voice portion of the system, or to frequency searching during which the access terminal (AT) is not available to receive data. The access network ( 12 ) does not transmit data during the outage. In one embodiment, the indicator is a DRC null cover. In an alternate embodiment, the indicator is a DRC having a zero data rate.
Patent EP-1370195-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BECKER WAYNE A
IPC: A61F2/01
Filed: 2002-01-07
Granted: 2009-07-29
Abstract: A delivery sheath for an intravascular emboli capturing filter including an elongate tube having a distal region having a reduced thickness distal wall region. The delivery sheath, according to the present invention, can have a thinner, softer, distal most portion for superior and more benign interaction with vessel interior walls. The present invention includes an intravascular emboli filter system including an elongate shaft having a distal region, an expandable emboli filter operably coupled to the elongate shaft distal region, and an elongate sheath having a lumen therethrough disposed over the elongate shaft. The elongate sheath can have a distally decreasing outside diameter taper or reduced wall thickness region having improved atraumatic characteristics.
Patent EP-1386888-B1 (EP)
Inventor: KUSUYAMA YUTAKA
IPC: C03B23/047
Filed: 2002-05-08
Granted: 2011-08-31
Abstract: A production method for an optical lens characterized by comprising the steps of producing a drawing optical lens base material having on one side surface thereof a first curved surface portion formed into an aspherical surface and functioning as an optically acting portion, and a second curved surface portion formed on the side surface opposite to the first curved surface portion and smaller in curvature than the first curved surface portion, drawing the drawing optical lens base material down to a desired outer diameter, and producing an optical lens (1) by slicing the drawn optical lens base material, the presence of the second curved surface portion being able to restrict strain due to drawing from occurring.