baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2005527695-A (JP)
IPC: C08F210/16
Filed: 2003-05-29
Abstract: New polymerization catalyst activators are disclosed which include a heterocyclic compound, which may or may not be substituted, and an aluminum alkyl or an aluminoxane. Supported activators of the invention include the heterocyclic compound, combined with an alkylaluminum or aluminoxane, and a support material, preferably a silica support material. Also disclosed are methods for preparing these catalyst activators and polymerization processes utilizing same.
Patent JP-2006511460-A (JP)
Title: 治療適応を持つケトカンナビノイド
IPC: C07D221/12
Filed: 2003-08-25
Abstract: 新規な三環式カンナビノイド化合物を提供する。これら化合物のいくつかは、蛍光特性を有する。蛍光カンナビノイド化合物は、内生的に蛍光性である。これらの化合物のいくつかは、ヒト又は動物に治療上有効な量で投与される際、ヒト又は動物において、生理学的応答を発生させるに充分に高い当該化合物レベルを生ずる。生理学的応答は、多数の病状の治療に有用である。
Patent JP-2005537088-A (JP)
Title: フライパンの製造方法
IPC: A47J27/00
Filed: 2002-11-05
Abstract: 【課題】   低コストで製造するとともに、調理後の味を低下させないフライパンの製造方法を提供する。 【解決手段】   アルミニウムがめっきされた鋼板からなる板材をプレス成形により食材投入部１０および加熱用底部を成形する。次いで、この食材投入部１０の底面に粉末および接着剤を塗布し、アルミニウムからなる補強板を積層する。この後、上記補強板の下面に粉末および接着剤を塗布し、加熱用底部を積層する。次に、上記粉末および接着剤に所定温度の高周波熱融着を施す。最後に、上記食材投入部１０の側面に取っ手３０を配設してフライパン１００を完成させる。このフライパン１００の食材投入部１０は、鋼板の表裏面にアルミニウムがめっきされた板材を用いている成形されている。この結果、上記板材は、従来のステンレス鋼板などよりも製造コストが安い。また、加熱用底部を加熱しても食材投入部１０の変形も生じなく、よって、食材を均等に加熱することができる。
Patent JP-2006500090-A (JP)
IPC: A61B17/04
Filed: 2003-08-19
Abstract: Surgical tissue fasteners and related deployment systems and methods are disclosed. A tissue fastener used to join multiple tissue layers includes a first member, a second member, and a connecting member connecting the first and second members. In some embodiments, the first and second members are configured to expand from a delivered state to a deployed state in which the fastener secures the tissue layers together. Other tissue fastener embodiments include means for applying a substantially constant force on the tissue layers and/or means for adjusting a length of the connecting member between the first and second members.
Patent JP-2006511209-A (JP)
Title: ペットフード製品およびその製造方法
IPC: A23K1/00
Filed: 2003-09-11
Abstract: マリネーテッドまたはグリルド外観を付与された本物の肉の外観を模倣している着色した外面を有するペットフード製品が製造される。製品はベジタリアン（肉無し）処方物または肉をドライタンパク性材料と合わせた処方物を使用して製造されてもよい。成分を加工してエマルジョン様混合物を生成し、それを閉じ込められたゾーンの中で迅速に加熱してタンパク質を凝固させる。そのゾーンにはインジェクター／シュレッダー・アセンブリが配置されていて、凝固した製品素材を破壊してそして細断し、かつ着色剤を注入する。着色剤は最終製品の外面の一部に付着して模造のグリルド外観またはローステッド外観を生じる。
Patent JP-2006502580-A (JP)
Title: 熱伝播器
IPC: H01L23/373
Filed: 2003-10-08
Abstract: 電子装置用の熱伝播器は、連続的で制御されないピット又は孔が無く、ダイヤモンド装填材料上に成長したＣＶＤダイヤモンド層を有する。ダイヤモンド装填材料は、母材中のダイヤモンド粒子の塊を含み、露出したダイヤモンド粒子を備える表面を有し、その上にＣＶＤダイヤモンドが成長する。ＣＶＤダイヤモンド層は少なくとも部分的にエピタクシによってダイヤモンド装填材料の露出したダイヤモンド粒子に結合する。
Patent JP-2006511987-A (JP)
Title: デジタル群遅延補正器
IPC: H04L/
Filed: 2003-10-06
Abstract: 【課題】本発明はＤＳＯにおける最先端技術にある以下の問題を解決するためになされたものである。（１）多くの方式において、方式性能を最適にする最良の位相応答は、明確ではない。（２）異なる目的のための設計された方式は、最適性能の測定において異なる基準を有する。（３）オールパス・フィルターは所望の群遅延特性に応じて設計されるので、もし所望の群遅延特性が知られていなければ、そのようなフィルターをいかに設計するかは不明瞭である。（４）オールパス・フィルター設計に対する群遅延、仕様は、線形方式の周波数領域特性である。（たとえわずかな）非線形要素を含むシステムは、周波数領域と時間領域行動間の劣悪な相関性を示し得る。（５）方式群遅延特性は、正確な補正の提供に困難さを作るでこぼこであり得る（図５に示すように）。時間・領域性能のそれら自身に現れる補正においてどのように誤差になるか不明瞭である。 【解決手段】本発明のデジタル群遅延補正方式は、実装段階で用いられるデジタルオールパス・フィルターと、方式の全体性能が較正段階で測定され最適化されるそのような、実装段階で用いられるオールパス・フィルターに対する係数を発生する方式とから成るものである。
Patent JP-2006509498-A (JP)
IPC: A01G3/02
Filed: 2003-08-25
Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a grip is provided for fastening different objects that can be attached to fingers, hands, arms or legs or other anatomical parts of a user. This grip prevents tools from slipping away or falling down. Objects do not need to be put away and a user, nevertheless, has a full freedom of movement in order to be able to perform different types of work such as cutting, tying, etc. more quickly than in the past. The grip may comprise a handle, a fixation element and a pulling element all of which being joint to one another in a fixed, gradual or continuous manner.
Patent JP-2006505671-A (JP)
Title: 極低酸度超安定ｙ型ゼオライト及び均質無定形シリカ−アルミナを含む水素化分解触媒並びに水素化分解方法
IPC: C10G45/12
Filed: 2003-10-10
Abstract: 約５未満のアルファ値、及びＦＴ−ＩＲ法で測定して約１〜２０μモル／ｇ、好ましくは約１〜１０μモル／ｇのブレンステッド酸度を有する、低酸度で高度に脱アルミニウムされた少量の超安定Ｙ型ゼオライトと、約０．７〜約１．３のＳＢ比を有し、結晶性アルミナ相が約１０％以下、好ましくは５％以下の量で存在する均質無定形シリカ−アルミナ分解成分と、ＶＩ族金族、ＶＩＩＩ族金属、及びそれらの混合物からなる群から選択された触媒量の水素化成分とを含む触媒組成物が開示される。本発明は、炭化水素系油類を適切な炭化水素転化条件下において前記触媒と接触させることを含む、前記炭化水素系油類の転化方法を提供する。そのような方法には、一段式水素化分解法、二段式水素化分解法、直列流式水素化分解法、マイルド水素化分解法、潤滑油水素化分解法、水素化脱硫法、接触脱蝋法、及び接触分解法が含まれるが、これらに限られるものではない。
Patent JP-2006507050-A (JP)
IPC: A61M5/31
Filed: 2003-11-19
Abstract: A prefilled medical syringe includes a syringe barrel. A syringe plunger is disposed in the barrel and displaceable by means of a plunger rod. An end plug closes off a cannula side of the syringe barrel. The plug is provided with a through-channel closed off by a membrane. A finger support is disposed at the end of the syringe barrel opposite the end plug and provided with a through-opening for the plunger rod. A thread system cooperates with the plunger rod and the finger support. The thread system includes a thread sleeve detachably connected with the finger support. The thread sleeve is provided with an inner thread that cooperates with an outer thread on the plunger rod.
Patent JP-2006509762-A (JP)
Title: 選択的シクロオキシゲナーゼ−２阻害薬のパッチ剤
IPC: A61K31/415
Filed: 2003-11-12
Abstract: ＣＯＸ−２を介した障害の局部的および/または全身の治療用の、被験者の皮膚の一定面積に貼付するための医薬組成物が、皮膚の貼付領域に柔軟になじむ裏地シート、すなわち貼付の際に皮膚に対して各々遠位および近位となる向かい合う表面を有する該裏地シート；および裏地シートの近位表面上のコーティング物質、すなわち（ａ）粘着物質、（ｂ）水への溶解度の低い選択的ＣＯＸ−２阻害スルホンアミド薬を包含する活性物質、および（ｃ）活性物質のための溶媒系、を包含し、その場合、活性物質は治療上有効な総量で存在し、溶媒系は、活性物質を実質的に完全に可溶化した形で維持するために有効な組成および量に関して選択されるものとする該コーティング物質を包含する。被験者の疼痛および/または炎症の部位の局部的治療法が、該被験者の皮膚表面に、好ましくは疼痛および/または炎症の部位の上を覆うまたは隣接する場所に当該組成物を貼付し、活性物質の局部的治療量の送達を可能にするため、有効な一定時間その状態で該組成物を置いておくことを包含する。ＣＯＸ−２を介した障害を有する被験者の全身の治療法が、被験者の皮膚表面に該組成物を貼付し、活性物質の治療量の経皮送達を可能にするため、有効な一定時間その状態で該組成物を置いておくことを包含する。
Patent JP-2006506824-A (JP)
Title: 有機発光デバイスエレメント中のアズレン基化合物
IPC: H01L51/30
Filed: 2003-11-26
Abstract: 有機発光デバイスの効率を改善するために、アズレン基化合物が発光層およびまたは、１つまたは１つ以上の電荷輸送層、またはホスト材料として、または有機発光デバイスの機能層中にドープされている有機発光デバイス。
Patent JP-2006507196-A (JP)
IPC: G01F23/00
Filed: 2003-11-21
Abstract: RFID tags attached to a product contain information regarding the product and communicate this information to a reader. This information can include the age of the product, the amount of product left and preparation or care instructions for the product. To record the age of a product, a timer is initiated in the RFID tag. Thereafter, the elapsed time on the timer can be read and displayed by the reader. For other products, the RFID tag can have contacts monitoring the level of remaining product. Once the contacts sense that the amount of product is low, this information can be transmitted and communicated by the reader. Preparation and care instructions are prerecorded on the tag. Instructions can also be communicated between a product and a base, such as a heater.
Patent JP-2006509559-A (JP)
IPC: A61B5/0408
Filed: 2003-12-10
Abstract: A medical electrode for conducting signals, in particular for conducting signals from the human skin, is built up in at least two layers. A preferably metallic signal conductor can be connected to the signal-emitting subject, preferably in the form of a signal-conducting layer, and is arranged between an upper top layer and an adhesive layer which can be brought into contact with the signal-emitting subject. The electrode has a tapping pad, and an electrically insulating covering element arranged between the tapping pad and the signal-emitting subject, and at least one side of the preferably planar covering element is electrically conductive in construction.
Patent JP-2006512705-A (JP)
IPC: G06F1/00
Filed: 2003-12-05
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling a user access to a server content from an information carrier player ( 101 ), said server being intended to contain data associated with a rating level (RL), said method comprising; a) a parental control access step ( 104 ) based on a current parental control level (Current PCL i), b) a control step ( 107 ) based on a comparison between said current parental control level (Current PCL i) and the rating level of said data, for selecting authorized data to be displayed on said information carrier player ( 101 ).
Patent JP-2006513876-A (JP)
Title: 絶縁化した磁化スクリュードライバー
IPC: B25B15/02
Filed: 2003-08-01
Abstract: 本発明は、絶縁化した磁化スクリュードライバーに関するものであって、ドライバービットの孔に絶縁体がドライバービットと面一になるように覆設されるので、深い小孔に位置し且つ電圧の充電されているねじを前記小孔との干渉なしに強い力で不便なく緩めたり締めたりすることができるのは勿論のこと、凹部にドライバービットから突出しないように覆設されて、ドライバービットの先端部を磁化させる永久磁石によってビット先端部にねじを引っ付けることができて、締結の解除されたねじを前記孔から感電事故の恐れなく容易に取り出し或いはさらに挿入して正確な位置にセットすることができ、永久磁石が絶縁体の挿入孔に挿入されたまま前記凹部に覆設されるので外部に露出しないため、電流の流れるねじを緩めたり締めたりする途中、永久磁石との接触による予想できない感電事故を予防することができるうえ、永久磁石を外力から保護することができ、取っ手の結合孔に金属リングが設置されるが、永久磁石の磁力でドライバービットと取っ手を着脱可能に結合させることができる、絶縁化した磁化スクリュードライバーに関するものである。
Patent JP-2006187820-A (JP)
Title: Insert detachable cutting tool
Inventor: ISHII MASAE
IPC: B23B27/14
Filed: 2005-01-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an insert detachable cutting tool which has its insert positively secured thereto, prevents the insert from being moved by main component of force of cutting resistance, allows even an insert having part of a cutting edge thereof broken to be mountable thereon, and is usable the other cutting edge of the insert.  <P>SOLUTION: The insert detachable cutting tool carries out grooving etc., and the insert 30 has a triangular plate portion and projected portions 36. The cutting tool has a first recess 16 formed at a front end of a shank 10, for housing therein the triangular plate portion with an interval kept therebetween, and the first recess 16 has a second recess 17 formed in a bottom surface thereof. The second recess 17 is defined by a bottom support portion, a first side surface support portion 20, and a second side surface support portion 21, and the first side surface support portion 20 is made in parallel with a plane perpendicular to a direction of the main component of force of the cutting resistance applied to the cutting edge 34a or inclined so as to recede at a location closer to a rear edge of the shank 10.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006009140-A (JP)
Title: 6000 series aluminum alloy sheet having excellent hardenability of coating/baking and production method therefor
Inventor: NAKAMORI TAKASHI
IPC: C22C21/06
Filed: 2005-01-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a 6000 series aluminum alloy sheet for forming having excellent hardenability of coating/baking, and to provide a production method therefor excellent in productivity.  <P>SOLUTION: In the 6000 series aluminum alloy comprising, by mass, 0.2 to 1.0% Mg and 0.5 to 1.5% Si, the density of β" phase deposits observed after the application of heat treatment to a product at 180°C for 9 hr is 3,000 to 7,000 pieces/μm<SP>2</SP>, and proof stress after the restoration of solute atom clusters present in the product is 90 to 140 MPa. In the production method therefor, a prescribed aluminum sheet is subjected to solution quenching treatment so as to be held at 480 to 580°C for ≤5 min and thereafter to be cooled at a cooling rate of ≥5°C/s, and is next subjected to high temperature previous aging treatment in the temperature range of 150 to 250°C for 30 s to 10 min. Further, by performing a low temperature previous aging treatment in warm water of pH 4 to 7, excellent adhesive properties can further be imparted thereto.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006191432-A (JP)
Title: Portable communication equipment and its manufacturing method
Inventor: KOBAYASHI TAKAYUKI
IPC: H04M1/02
Filed: 2005-01-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problems that a case body is constituted of the same transparent or translucent resin material since conventionally an incoming call is reported to a user by making the entire case body emit light, an electronic circuit board inside is seen through in the state other than the incoming call, a partitioning part for preventing information displayed at a display part from becoming hard to view by the light emitted by a light emitting element is required, and a case body structure is slightly complicated.  <P>SOLUTION: The back surface 2b of an upper side case body part is structured such that a transparent light transmissive resin 9 is formed as a light transmitting part by half vapor deposition at a belt-like part in a horizontal direction of a prescribed width from an upper end indicated by hatching on the back side of the case body part and a colored non light transmissive resin 10 is formed at the other part indicated by white ground. Also, on the front side of the back surface 2b, UV coating is executed. From the inside of the case body between the front surface and the back surface 2b, the light from an LED is transmitted through the light transmitting part by the transparent light transmissive resin 9. Since the light transmissive resin 9 is half vapor deposited, the inside can not be seen from the outside of the upper side case body part. Also, the inside can not be seen from the outside of the upper side case body part at the part covered with the non light transmissive resin 10 either.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005102344-A (JP)
Title: Method and device for determining performance of portion in network
Inventor: JAWAORSKI RICHARD C
IPC: H04L1/00
Filed: 2005-01-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for testing a portion of a cable network.  <P>SOLUTION: This system and method for testing a portion of a cable network has a pattern generator (600), an addresser (602), a forward error corrector (606), and a comparator (604). The system and method is particularly adapted to testing the upstream channel in a cable network. The pattern generator generates a test signal, and the addresser addresses the signal to a known server and also instructs the known server to return the test signal to the test system. The forward error corrector corrects errors introduced in the test signal in transmission from the known server to the test system. The comparator then compares the returned test signal to the originally transmitted test signal to determine the performance of the back channel, preferably, the comparator uses a bit error rate test to determine the performance of the back channel.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006187796-A (JP)
Title: Rolling die and method for manufacturing rolling die
Inventor: NODA HIDEKI
IPC: B23H9/00
Filed: 2005-01-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rolling die which is inexpensively manufactured by reducing the manufacturing cost of the base stock for dies and a manufacturing method of the rolling die.  <P>SOLUTION: By constituting so that only working teeth for forming a coarse screw thread are provided on the first rolling tooth profile face of a first die and the formation of working teeth for forming a fine screw thread is eliminated, the man-hour for grinding is reduced. Meanwhile, the working teeth 22 for forming the coarse screw thread and tooth profiles 23 for forming the fine screw thread are provided on the second rolling tooth profile face 21 of the second die by electric discharge machining. Consequently, the rolling die is more inexpensively manufactured while sufficiently securing the quality of a double thread.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005226443-A (JP)
Title: Reinforced cement thin plate and method of manufacturing the same
Inventor: KANETANI MASANORI
IPC: E03F5/04
Filed: 2005-01-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reinforced cement thin plate which facilitates formation of a rugged pattern on a front surface thereof, and is for use as a side ditch block having a high mechanical strength.  <P>SOLUTION: The reinforced cement thin plate 4 is for use in reinforcing a surface of the side ditch block, and has a pattern section 4a formed on the front surface thereof and fine pebbles 4c embedded in a rear surface thereof. To manufacture the reinforced cement thin plate 4, the following steps are carried out. In the first step, reinforced cement is spread on a surface of a plate-shaped form on which a pattern section is formed, so as to have a constant thickness. In the second step, a number of the fine pebbles 4c are embedded in a surface of the reinforced cement spread on the surface of the form. In the following step, the reinforced cement is cured over a predetermined time period to harden the same. Then in the final step, the hardened reinforced cement is released from the plate-like form.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006194714-A (JP)
Title: Positioning stand capable of feedback control
Inventor: CHU YI-MING
IPC: G12B5/00
Filed: 2005-01-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a positioning stand capable of feedback control.  <P>SOLUTION: This positioning stand is installed with a plurality of pairs of connection mechanisms in a hollow base, and each connection mechanism is a hinge type mechanism manufactured by a plate spring, and an actuator is mounted on each axial direction position between the base and the positioning stand. When operating the actuator, the positioning stand can be moved as much as a fine width in each axial direction in the base, and presses and deforms the connection mechanisms. A strain gage is mounted separately on the connection mechanism and detects elastic deformation of the connection mechanism, and the strain gage feedbacks an electric signal to a controller. A control signal is corrected by controller operation to operate accurately the actuator, and the positioning stand is moved to an accurate position.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006194142-A (JP)
Title: Control device of internal combustion engine
Inventor: HAKARIYA MASAFUMI
IPC: F02D45/00
Filed: 2005-01-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To calculate the air quantity filled in a cylinder simply and accurately.  <P>SOLUTION: The air quantity filled in the cylinder is divided into a first air quantity and a second air quantity, the first air quantity and the second air quantity are calculated respectively, and the first air quantity and the second air quantity are summed up to calculate the air quantity filled in the cylinder. The firt air quantity is one excess of the air quantity filled in the cylinder for a throttle valve passage air quantity generated by an intake stroke. An intake pressure decreasing amount which is an decreasing amount of the intake pressure generated by the intake stroke is detected for every cylinder to calculate the sum of the intake pressure decreasing amount in the range of 720°crank angle. The first air quantity is calculated based on the intake pressure decreasing amount and the sum of the intake pressure decreasing amount.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006196095-A (JP)
Title: Optical disk reproducing apparatus
Inventor: HAYASHIBARA KAZUKI
IPC: G10L19/02
Filed: 2005-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a sound output from becoming silence state if a DTS sound is selected automatically when an optical disk where DTS sound is recorded in an audio number 1 is reproduced in an optical disk reproducing apparatus equipped with no an analog output function of the DTS sound while being equipped with a digital output function.  <P>SOLUTION: Reproduction starts with other sounds than the DTS sound when it is determined that an audio number of DTS sound on the DVD is larger than the audio number of other sounds. When it is determined that the audio number of the DTS sound is smaller than the audio number of other sounds, and when it is determined that DTS digital output setting is bit stream, reproduction starts with the DTS sound of the audio number 1, and when it is determined that the DTS digital output setting is off, the reproduction starts with the sound of the smallest audio number after the audio number 2 and other than the DTS.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005191584-A (JP)
Title: Integrated thin-film solar battery
Inventor: KURATA SHINICHIRO
IPC: H01L31/04
Filed: 2005-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an integrated thin-film solar battery having a structure capable of improving an FF value by keeping superior surface conditions of a semiconductor layer, as it is, while performing a cleaning process after laser scribing.  <P>SOLUTION: An integrated thin-film solar battery is constituted, in such a manner that a plurality of semiconductor layers, having connecting opening portions opened on one of the first electrode layer, are provided on the first electrode layers, which are divided to be provided in a plurality of regions on a substrate, so as to extend over two layers of the first electrode layers. A conductive layer is provided in a region, excluding the connecting opening portions on the semiconductor layer, and on the conductive layer, a second electrode layer is provided in a state of being electrically connected to one of the first electrode layers via the connecting opening portions, to thereby connect a plurality of unit elements formed of the region sandwiched by the second electrode layer and the other first electrode layer, in series.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005199718-A (JP)
Title: Device in printing machine for forming coating on printing product
Inventor: SCHNEIDER JOSEF
IPC: B41F17/00
Filed: 2005-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device in a printing machine for forming a coating on a printing product.  <P>SOLUTION: In order to produce the device in the printing machine for forming the coating on the printing product, which is preferably controllable on a digital system through printing area data and consequently a coating motif can be formed variably, in a rotary printing machine having a varnishing unit for coating a printing object to be processed in the printing machine and preferably having a drier arranged in the rear of the varnishing unit, as the varnishing unit, an inkjet printer is used in the form of the arrangement or beam of inkjet heads for jetting in a line preferably against a folio sized printing object and then the printing object is guided beneath the outlet opening part of the inkjet heads. In addition, preferably the drier is arranged just behind the inkjet printer viewing towards the transferring direction of the printing object in order to dry the liquid coating material after its application onto the printing object.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006196798-A (JP)
Title: Method of inspecting thin film solar cell
Inventor: KITANI KIMIHIKO
IPC: G01B21/28
Filed: 2005-01-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of inspecting a thin film solar cell capable of executing total inspection on a p-type semiconductor thin film such as a CIS thin film and CIGS thin film.  <P>SOLUTION: A conductive film, p-type compound semiconductor thin film as a light absorbing layer, n-type semiconductor thin film, and a transparent conductive film are sequentially formed on a substrate to manufacture a thin film solar. After forming the p-type compound semiconductor thin film in that process, the surface area along a surface contour of the arbitrary region is measured, which is compared to the area of a flat surface specified by the profile of the arbitrary region. The p-type compound semiconductor thin film is determined to be a good product when the area ratio of the surface area against the flat surface is larger than 1 while equal to or less than a specified value, for example ≤1.3. So, the p-type compound semiconductor thin film is evaluated in total number by nondestructive manner in a short time, to predict the solar cell characteristics of a thin-film solar cell formed like this. Whether a higher conversion efficiency is available or not is determined at high accuracy, for improved yield.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI