baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-1037090-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BAKER MARTIN GEORGE
IPC: G02F1/01
Filed: 2000-02-04
Abstract: Optical switching arrangement for switching a number of optical signals, consists of a
thermo-optic switch having a number of heaters which are heated by passing electrical
current through them. The mark-space ratio of current supplied from a constant voltage
source is varied to provide constant power to the heaters to compensate for resistance
changes in the heaters.
Patent EP-1036931-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ASKEW JAMES MARTIN ANDERTON
IPC: F02M63/02
Filed: 2000-03-15
Abstract: A fuel injector arrangement comprising a nozzle (10) provided with a first bore
(11) within which a valve needle (12) is slidable, the needle (12) being
engageable with a seating to control the flow of fuel from a delivery chamber
(13) to an outlet opening (14). The arrangement includes a surface associated
with the needle (12) which is exposed to the fuel pressure within a control
chamber (23), and a fuel pressure actuable control valve (26) controlling the
supply of fuel to the delivery chamber (13).
Patent EP-1061259-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHOFIELD NIGEL PAUL
IPC: F04C18/16
Filed: 2000-06-09
Abstract: A screw pump comprising a first shaft and spaced from and parallel to a second
shaft mounted in a pump body, a first rotor mounted on the first shaft and a second
rotor mounted on the second shaft, each rotor having formed on an outer surface at
least one helical vane or thread, the helical vanes or threads intermeshing together
so that rotary movement of the shafts will cause a fluid to be pumped from an inlet
towards an outlet of the pump, a first bearing arrangement associated with the first
shaft and a second bearing arrangement is associated with the second shaft, first
and second bearing arrangement being positioned in cavities within the first and
second rotors respectively which are sealed at their ends closest to the pump inlet
wherein a thermal shield is provided between the bearing arrangements and the
internal cavity surfaces.
Patent EP-1074892-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NAKAZATO HIROSHI
IPC: G03G15/00
Filed: 2000-07-19
Abstract: An engine controller (12) adjusts an image density of the toner
image to a target density by controlling an electrifying bias and a
development bias. The engine controller (12) determines an optimal
development bias which is needed to obtain the target density based on
densities of first patch images which are formed in the following bias
condition: The electrifying bias is fixed at the most recent optimal
electrifying bias which is stored in a RAM; and the development bias is
gradually changing based on the most recent optimal development bias
which is stored in the RAM.
Patent EP-1079247-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MATSUMOTO RYOKICHI
IPC: G02B6/024
Filed: 2000-08-18
Abstract: A polarization-maintaining optical fiber component which suppresses coupling of
propagating light to a high-order mode at the optical coupling section of the polarization-maintaining
optical fiber component, caused by different refractive indexes between the
stress applying sections and the cladding, thus reducing excess loss, is constructed by using a
polarization-maintaining optical fiber having stress applying sections arranged
symmetrically to each other with respect to a core in a cladding surrounding the core,
wherein the largest one of those concentric circles of the core or the said cladding which do
not reach the stress applying sections and do not include the stress applying sections within
has a diameter of 20 µm or greater.
Patent EP-1116739-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LINSTID HENRY CLAY III
IPC: C08J5/18
Filed: 2000-11-09
Abstract: A stretchable liquid crystal polymer having recurring units derived
from p-hydroxybenzoic acid, 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, at least one
aromatic diacid and at least one aromatic diol and/or hydroxyamine
component, at least a portion of which is 4,4'-biphenol, and one or more
aromatic monomers that provide the polymers with selected 1,3- (meta-)
linkages. Stretchable polymers are especially suitable for multilayer
laminates and bicomponent fibers.
Patent EP-1224536-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SELIGER ROBERT
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2000-05-30
Abstract: Server appliances provide context management functionality in the healthcare field and other fields. The server appliances may present themselves on a network as one or more World Wide Web sites accessible to applications whose context is managed.
Patent EP-1189615-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HARDER ACHIM
IPC: A61K31/495
Filed: 2000-05-04
Abstract: The invention relates to the use of piperazines for potentiating the endoparasiticidal action of cyclic depsipeptides in endoparasiticidal agents. Said depsipeptides are comprised of amino acids and hydroxycarboxylic acids serving as ring structural elements and having 24 ring atoms. The invention also relates to agents of this type and to the use of piperazines and cyclic depsipeptides, said depsipeptides being comprised of amino acids and hydroxycarboxylic acids serving as ring structural elements and having 24 ring atoms, in order to produce endoparasiticidal agents.
Patent EP-1200761-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BOUCHARD CLEMENT D
IPC: F16K31/00
Filed: 2000-06-30
Abstract: A simplified two-way piezoelectric-actuated valve is described. The valve has a valve body having an internal valve cavity, a pair of generally opposed positioning members integral to the valve body, and first and second ports. At least one of the ports has a valve seat and a passageway in communication with the valve seat, the seat and the passageway being integrally formed in the valve body. A piezoelectric actuator has first and second ends. The first end is secured within the valve cavity by the positioning members and has electrical contacts for providing an electric potential to control the position of the second end. The second end is capable of flexing between a closed position with respect to the valve seat and an open position with respect to the valve seat. A three-way version of the valve is also described, as is a method of manufacturing such valves.
Patent EP-1229933-A2 (EP)
Title: Compositions immunomodulatrices contenant une sequence immunostimulante liee a un antigene et procedes d'utilisation
Inventor: TUCK STEPHEN
IPC: A61K39/112
Filed: 2000-11-15
Abstract: La présente invention concerne des classes de compositions immunomodulatrices comprenant en moyenne au moins une séquence immunostimulante contenant un polynucléotide conjugué ou attaché à un antigène.  L'étendue de la conjugaison modifie les propriétés immunomodulatrices telles que l'étendue de la formation antigène-anticorps spécifique, y compris la formation d'anticorps associés au Th1, et ces différentes classes de conjugués sont par conséquent utilisées pour moduler le type et l'étendue de la réaction immunitaire.  L'invention se rapporte également à des procédés permettant de moduler une réaction immunitaire à l'aide des compositions précitées.
Patent EP-1240194-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PLOWMAN GREGORY D
IPC: A61P21/00
Filed: 2000-11-22
Abstract: L'invention porte sur des polypeptides kinases, des séquences nucléotidiques codant pour elles et sur différents produits et procédés utiles pour le diagnostic et le traitement de différentes maladies et états liés aux kinases. En recourant à la bioinformatique, on a pu identifier des PTK et STK de mammifères et en prédire la structure protéique.
Patent EP-1255448-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CAVAZZA CLAUDIO
IPC: A23C9/152
Filed: 2000-11-30
Abstract: A food selected from the group comprising milk and dairy products derived from milk, comprising a carnitine selected from the group consisting of L-carnitine, acetyl L-carnitine and propionyl L-carnitine in an effective amount to stimulate, through the natural fatty acid metabolic processes that take place in a consumer of said food, the synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids from the saturated fatty acids originally contained in the food.
Patent EP-1127764-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FRANK DIETER
IPC: B60T13/26
Filed: 2001-01-10
Abstract: The control unit has a first pneumatic input (4), which is connected to the supply pressure, and a second pneumatic input (5), which is connected to the output of a valve unit. The valve unit controls a redundant pressure that is drawn off from the brake pressure, which is transferred from the train to the carriages by pneumatic connectors. A pneumatic output is connected to an air-quantity amplifying valve unit. The control unit is constructed with three electrically-controlled 2/2 port direction control magnet valve units (7-9), each with two connections (10-15), whose pneumatic connections are connected together and whose electrical contacts are connected to outputs of an electronic control unit.
Patent EP-1146653-A2 (EP)
Inventor: RANTA JUKKA
IPC: H04B1/707
Filed: 2001-01-25
Abstract: A method of operating a mobile station in a WCDMA system. The mobile station
has a rake receiver (90) having a plurality of demodulator fingers (71,72,73). One
of the demodulator fingers monitors a neighbouring cell and other demodulator
fingers monitor an assigned cell. When the mobile station is in an idle mode, if it is
stationary, activity of the demodulator is reduced by switching off the demodulator
finger which monitors the neighbouring cell.
Patent EP-1102460-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HORTON FRED
IPC: H04Q3/42
Filed: 1998-11-12
Abstract: An apparatus and method for communications data over a voice-band communications loop.
The apparatus includes a transceiver circuitry, a backplane interface circuitry, a backplane
interconnection circuitry, and a signalling circuitry. The transceiver circuitry transmits and
receives voice-band modulated data over the communications loop. The backplane interface
provides for physical interconnection to the backplane. The backplane interconnection
circuitry couples the transceiver circuitry and the backplane interface to each other for data
transmission to enable the exchange of digital data between the transceiver and the backplane.
The signalling circuitry transmits and receives POTS call control signals over the
communications loop.
Patent EP-1120746-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OKAMOTO SHUSAKU
IPC: B60R1/00
Filed: 2001-01-26
Abstract: Simple calibration of a camera mounted on a mobile object
is implemented. With a joint means, a target apparatus for
calibration is physically fixed to the mobile object having a camera
mounted thereon. The positional relation between the vehicle and
the target apparatus is finely adjusted while visually confirming
a target point on the vehicle through a scope means.
Patent EP-1128049-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SAITO TOMOAKI
IPC: F02D41/38
Filed: 2001-02-05
Abstract: An engine control system performs a diagnosis of abnormality of fuel injection control on the basis
of fuel pressure in a common rail after fuel injection through a fuel injector that is detected after pulsation of
the fuel pressure in the common rail pressure caused by the fuel injection has attenuated as small as having no
substantial effect on the diagnosis of abnormality.
Patent EP-1127924-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SUGINO MAKI
IPC: C09C1/28
Filed: 2001-02-06
Abstract: (Object) To provide a silica powder having a good ability to adsorb an ink dye. (Solving MeansÜ A silica powder surface-treated with and epoxy compound having a plurality of epoxy groups, in which at least one epoxy group of the epoxy compound is ring-opened to bind to the surface of the silica powder and the remaining epoxy groups of the epoxy compound are bonded to amine compounds. The silica powder can be produced by the surface treatment of a silica powder with an epoxy compound and an amine compound successively or with both these compounds simultaneously. The surface treatment of the silica powder is performed with 0.1 to 60 parts by weight of an epoxy compound having at least two epoxy groups and 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of an amine compound in an inert gas atmosphere at 90 to 200 DEG C.
Patent EP-1136061-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MARGOT CHRISTIAN
IPC: A61K8/00
Filed: 2001-03-07
Abstract: The compounds of the formula
 
wherein R 1  and R 2  represent, independently from each other, a hydrogen atom or a methyl
group and R 3  represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, lower alkyl radical,
in the form of an optically active isomer of the formula
 
wherein the wavy line indicates one or other of the two possible orientations of the OH
group, and mixtures of these isomers can be used to impart fragrances of the woody and
amber-scented type, devoid of any animal/perspiration characteristics, to consumer
products.
Patent EP-1153813-A2 (EP)
Title: Transport device for vehicles
Inventor: DECKER WOLFGANG
IPC: B60S3/00
Filed: 2001-03-20
Abstract: The conveyor for cars comprises an endless chain (1) which passes over chain wheels . Rollers (4) are mounted on this which pass either side of a car wheel (6) and guide chains (9) on either side of these move at a different speed to the main chain.
Patent EP-1243355-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MATSUOKA MITSUO
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 2001-06-12
Abstract: The present invention aims with respect to a negative-angle
forming die with a lower die half supporting a rotary
cam and an upper die half having an intrusion forming portion
cooperating with an intrusion forming portion of the rotary
cam upon a descend of the upper die half to form a sheet
metal product to avoid the problem that the work (W) is
damaged by interference of the rotary cam (5) with portions
of the work (W) protruding in a direction extending across
the rotation axis during retraction of the rotary cam (5)
after the intrusion forming. The rotary cam (5) is divided
into at least an end rotary cam section (5 1 ) and a main
rotary cam section (5 2 ), both of the divided rotary cam
sections (5 1 , 5 2 ) being disposed on the same pivoting axis
(L), and the end rotary cam section (5 1 ) being provided with
means for restricting the end rotary cam section (5 1 ) from
pivoting for a predetermined period of the pivoting during
retraction of the rotary cam after the forming operation, and
for axially moving the end rotary cam section (5 1 ) relative
to the main rotary cam section (5 2 ) for a predetermined
period of the pivoting during retraction of the rotary cam
after the forming operation.
Patent EP-1178698-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TSURUTA ATSUO
IPC: H04B10/272
Filed: 2001-07-05
Abstract: A passive optical network (PON) comprising an optical
line termination (OLT) and a plurality of optical
network units (ONUs) which are connected is disclosed. The optical
line termination (1) includes a band setting control
section (12) which determines existence of an unused
bandwidth in an upstream path; an upstream control cell
receiving section (13) which issues a use right
issuance instruction signal, i.e. a polling signal, when it is
determined that there is unused bandwidth; a use right transmitting
section (11) which selects a specific one of the
plurality of optical network units; and a downstream
control cell transmitting section (10) which
transmitting a downstream signal including a use right
data from the optical line termination to the specific
optical network unit on a downstream path. Each of
the plurality of optical network units includes a
downstream control cell receiving section (20) which
receives the downstream signal destined to itself and
extracts the use right data from the downstream
signal; a use right acquisition determining section
(21) which determines whether the network unit uses
the unused band, based on the use right data, and 
produce a use right acquisition-instruction signal
including a reply as the determining result; and an
upstream control cell transmitting section (22) which
transmits an upstream signal including the reply to
the optical line termination on an upstream path.
Patent EP-1172103-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NIELSEN JENS
IPC: A61P33/00
Filed: 2001-07-10
Abstract: A novel active substance combination comprises 3-iodo-2-propynyl-butyl carbamate and one or more 4-hydroxybenzoic acid esters. A novel active substance combination comprises 3-iodo-2-propynyl-butyl carbamate and one or more 4-hydroxybenzoic acid esters. An Independent claim is also included for cosmetic and dermatological preparations containing 0.0005-50 wt.% of the active substance combination.
Patent EP-1216866-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HOCK MICHAEL DIPL-ING
IPC: B60J10/235
Filed: 2001-11-10
Abstract: The lightweight car door has a window frame (5) consisting of an extruded and bent aluminum or aluminum alloy profile. This has peripheral grooves (6, 7) into which a mounting strip (8) fits, allowing other components, e.g. a sealing strip (9), to be fitted. An Independent claim is included for a method for making the door.
Patent EP-1216756-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GRANSOW ECKHARD
IPC: B05B15/652
Filed: 2001-12-08
Abstract: A hand shower has a handle having an outer part extending along a handle axis and having an outer face and a shower head forming at least one spray opening directed along a spray axis extending nonparallel to the handle axis. A pivot between the handle and shower head allows pivoting of the head on the handle about a pivot axis inclined at 30° to 90° to the handle axis, normally 45°. The pivot axis extends at an angle between 35° and 50° to the spray axis.
Patent EP-1168032-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MELVILLE CHARLES D
IPC: G02B7/182
Filed: 1995-10-02
Abstract: A miniature optical scanner (10) includes an electromagnetic drive having stationary
magnets (26, 28) and stationary drive coils (22. 24) to minimize the rotational inertia of
the scanner and increase the scanner's resonant frequency. The scanner is such that
the resonant frequency is manually tunable as welll as automatically adjustable to
compensate for variables causing frequency drift. The optical scan angle is increased
by employing a multiplying mirror with the optical scanner (10). For a two axis scanning
system, the multiplying mirror may be formed of a second optical scanner to increase the
optical scan angle relative to both of the axes.
Patent EP-1114634-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TAKEMASA KAZUO
IPC: B65B37/02
Filed: 1995-12-28
Abstract: A medication filling apparatus improves workability in filling a
predetermined container with medications and also shortens the time
required for medication filling. The medication filling apparatus is
equipped with tablet cases for containing medications separately by type, a
dispensing and counting device for dispensing the medications from the
tablet cases and counting the dispensed medications, a turntable and guide
for collecting the medications dispensed from the tablet cases, and a holder
for filling a vial with the medications.
Patent EP-1174623-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OBARA RIKURO
IPC: F04D29/04
Filed: 2001-07-13
Abstract: A blower (1) including a frame having a base (3) in
which a bladed impeller (10) is mounted by a bearing
arrangement. The bearing includes a stepped shaft (7)
with an inner ring (21) mounted on a reduced diameter
shaft portion (7b) and axially biased by pre-loading
spring (24) which bears against a stop ring (23). First
and second rows of ceramic balls run around races formed
in the larger diameter shaft portion (7a) and the inner
ring (21) and are contained by races formed in an inner
surface of a sleeve (6). The shaft (7) may be mounted on
the base (3) and the impeller (10) connected for rotation
with the sleeve (6). Alternatively, the sleeve (6) may be
mounted in a bearing holder (4) formed integrally with the
base (3) and the impeller (10) connected via a hub (8c) of
magnets (9) holding yoke (8) to the larger diameter shaft
portion (7a).
Patent EP-1195184-A2 (EP)
Inventor: UBALE AJAY GANESH
IPC: H04H60/31
Filed: 2001-10-09
Abstract: Apparatus for playing a quiz game of skill playable by remotely located
participants simultaneously logged in and competing against each other,
said game including inserted advertising comprising:
   a network structure for allowing multiple players to engage in a quiz
game using an electrical or electronic network for data exchange; and   a control system for establishing a virtual universe for said quiz game
that can be accessed by any of said multiple players via an electrical or
electronic network, said control system being operative for providing
quiz questions and inserted advertisement for each of said multiple
players; said control system including:
   text means for receiving a text input from each one of said multiple
players, said text input being in response to the quiz question which is in
the form of a multiple choice question.
Patent EP-1159903-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WILLIBALD EWALD
IPC: A47G19/22
Filed: 2001-05-23
Abstract: The tasting glass, for distilled alcohol beverage products, has a limited zone at the inner side with an enlarged surface area of 50-1000 mm<2>, over the base of the glass. The enlarged surface area is formed by roughening through sand and/or ball blasting, or by etching. Or it can be formed by an insert e.g. of sinter glass.
Patent EP-1259825-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BERGMANN ANDREAS
IPC: G01N33/76
Filed: 2001-02-20
Abstract: L'invention concerne un procédé pour déterminer, par un diagnostic différentiel, la présence d'auto-anticorps (TSHR-Auto-Ab) formés contre le récepteur TSH (TSHR) dans un échantillon de sérum ou de plasma d'un patient qui souffre d'une maladie auto-immune de la glande thyroïde ou chez lequel on soupçonne la présence d'une telle maladie. Selon ce procédé, on détermine de manière sélective, dans l'échantillon, la quantité d'au moins un type d'auto-anticorps (TSHR-Auto-Ab) sélectionné parmi (i) des auto-anticorps à effet stimulant (TSAb) et/ou (ii) des auto-anticorps à effet bloquant (TBAb) et/ou (iii) des auto-anticorps TSHR-Auto-Ab (TNAb) non pathogènes, à effet non stimulant et non bloquant. A cet effet, on fait réagir l'échantillon avec un réactif de liaison sélectif éventuellement marqué, pour tous les types ou plusieurs types de TSHR-Auto-Ab, qui se lie également au type de TSHR-Auto-Ab à mettre en évidence, en présence d'un excès d'une chimère de TSHR sélectionnée, dans laquelle les séquences du TSHR, essentielles pour la liaison des auto-anticorps à effet stimulant et/ou bloquant (TSAb et/ou TBAb) sont remplacées par des séquences correspondantes ne provoquant pas de liaison du type d'auto-anticorps concerné. Ainsi, on ne fait pas réagir avec le réactif de liaison les types de TSHR-Auto-Ab qui ne doivent pas être mis en évidence et qui sont fixés par la chimère sélectionnée. On détermine la quantité du type de TSHR-Auto-Ab sélectionné, à mettre en évidence, d'après la quantité du TSHR-Auto-Ab lié au réactif de liaison.
Patent EP-1257359-A2 (EP)
Inventor: XU TENG
IPC: B01J37/08
Filed: 2001-02-23
Abstract: La présente invention concerne un tamis moléculaire de silico-aluminophosphates cristallins constitué d'une structure poreuse laquelle renferme au moins un composé aromatique à noyau unique. On utilise ce tamis moléculaire de silico-aluminophosphates pour transformer une charge d'alimentation comprenant des produits oxygénés en oléfines. Les oléfines obtenues présentent une forte teneur en éthylène et en propylène, et sont caractérisées par une sélectivité élevée en faveur de l'éthylène. Par ailleurs, on peut associer le tamis moléculaire de silico-aluminophosphates à un liant et à d'autres matériaux sous une forme de catalyseur finie.
Patent EP-1261372-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BUCHKOVICH KAREN J
IPC: A61K39/395
Filed: 2001-02-28
Abstract: A method of treating or preventing cancer by administering to a mammal a therapeutically effective amount of at least one anti-neurotrophin agent is described. The anti-neurotrophin agent is preferably an anti-neurotrophin antibody, an antisense molecule directed to a neurotrophin, a small organic molecule which binds a neurotrophin, or a dominant-negative mutation of a trk receptor that binds a neurotrophin. This method is particularly preferred for the treatment of prostate or pancreatic cancer. The anti-neurotrophic agents neutralize NGF, BDNF, NT-3, NT-4/5, NT-6 or NT-7 and include humanized antibodies as well as fragments thereof.