baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-0998308-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WATSON ALAN
IPC: G01R33/28
Filed: 1998-07-01
Abstract: The invention provides a method of detecting myocardial ischemia in a human or a non-human body, said method comprising administering to said body a physiologically acceptable manganese complex or salt thereof, subjecting said body to a magnetic resonance imaging procedure capable of generating images with time intervals of less than 0.5 seconds and thereafter providing a series of images of the myocardium of said body whereby to identify regions of abnormal blood flow. The method in accordance with the invention is of use not only in detecting myocardial ischemia, but also in discriminating between reversibly and irreversibly injured myocardial tissues, thereby providing important information about myocardial viability, e.g. during or following a severe heart attack or coronary occlusion. The method of the invention also provides an effective means of monitoring reperfusion of the myocardium.
Patent EP-0991770-A2 (EP)
Title: Prostate cancer gene
Inventor: COHEN DANIEL
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 1998-12-22
Abstract: The present invention relates to PG1, a gene associated with prostate cancer. The invention provides polynucleotides including biallelic markers derived from PG1 and from flanking genomic regions. Primers hybridizing to these biallelic markers and regions flanking are also provided. This invention provides polynucleotides and methods suitable for genotyping a nucleic acid containing sample for one or more biallelic markers of the invention. Further, the invention provides methods to detect a statistical correlation between a biallelic marker allele and prostate cancer and between a haplotype and prostate cancer. The invention also relates to diagnostic methods of determining whether an individual is at risk for developing prostate cancer, and whether an individual suffers from prostate cancer as a result of a mutation in the PG1 gene.
Patent EP-0945866-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KATO MASAHIRO
IPC: G11B27/36
Filed: 1999-03-25
Abstract: On an optical disc (1), an information record track (2) wobbled
in accordance with a wobbling signal is formed and pre-pits (4) are
formed at an predetermined interval on a guide track (3) adjacent to
the information record track. A pre-pit signal based on the pre-pit is
detected by a pre-pit detecting apparatus (P). The pre-pit detecting
apparatus is provided with: a composite signal extracting device (10)
for extracting a composite signal, in which the pre-pit signal is
superimposed on the wobbling signal, out of a reflection light from the
optical disc; a relaying device (14) for relaying the composite signal
extracted by the composite signal extracting device; a pre-pit signal
detecting device (19) for detecting a component of the pre-pit signal
from the composite signal relayed by the relaying device; a wobbling
signal extracting device (17) for extracting a component of the wobbling
signal out of the composite signal relayed by the relaying device; a
synchronization wobbling signal generating device (18a) for generating
a synchronization wobbling signal, whose frequency and phase are
respectively synchronous with a frequency and a phase of the wobbling
signal extracted by the wobbling signal extracting device; and a defect
detecting device (15) for detecting a defect on the optical disc. The
relaying device relays the synchronization wobbling signal instead of
the composite signal, if the defect is detected by the defect detecting
device.
Patent EP-0953927-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LITZ UDO
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 1999-04-23
Abstract: The document preparation and processing method uses an Internet server (12) provided with an operating system. This enables access to an associated data memory from each Internet subscriber circuit (2-11) operating as a virtual work desk, for input, modification and extraction of documents. An Independent claim is included for an Internet application related to document processing and/or assembly.
Patent EP-0955668-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YAO JUN J
IPC: H01L27/12
Filed: 1999-05-07
Abstract: The present invention relates to a fabrication process for manufacture of micro electromechanical (MEM) devices such as cantilever support beams. This fabrication process requires only two lithographic masking steps and offers moveable electromechanical devices with high electrical isolation. A preferred embodiment of the process uses electrically insulating glass substrate (102) as the carrier substrate and single crystal silicon (108) as the MEM component material. 
     The process further includes deposition of an optional layer of insulating material (110) such as silicon dioxide on top of a layer of doped silicon (108) grown on a silicon substrate. The silicon dioxide (110) is epoxy bonded to the glass substrate (102) to create a silicon-silicon dioxide-epoxy-glass structure (200). The silicon is patterned using anisotropic plasma dry etching techniques. A second patterning then follows to pattern the silicon dioxide layer (110) and an oxygen plasma etch is performed to undercut the epoxy film (120) and to release the silicon MEM component. This two-mask process provides single crystal silicon MEMs with electrically isolated MEM component. Retaining silicon dioxide insulating material (110) in selected areas mechanically supports the MEM component.
Patent EP-0971092-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BANDEMER JOACHIM
IPC: E05F15/63
Filed: 1999-06-18
Abstract: The tolerance compensator has at least two parts- an upper (5) and a lower (4) sleeve - which are axially positioned and fixed in relation to each other. The two parts have holders (3,6) for the components. An axially set adjusting ring (14) is movably positioned on one of the parts. The lower sleeve has an externally threaded (21) guide core (18) holding the internally threaded adjusting ring. The guide core has an inner thread (20) into which a screw (17)is screwed to fixed the two parts.
Patent EP-1008636-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HAUER HEINER
IPC: C08L63/00
Filed: 1999-07-17
Abstract: A slow curing adhesive layer (4) is applied to the components (1,2) and they are accurately aligned by an adjusting jig (3). An ultraviolet light (UV) curable adhesive (5) with a shorter cure time is then applied around the edges of the adhesive layer and cured with a UV source. Hardening of the slower curing adhesive layer is then effected after removal of the adjusting mechanism.
Patent EP-0974982-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NABIKA YASUHIRO
IPC: H01C7/02
Filed: 1999-07-26
Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a
ceramic for the PTC thermistor having a resistivity at room
temperature of 5 Ω·cm or less, static withstanding voltage
of 60 V/mm or more and temperature resistance coefficient of
9.0 %/°C along with having small dispersion of the
resistance, wherein the ceramic for the PTC thermistor is
composed of principal components of 30 to 97 molar
percentage (mol%) of BaTiO 3 , 1 to 50 mol% of PbTiO 3 , 1 to 30
mol% of SrTiO 3  and 1 to 25 mol% of CaTiO 3  (the total content
of them accounts for 100 mol%), as well as 0.1 to 0.3 mole
of samarium oxide in terms of Sm element, 0.01 to 0.03 mole
of manganese oxide in terms of Mn element and 0 to 2.0 mole
of silicon oxide in terms of Si element relative to 100
moles of the principal components, the composite material
being preferably heat-treated in an oxidative atmosphere
after being fired in a reducing atmosphere for obtaining the
ceramic.
Patent EP-0982826-A2 (EP)
Inventor: EGUCHI YASUHITO
IPC: H02J7/10
Filed: 1999-08-06
Abstract: A secondary battery needs to be protected by an inexpensive structure having
a small number of components. To this end, the structure includes a fuse 41 with a
heater, connected to a positive electrode side of a battery cell 2, as a secondary battery,
a driving FET 42 for driving the heater of the fuse 41 and a detection control IC 3
which, on detecting at least the over-charging state of the battery cell 2, drives the
driving FET 42 to fuse the heater of the fuse 41.
Patent EP-0984258-A2 (EP)
Inventor: STILLER RUDOLF
IPC: G01L9/00
Filed: 1999-08-11
Abstract: The mounting arrangement (7) fixes the pressure sensor to the edge of a container wall bordering an opening. The mounting arrangement has an edge (5) arranged outside on the casing (2) and protruding from it to make a friction welded joint. The edge may be arranged on the periphery of the casing on a section (6) angled with respect to the container wall.
Patent EP-1016504-A2 (EP)
Inventor: RUDOLF BORIS
IPC: B24B23/00
Filed: 1999-11-10
Abstract: The electric tool is provided with air suction slits (31), for the cooling of the electric motor (14), designed so that the air suction slits (31) are arranged at the second end of the motor housing (22). Facilities (72,76, fig.5) are provided for sealing the motor housing at its second end at the second end opposite the handle part (25). The handle part is rotatable, compared to the motor housing.
Patent EP-1013328-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BENTHAUS OLIVER
IPC: F01N3/022
Filed: 1999-12-08
Abstract: Ceramic, preferably silicon carbide, elements of square cross-section are fitted into cassettes. Each cassette (19) holds a set of four elements (48-51) along their full lengths, so that the cross-section of the cassette is also square. A number of cassettes (9) constitute the filter element assembly inside the casing. The cassettes (14-22) are fixed to an upper flange of the casing and then hang freely through a lower flange, which acts only as a radial guide, so that the ceramic elements are not subjected to thermal stresses. The elements are also protected by an insulating foam (52).
Patent EP-1006187-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHYJAN ANDREW W
IPC: C07K14/82
Filed: 1996-03-29
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prevention,
and treatment of tumor progression in cells involved in human tumors such as melanomas,
breast, gastrointestinal, lung tumors, and neoplastic conditions such as leukemias and
lymphomas. Genes are identified that are differentially expressed in benign (e.g. non-malignant)
tumor cells relative to malignant tumor cells exhibiting a high metastatic
potential. Genes are also identified via the ability of their gene products involved in the
progression to, and/or aggressiveness of, neoplastic tumor disease states.
Patent EP-1022246-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BELEC ERIC A
IPC: B65H45/14
Filed: 1999-12-23
Abstract: A method for folding a media in a folding machine includes the steps of
moving the media in the folding machine using at least one feeding/folding roller
combination; transporting the media into a buckle chute; decelerating the media
within the buckle chute using a smart nip roller configuration while continuing to
move the media with the feeding/folding roller combination to form a buckle in the
media without the use of a backstop in the buckle chute; and pulling the media
from the buckle chute and the feeding/folding roller combination to form a folded
panel in the media.
Patent EP-0955203-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LENZ AXEL P
IPC: B60N2/90
Filed: 1999-03-29
Abstract: A load sensing mounting (14) for mounting a vehicle seat (10) in a motor vehicle comprising a frame member (20) for the vehicle seat; a mounting bracket (22) for securing in the motor vehicle; a bearing bracket (24) on one of the mounting bracket or the frame member and having a guideway (37) extending in a substantially vertical direction; a bolt (28) secured to the other of the mounting bracket or the frame member, the bolt having a shank (32) which extends through an aperture (34) in said one of the mounting bracket or the frame member and into the guideway of the bearing bracket, the aperture having a predetermined clearance in a substantially vertical direction relative to the shank of the bolt; a resilient plate (38) secured to the bearing bracket across the guideway and engaging the shank of the bolt; and a strain sensing element (44) mounted on the resilient plate on the opposed side to the shank of the bolt. Allows determination of a seat occupant's mass for control of an adaptive restraint system associated with the seat.
Patent EP-0989257-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GALVEZ CAMPOS JOSE LUIS
IPC: E04H4/16
Filed: 1999-09-03
Abstract: System for cleaning swimming pool bottoms, of use in
the cleaning of all types of swimming pool and in general
tanks, vats, basins and similar devices which hold water,
which consists of a tank provided with a lid (4) having
hermetic seal, as a suction and filtration chamber,
equipped with a number of nozzles and incorporating on
the inside a cage (7) which holds a strainer (8), one
nozzle (3) being connected to a motorised suction pump (10),
while a second nozzle (6) is connected through the
corresponding pipe (11) to an extractor hood (12),
capable of being moved over the bottom of the swimming
pool to be cleaned, and through a third nozzle (9),
fitted with a hermetic seal, the water tank can be filled
up to the upper nozzle (6) for connection to the suction
pipe (11).
Patent EP-0953961-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KATAKURA KAZUNORI
IPC: G09G3/36
Filed: 1999-04-29
Abstract: A liquid crystal device of the active matrix-type
having two-dimensionally arranged pixels along
rows and columns is driven frame by frame. In each
frame operation, a scanning selection period (T G ) for
each selected row is divided into a first period (t 1 )
and a second period (t 2 ). In t 1  of a current frame
(T F2 ), a reset pulse is applied to a pixel concerned,
and the reset pulse is set to have an absolute value
of voltage identical to and a polarity opposite to
those of a writing pulse voltage applied to the pixel
in the previous frame (T F1 ). Then, in t 2  of the
current frame (T F2 ), the pixel is supplied with a
writing pulse depending on a prescribed display state
of the pixel for the current frame. As a result, the
reset period is shortened to favor a high-speed
display and a higher resolution display.
Patent EP-0959592-A2 (EP)
Inventor: IWASA MOTOTSUGA
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 1999-05-18
Abstract: In an electronic mailing system, a client terminal
displays on a screen, a list of mails received by the user of
the client terminal and a plurality of destination icons in
association with the name of mail recipients, wherein when one
of the received mails is overlapped on one of the destination
icons through a drag and drop operation on the screen, the
selected mail is forwarded to a destination address previously
registered in association with the overlapped destination icon.
Patent EP-0965495-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MONAGHAN MICHAEL THOMAS
IPC: B60R21/055
Filed: 1999-06-09
Abstract: A trim component (10), especially, for a vehicle door post
(11) having a seat belt mounting (17) secured thereto, the
component comprising a body shell (12) with at least one
energy absorbing member (24) mounted on the reverse side
(16) of the body shell. The member (24) has an aperture
(34) therein through which seat belt webbing (19) in use
passes, and is slidable relative to the shell (12) to
accommodate belt path adjustments.
Patent EP-0987606-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YAMAZAKI HIROHIKO
IPC: H04N1/00
Filed: 1999-09-10
Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a tray on which documents
are stacked; a first document size detector for detecting a
size of the documents stacked on the tray; a second document
size detector for detecting a size of each of the documents
conveyed from the tray; an automatic document feeding device
having a document reading section for reading an image of each
of the documents; an image forming section including a
transfer material feeder for feeding transfer materials; and a
controller for selecting and feeding transfer materials
according to the detected document size. When the first
document size detector detects that the size of the documents
is identical to a regular size, the controller selects and
feeds the transfer materials in accordance with the regular
size, and when the first document size detector detects that
the size of the documents is not identical to the regular size,
the controller controls the second document size detector to
detect the size of each of the documents conveyed from the
tray, and selects and feeds transfer materials in accordance
with the size detected by the second document size detector.
Patent EP-1011235-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GREENWOOD JOHN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: H04L27/26
Filed: 1999-09-29
Abstract: An Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) power line
communications system comprising a power line for distributing electricity to
a plurality of premises and a communication station coupled to the power
line at one of the premises, which station uses a part of the power line
external to the premises as a communications medium. The
communications station includes a receiver which comprises a clipping
system adapted to clip an incoming OFDM data waveform, which includes a
regular impulsive noise component, so as to reduce the level of noise on
the waveform.
Patent EP-1016548-A2 (EP)
Inventor: JOTCHAM RICHARD BRYAN
IPC: B41M3/14
Filed: 1999-12-23
Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in security
features in paper and other substrates and in
particular to an activatable feature to warn of
tampering. 
     The invention further relates to a security
feature (11) for a security document comprising at least
one activatable layer and at least one visually
apparent masking layer, said at least one activatable
layer comprising a composition which is generally non-mobile
but which becomes mobile when wetted with a
liquid, said composition further including at least
one detectable component, in which under dry
conditions said at least one masking layer wholly
covers the activatable layer and renders it non-detectable.
Patent EP-1064536-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HAKING ANSGAR
IPC: G01N23/08
Filed: 1999-03-12
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for enhancing the contrast for a determined minuscule part in an image of a sample taken by a transmission electron microscope. A calculated, highly contrasted image is generated such that calculated background intensities are taken from the intensities of a first image in a pixel-wise manner, whereby the background intensities are calculated as a function of the intensities of a second image. The inventive method should be suited for a broader range of applications than those of preart methods, and especially for enhancing the contrast for gold particles in gold immunolabelling. To this end, the invention provides that the first image is taken with the conditions that the minuscule part has a highest possible contrast and that the second image is taken in a selected energy window which is selected such that the difference in contrast between both images for the minuscule part differs from the corresponding difference in contrast for at least one second sample constituent.
Patent EP-1073748-A2 (EP)
Inventor: METCALF THOMAS N III
IPC: C12N15/09
Filed: 1999-04-29
Abstract: The pilE genes of each of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis are cloned and their corresponding recombinant pilin proteins are expressed. In addition, a chimeric pilE gene is constructed in which the region of the pilE gene of Neisseria meningitidis class I encoding the amino-terminal region of the pilin protein is replaced by the corresponding region of the pilE gene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The recombinant meningococcal chimeric class I pilin protein is expressed at higher levels than the pilin protein expressed by the full-length pilE gene of Neisseria meningitidis. Furthermore, a chimeric pilE gene is constructed in which the region of the pilE gene of Neisseria meningitidis class II encoding the carboxy-terminal region of the pilin protein is replaced by the corresponding region of the pilE gene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The recombinant pilin proteins are used in vaccines to protect against disease caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Neisseria meningitidis.
Patent EP-1135167-A2 (EP)
Inventor: JACK RICHARD M
IPC: A61K47/48
Filed: 1999-12-09
Abstract: The invention provides methods for reducing circulating levels of antibodies, particularly disease-associated antibodies. The methods entail administering effective amounts of epitope-presenting carriers to an individual. In other embodiments, ex vivo methods for reducing circulating levels of antibodies are provided which employ epitope-presenting carriers.
Patent EP-1072167-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KLEIN ERICH
IPC: H04R1/22
Filed: 1999-12-24
Abstract: L'invention concerne un appareil (1) comprenant un logement (2), et un transducteur électroacoustique (14) placé dans l'espace intérieur (9) dudit logement, et présentant au moins un passage (28, 29) qui traverse une paroi (6, 7) du logement. L'espace intérieur (9) dudit logement et le volume arrière (25) du transducteur (14), lequel volume arrière (25) s'ouvre dans l'espace intérieur (9) du logement, forment un résonateur de circuit d'absorption qui provoque une chute (31) de la pression sonore par rapport à la réponse en fréquence (27). L'appareil comprend également des moyens de compensation (32) destinés à compenser la chute (31) de la pression sonore par rapport à la réponse en fréquence (27), le logement (2) étant doté d'une pluralité de conduits (33, 34, 35, 36; 41) qui constituent les moyens de compensation (32), lesquels conduits traversent ledit logement (2), chacun formant une friction acoustique.
Patent EP-1145273-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WICKER THOMAS E
IPC: C23C16/44
Filed: 1999-09-24
Abstract: L'invention porte sur une chambre de traitement au plasma, de haute densité, comprenant un mandrin électrostatique permettant de retenir une tranche et des pièces consomptibles extrêmement résistantes à la gravure, risquant moins de générer une contamination et pouvant être régulées par la température. Les pièces consomptibles constituent une chemise conductrice de la chambre pourvu d'une section de support inférieure et d'une paroi entourant le mandrin électrostatique. Les pièces consomptibles comprennent également une structure de support de la chemise conductrice pourvue d'une extension inférieure, d'une paroi flexible et d'une extension supérieure. La paroi flexible entoure une surface externe de la paroi de la chemise conductrice de la chambre, la paroi flexible du support de la chemise conductrice étant espacée de la paroi de la chemise conductrice de la chambre. L'extension inférieure du support de la chemise conductrice est cependant configurée de manière à être en contact thermique direct avec la section de support inférieure de la chemise conductrice de la chambre. Parmi également les pièces consomptibles, un joint brise-jet est conçu pour être assemblé et en contact thermique avec la chemise conductrice de la chambre et le support de la chemise conductrice. Un dispositif chauffant peut être raccordé thermiquement au support de la chemise conductrice de manière à conduire la température du support de la chemise à la chemise conductrice de la chambre et au joint brise-jet. Selon une réalisation préférée, la chemise conductrice de la chambre et le joint brise-jet sont conçus dans des matériaux inoffensifs pour les matériaux de la tranche soumise à la gravure. De cette manière, après exposition de ces matériaux à l'énergie de vaporisation au plasma haute densité, on obtient des produits volatiles pratiquement similaires aux produits volatiles obtenus au cours du processus de gravure des couches superficielles de la tranche. Ces produits volatiles peuvent être retirés de la chambre.