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Patent EP-0802413-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FANNING MARK JOSEPH
IPC: G01N21/27
Filed: 1997-02-20
Abstract: An automatic sample testing machine for testing samples stored in test cards. The machine has a test sample positioning system for moving a tray containing a plurality of test sample cards and fluid receptacles among various stations in the machine. The machine has a diluting station for adding a predetermined quantity of diluent to the receptacles as needed. A pipetting station transfers fluid from one receptacle to another.- A vacuum station is provided having a vacuum chamber moveable relative to the tray between upper and lower positions. The chamber cooperates with the tray to make a sealing engagement with the top surface of the tray when it is lowered to the lower position. A vacuum generator supplies vacuum to the chamber. When the vacuum is released from the chamber, the fluid samples are loaded into the cards from the receptacles. The test sample positioning system moves the tray to a cutting and sealing station and then to an incubation station and loads the cards one at a time into a carousel within the incubation station. A test card transport station transports the test cards from the incubation station to an optical reading station, where optical measurements (e.g., transmittance and/or fluorescence optical testing) is conducted on the wells of the card. When the card has been read, it is either moved back to the incubation station for additional incubation and reading or transferred to a stacking card disposal system when the reading is complete.
Patent EP-0821086-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YAMAMURA YASUO
IPC: D01F6/92
Filed: 1997-07-03
Abstract: Elastic polyester fibers having a high anti-cohesive
property (separability) include (A) a polyester elastomer
and (B) 0.2 to 10%, based on the weight of the elastomer,
of an anti-cohesive agent including (a) at least one
alkali metal salt of organic sulfonic acid of the
formula: R 1 -SO 3 M, wherein R 1  = C 5-25  hydrocarbon group,
M = alkali metal, and (b) at least one compound of the
formulae (2) - (6):
 R 2 -X p -CH 2 CH 2 OH 
 R 3 -COO-CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 OH 
 
 
and
 R 6 -CONHCH 2 CH 2 NHCO-R 7   
wherein 
R 2  - R 7  = C 5-25  hydrocarbon group, X = -CONY or
 
group, p = 0 or 1, m, n = 5 to 50.
Patent EP-0877587-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MAKKER HARISH C
IPC: A61F2/16
Filed: 1997-01-22
Abstract: L'invention porte sur un guide servant à l'implantation de lentilles intraoculaires comportant un tube, une tige présentant une extrémité distale, et un embout fixé à ladite extrémité distale, l'embout étant plus mou que l'extrémité distale. Elle porte également sur des méthodes d'implantation de lentilles à l'aide dudit instrument.
Patent EP-0929685-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BEACH LARRY R
IPC: C12N15/82
Filed: 1997-04-24
Abstract: On obtient un accroissement de la teneur de graines en acides aminés contenant du soufre, sans induire d'aptitude significative à déclencher des réactions allergiques, dans des plantes transgéniques, telles que le soja, qui contiennent un segment d'ADN hétérologue représentant au moins une copie d'un gène qui code une protéine de la prolamine du riz de 10 kDa ou 16 kDa et de l'albumine 2S du tournesol.
Patent EP-0936880-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CARRINGTON JANICE
IPC: A41D27/26
Filed: 1997-10-29
Abstract: L'invention concerne un vêtement de protection destiné à être placé contre le corps pour absorber les chocs et protéger contre les chocs des régions sélectionnées du corps. Ledit vêtement comprend une zone protectrice qui protège contre les chocs une région du corps adjacente à celle-ci, et une zone non protectrice conférant une intégrité structurale au vêtement tout en assurant une protection contre les chocs sensiblement faible de la région du corps venant contre celle-ci. La zone de protection est conçue pour être placée sur le côté du corps seulement à proximité de l'articulation énarthrodiale de la hanche, pour être centrée sur le côté du corps, légèrement au-dessous du niveau de l'acétabulum du bassin, pour s'étendre vers le haut et antérieurement par rapport à la face du corps, pour être centrée approximativement sur l'acétabulum du bassin et pour s'étendre postérieurement par rapport à l'arrière du corps jusqu'à la région inférieure des muscles fessiers.
Patent EP-0942964-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DILLON PATRICK J
IPC: A61P31/04
Filed: 1997-11-21
Abstract: La présente invention se rapporte à de nouveaux gènes situés dans deux régions chromosomiques présentes à l'intérieur du bacille E. coli uropathogène et associées à la virulence de cet organisme pathogène. Ces régions chromosomiques sont connues comme étant des îlots de pathogénicité (PAI pathogenicity islands). L'invention se rapporte notamment à 142 fragments séquencés d'ADN (contigs) provenant de deux groupes de cosmides recouvrant les îlots de pathogénicité PAI IV et PAI V situés sur le chromosome de Escherichia coli J96 uropathogène. L'invention se rapporte en outre à 351 cadres ouverts de lecture codant les protéines prévues, présents à l'intérieur des fragments séquencés.
Patent EP-0861018-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KINOSHITA MAKOTO
IPC: H01R12/04
Filed: 1998-02-20
Abstract: An intaglio printing method and an intaglio printer
are proposed, which are suitable for forming a wiring
pattern and/or bumps such as bump electrodes on a print
receiving material on which printing is to be performed,
such as a substrate and a semiconductor package, using a
paste or a fused metal. In addition, a method of forming
the wiring pattern and the bumps such as bump electrodes
on the printing substrate, using the intaglio printing
method, a method for forming a wiring pattern, an
apparatus for carrying out the method of forming the
wiring pattern, the bump electrode and the wiring pattern
are proposed.
Patent EP-0908871-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MORIMOTO YASUAKI
IPC: G11B7/1356
Filed: 1998-03-10
Abstract: An optical information storage apparatus is
constructed to include a light source (1), a
polarization beam splitter (2) reflecting a light beam
emitted from the light source and irradiating a
reflected light beam on a recording surface of a
recording medium, a first part (9) for eliminating a
coma aberration which is generated due to a light beam
which is reflected by the recording surface and passes
through the polarization beam splitter, a second part
(8) for eliminating an astigmatism which is generated
by the polarization beam splitter and the first part,
and a third part (8) for generating an astigmatism.
Patent EP-0852393-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PERLOV ILYA
IPC: C30B25/12
Filed: 1994-02-28
Abstract: A thermal reaction chamber (30) for semiconductor wafer
processing operations comprising:
   (i) a susceptor (36) for supporting a semiconductor wafer
(38) within the chamber (32) and having a plurality of
apertures (68,74) formed vertically therethrough;   (ii) displacer means (35) for displacing the susceptor (36)
vertically between at least a first and a second
position;   (iii) a plurality of wafer support elements (66), each of
which is suspended within apertures (68,74) to be
vertically moveable within said apertures (70) and each
of which extends beyond the underside of the susceptor
(36); and   (iv) means (64) for restricting the downward movement of the
wafer support elements (66). As the susceptor is displaced from
its first position through an intermediate position before the
second position, the means (64) for restricting operate to stop
the continued downward movement of the wafer support elements
(66) thereby causing the elements to move vertically upwards
with respect to the downwardly moving susceptor (36) and
separate the wafer (38) from the susceptor (36).
Patent EP-0872268-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GREIF VOLKER
IPC: B01D46/24
Filed: 1998-04-09
Abstract: The filter consists of a housing (10) and a filter element (12) accommodated in the housing. The housing is provided with air inlet and outlet connections (13, 14), and a lid (11). The air inlet (13) and/or the clean air outlet (14) is an element which is adaptable to the housing (10), and is adjusted to the structure of the connector elements (24, 23).
Patent EP-0887314-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KAMIYA TOSHIYUKI
IPC: C02F1/78
Filed: 1998-05-29
Abstract: During a waste water treatment process such as an activated-sludge
process which uses microorganisms, the present
invention ozonizes a microorganism-mixed liquid. It reduces
the amount of microorganisms remaining, prevents a
microorganism floc from sedimenting inappropriately, and
recovers appropriate sedimentation while maintaining
treatment performance. A waste water ozonization apparatus
according to the present invention comprises a sludge drawing
pump 6 that draws a microorganism-mixed liquid from an
aeration vessel 1; an ozonizer 10 for generating an ozone gas
that is reacted with the microorganism-mixed liquid; an
ozonization vessel 4 that injects the ozone gas generated by
the ozonizer 10 into the drawn microorganism-mixed liquid for
treatment; an ozonized-sludge channel 9 that returns the
ozonized microorganism-mixed liquid to the aeration vessel 1;
and a control section 12 for intermittently performing an
ozonization operation for the ozonization vessel 4.
Patent EP-0883092-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FURUYA YONEZO
IPC: G11B20/10
Filed: 1998-06-05
Abstract: An apparatus adapted for testing, in a non-contact
manner, true/false property of bill, coin or magnetic card
to be tested, comprises a non-contact type magnetic sensor
1 disposed, at a predetermined position of a carrying
passage of the bill, in a manner close to the carrying
path, and a testing circuit 2 for testing true/false
property of the bill on the basis of a signal outputted
from the magnetic sensor according as the bill is carried
along the carrying passage. This testing apparatus permits
improvement in the security and prevention of wear of bill
and the apparatus itself.
Patent EP-0906834-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MUERL GERHARD
IPC: G07D7/0047
Filed: 1998-08-28
Abstract: A numbered data carrier and method for producing the same, wherein the data carrier includes a document of value and at least one security element having a serial number that individualizes the data carrier out of a series of data carriers. The security element includes first and second parts. The first part of the security element partly represents the serial number and the second part of the security element represents the serial number either partly or completely. The security element is applied on the document.
Patent EP-0902035-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GELFAND DAVID H
IPC: C12R1/07
Filed: 1998-09-05
Abstract: Modified thermostable DNA polymerases having enhanced efficiency for incorporating
unconventional nucleotides such as those labeled with fluorescein family dyes are
provided. Such modified thermostable DNA polymerases can be prepared by methods of
the recombinant DNA technology. Recombinant thermostable DNA polymerases prepared
in accordance with the present invention are advantageous in many in vitro DNA synthesis
applications, such as DNA sequencing, synthesis of labeled DNA and the production of
labeled primer extension products. The said polymerase enzymes are particularly useful in
chain termination nucleic acid sequencing methods. Nucleic acids encoding the
recombinant thermostable DNA polymerases of the present invention, as well as vectors
and host cells comprising same are also provided. Kits comprising the recombinant
thermostable DNA polymerases of the present invention are provided too. The polymerases
and methods of the present invention provide significant cost and efficiency advantages for
DNA sequencing.
Patent EP-0905853-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HARADA NAOFUMI
IPC: H02J7/02
Filed: 1998-09-08
Abstract: An electronic device including an internal battery (10)
and an expansion battery (12) can not be operated when the
charge in both batteries is drained. Accordingly, when
charging the batteries, a control circuit (50), after
confirming that the internal battery (10) is not fully
charged, sets an FET (30b) to a conductive state and an FET
(30d) to a non-conductive state. The result is that charging
occurs from the internal battery (10) provided the internal
battery is not fully charged. After the internal battery (10)
is fully charged, the control circuit (50) sets the FET (30b)
to a non-conductive state and the FET (30d) to a conductive
state so that this time the expansion battery (12) is charged.
Thus, if a short operating time is sufficient, the internal
battery (10) can be rapidly charged so that the electronic
equipment can be operated by itself after charging for only a
short period.
Patent EP-0909055-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHIMADA MICHIO
IPC: G06F7/58
Filed: 1998-10-06
Abstract: A generator 101 produces randomly an integer A, which satisfies  0≦
A<(P 1 -1)(P 2 -1)···(P m -1) , in synchronism with a clock pulse applied via an input
terminal 180, where each of P 1 , P 2 , ···P m  is a prime number equal to or more than
2. First calculating means 4 calculates an integer X, whose probability of being a
prime number is high, using the integer A based on equation  X= a 1 (P 1 P 2 ···P m /P 1 )B 1 
+ a 2 (P 1 P 2 ···P m /P 2 )B 2  + ··· + a m (P 1 P 2 ···P m /P m )B m (mod P 1 P 2 ···P m ) . In this case, a k 
(k=1, 2, ..., m) is an integer which satisfies congruence equation  a k (P 1 P 2 ···
P m /P k )=1 (mod P k ) , while B k  represents  {A mod (P k -1)} + 1 . An adder 107 outputs
the integer X as an integer with a predetermined number of bits.
Patent EP-0915364-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MORI SHIGERU
IPC: G02F1/1337
Filed: 1998-10-23
Abstract: The rubbing apparatus of the present invention for rubbing
the substrate of a liquid crystal display element cell,
comprises: a jig (29,30) for enclosing a corner (6) of the substrate (1); a
measuring means (21) for measuring the vertical position of a surface
of the substrate and outputting a measured value; a comparison
means (22) for comparing the measured value with a vertical position
of a surface of the jig; and a jig drive means (25,26,27,28) for moving the
jig in a vertical direction based on a signal from the comparison
means so as to set a difference between the vertical position
of the surface of the jig and the vertical position of the surface
of the substrate within a predetermined value.
Patent EP-0924127-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHIRAI KENJI
IPC: B60T13/74
Filed: 1998-11-26
Abstract: An electric brake apparatus generates an
appropriate brake force without unnecessarily consuming
electric power. The electric brake apparatus has a brake
actuator generating a brake force. The brake actuator
uses a brake motor system including a brake motor (46, 48,
50, 52; 60, 62, 64, 66) as a power source. A motor
current (IM(**)) provided to the brake motor is generated
under a normal control so as to generate a brake force
required for a vehicle. The motor current generated under
the normal control is reduced when the brake motor is
overheated or when the vehicle is stopped for a long time.
Patent EP-0859407-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SUDIPTO ROY R
IPC: H01L21/768
Filed: 1998-02-11
Abstract: An embodiment of the instant invention is a method of
forming a conductive structure comprised of copper over a
semiconductor substrate, the method comprising the steps of:
depositing a copper-containing material (metal materials 24, 28,
and 30) over the substrate (substrate 10); selectively oxidizing
portions of the copper-containing material (layer 30 of FIGUREs
1b and 2a); and removing the oxidized portions of the copper-containing
material. Preferably, the copper-containing material
is comprised of substantially pure copper or aluminum doped with
copper (preferably the copper doped aluminum contains at least
0.5% by weight of copper-more preferably between 0.5 and 4% by
weight of copper). A mask (mask 32 of FIGUREs 1b and 2a) may be
formed over a portion of the copper-containing material so as to
retard oxidation of the copper-containing material under the
mask. Preferably, the step of removing the oxidized portions of
the copper containing material is performed by chemical
mechanical polishing of the oxidized portions, etching the
oxidized portions, or a combination of the two processes.
Patent EP-0902587-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WEN XIN
IPC: H04N1/409
Filed: 1998-08-31
Abstract: Ink jet printing apparatus and method using timing control of
electronic waveforms for variable gray scale printing while eliminating image
artifacts and while also reducing printing time and improving accuracy of ink
droplet placement on a receiver medium. The apparatus prints an output image on
a receiver medium (30) in response to an input image file defined by a plurality of
pixels, each pixel obtaining a pixel value. The apparatus includes a print head
(50) and a plurality of nozzles (45) integrally attached to the print head. Each of
the nozzles is capable of ejecting a plurality of ink droplets (47) therefrom. A
waveform generator (230) generates a plurality of electronic waveforms (80), each
of the waveforms being defined by a plurality of electric pulses (90) supplied to
the nozzles for ejecting the ink droplets. A printer performance look-up table (60)
is also provided for storing a plurality of waveform serial numbers therein. Each
of the waveform serial numbers is associated with each one of the electronic
waveforms and each of the waveforms is defined by waveform parameters. A
controller (220) connected to the look-up table and the waveform generator
generates the waveform parameters. This configuration allows the waveforms to
accurately place the ink droplets on the receiver medium. A calibrator (70)
adapted to receive the input image file for converting the pixel values thereof to a
plurality of waveform index numbers is associated with respective ones of the
waveform serial numbers and outputs a calibrated image file. The apparatus
further comprises an image halftoning unit (210) connected to the calibrator for
halftoning the calibrated image file. In addition, the apparatus includes a nozzle
selector (240) interconnecting the waveform generator and the print head for
selecting predetermined ones of the nozzles for actuation.
Patent EP-0911189-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LIESCH EUGEN
IPC: B60C27/14
Filed: 1998-10-23
Abstract: The ends (11,12) of the C-shaped device (3) are inserted into opposite chain links (7,8). For shortening the upper end (12), the device is rotated vertically inside the chain link, causing the lower end (11) to move in a semicircle and lift the lower chain link into a position close to the upper end of the device. The former lower end is inserted into a link (5) above the adjacent link (6) and fixed with a locking button (15). This process can be repeated until the chain (1,2) has reached the desired length.
Patent EP-0857496-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SIMONSON ROY
IPC: A63B21/00
Filed: 1998-02-04
Abstract: A range limiting device for use in an exercise
machine having a cam and an input arm fixed to a shaft,
wherein the shaft is pivotally mounted to a frame. The
range limiting device includes a cam arm pivotally mounted
to the cam arm so as to maintain a tether substantially
tangential to the outer perimeter of the cam. A detent pin
mounted to the cam arm selectively locks the orientation of
the cam arm with respect to the cam. A stop cam is
pivotally mounted to the frame coaxial with the shaft and
includes a stop member positioned to interfere with the
rotation of the input arm. The orientation of the stop cam
is locked by a detent pin mounted to the frame.
Patent EP-0895406-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ISHIKAWA NOBUYUKI
IPC: H04N1/00
Filed: 1998-07-27
Abstract: An object of the invention is that a terminal at the
transmitting end can easily designate an active unit of a
terminal at the receiving end, and that the terminal at the
receiving end can easily activate the active unit thus
designated. A CPU (2) compares an object ringing pattern (RA)
sampled at the time of outputting a ringing tone with a
plurality of predetermined reference ringing patterns (RB),
and controls a print controller (12) in such a manner as to
select and activate a recording paper cassette corresponding
to a reference ringing pattern (RB) matching the sampled object
ringing pattern (RA) with reference to a setting table included
in a RAM (4). Consequently, the information-transmitting end
of information grasps correspondences between the ringing
patterns and the recording paper cassettes in the facsimile
apparatus (1) at the information-receiving end of information.
The transmitting terminal can thus select a ringing pattern for
communication while at the same time easily designating a
recording paper cassette of the facsimile apparatus (1), which
can easily activate the designated recording paper cassette.
Patent EP-0902387-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KALNITSKY ALEXANDER
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 1998-09-10
Abstract: A planar fingerprint pattern detecting array includes a large number of
individual skin-distance sensing cells that are arranged in a row/column
configuration. Each sensing cell includes an amplifier having an ungrounded
input mode and an ungrounded output node. Output-to-input negative
feedback that is sensitive to the fingerprint pattern is provided for each
amplifier by way of (1) a first capacitor plate that is placed vertically under
the upper surface of a dielectric layer and is connected to the ungrounded
amplifier input node, (2) a second capacitor plate that is placed vertically
under the upper surface of the dielectric layer in close horizontal spatial
relation to the first capacitor plate and is connected to the ungrounded output
node, and (3) an ungrounded fingertip whose fingerprint pattern is to be
detected, which ungrounded fingertip is placed on the upper surface of the
dielectric layer in close vertical spatial relation with the first and second
capacitor plates. Electrostatic discharge protection relative to electrostatic
potential that may be carried by the ungrounded fingertip is provided by
placing a number of grounded metal paths within the dielectric layer to
spatially surround each of the first and second capacitor plates, this being
done in a manner that does not disturb the ungrounded state of the fingertip.
Patent EP-0924861-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FAHRENBRUCH SHAWN A
IPC: H03K5/13
Filed: 1998-12-14
Abstract: An apparatus for producing a clock signal includes a
recirculating delay-locked loop operable to receive a
reference clock signal, produce an output clock signal, and
adjust the relative phase, with respect to the reference
clock signal, of the output clock signal to align the
output clock signal with the reference clock signal. The
apparatus also includes a phase filter that is operable to
receive the output clock signal and filter any phase shift
of the output clock signal over a plurality of cycles of
the output clock to produce an adjusted output clock
signal.
Patent EP-0860974-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HORRER MATTHIAS
IPC: H04Q3/76
Filed: 1998-02-19
Abstract: The service unit (SU) is equipped with a reception unit (INT) for receiving different subscriber indexes (UA) which address respectively a called subscriber (B), and which are send by a calling subscriber (A) to the service unit. The service unit is equipped or connected with a data base (DB) which manages the different types of subscriber indexes, whereby two or more different subscriber indexes are respectively associated with a called subscriber. A first control unit (CONTRl) is designed in such way, that it associates through access on the data base, each of the two or more different subscriber indexes of a called subscriber, respectively with the same network address (PN) which addresses a terminal (T2) of the called subscriber in the communications network (KN) and enables the construction of a connection to the called subscriber.
Patent EP-0894540-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ST LOUIS DANIEL M
IPC: B05B15/04
Filed: 1998-07-23
Abstract: An improved contaminant shield and method for making the shield, including one
or more panels (10) constructed of interconnected frame members (20), such as extruded
aluminum, having longitudinal recesses and consisting of substantially closed sections
in closed sections in cross-sections. Thin flexible sheeting is inserted within the frame
members (20),
and fastening members are used to frictionally engage the recesses and
capture the sheeting in self-tensioned position.