mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Smoking article, comprising a smokable rod and a dual filter including - a rod-sided filter section comprising a filtering material and an adsorbent, and - a mouth-sided filter section having a mouth-sided first end and a second end, having a first lateral area starting at the first end and a second lateral area ending at the second end, and comprising a filtering material, wherein a plurality of flutes is arranged at the first lateral area only, which extend from the first end and run generally longitudinally, wherein a plurality of ventilation holes is arranged at the second lateral area and in that the flutes are not vented by ventilation holes arranged at the first lateral area, characterised in that the dual filter does not comprise ventilation holes in addition to those arranged at the second lateral area of the mouth-sided filter section. - a rod-sided filter section comprising a filtering material and an adsorbent, and - a mouth-sided filter section having a mouth-sided first end and a second end, having a first lateral area starting at the first end and a second lateral area ending at the second end, and comprising a filtering material, wherein a plurality of flutes is arranged at the first lateral area only, which extend from the first end and run generally longitudinally,
A holder (100, 200) for securing a venous access device to a patient, the holder comprising: a flexible substrate (105, 205) having an upper surface (110, 210), a lower surface (115, 215), and an outer perimetal surface; an adhesive layer (120, 220) overlaying the lower surface (115, 215) of the flexible substrate, the adhesive layer (120, 220) having an adhesive for adhering to skin of the patient; a hydrophilic matrix integrated into at least a portion of the adhesive layer (120, 220); at least one solvent reservoir disposed on the upper surface (110, 210) of the flexible substrate; and a connector secured to the outer perimetal surface, the connector comprising a first end for connection to a needle assembly and a second end for connection to an IV fluid line. a flexible substrate (105, 205) having an upper surface (110, 210), a lower surface (115, 215), and an outer perimetal surface; an adhesive layer (120, 220) overlaying the lower surface (115, 215) of the flexible substrate, the adhesive layer (120, 220) having an adhesive for adhering to skin of the patient; a hydrophilic matrix integrated into at least a portion of the adhesive layer (120, 220); at least one solvent reservoir disposed on the upper surface (110, 210) of the flexible substrate; and a connector secured to the outer perimetal surface, the connector comprising a first end for connection to a needle assembly and a second end for connection to an IV fluid line.
A fully or partially dehydrated zeolite material comprising releasably adsorbed nitric oxide for use in surgery and/or therapy, wherein the zeolite material comprises on or more extra-framework metal cations.
A method for producing an improved plant, said method including: (i) providing a library of plant germplasm; and a library of symbionts; (ii) inoculating the plant germplasm library with one or more symbionts selected from the symbiont library to generate symbiota; (iii) selecting, screening and/or evaluating the inoculated plant germplasm library or the symbiota for desired symbiota characteristic(s); and (iv) subsequently identifying, culturing or otherwise using the symbiota exhibiting desired characteristic(s) to produce the improved plant, wherein: said symbiont(s) are endophytes and/or epiphytes and/or plant-associated microbiomes; said library of germplasm includes 100s to 1000s of genotypes; said library of symbionts includes 10s to 100s of genotypes; and said step (iii) includes a step of genetic analysis and/or metabolic analysis; said plant germplasm is present as an embryo; and said inoculation step includes coating said embryo with a symbiont-containing coating layer to form an artificial seed. (i) providing a library of plant germplasm; and a library of symbionts; (ii) inoculating the plant germplasm library with one or more symbionts selected from the symbiont library to generate symbiota; (iii) selecting, screening and/or evaluating the inoculated plant germplasm library or the symbiota for desired symbiota characteristic(s); and (iv) subsequently identifying, culturing or otherwise using the symbiota exhibiting desired characteristic(s) to produce the improved plant, wherein: said symbiont(s) are endophytes and/or epiphytes and/or plant-associated microbiomes; said library of germplasm includes 100s to 1000s of genotypes; said library of symbionts includes 10s to 100s of genotypes; and said step (iii) includes a step of genetic analysis and/or metabolic analysis; said plant germplasm is present as an embryo; and said inoculation step includes coating said embryo with a symbiont-containing coating layer to form an artificial seed. said symbiont(s) are endophytes and/or epiphytes and/or plant-associated microbiomes; said library of germplasm includes 100s to 1000s of genotypes; said library of symbionts includes 10s to 100s of genotypes; and said step (iii) includes a step of genetic analysis and/or metabolic analysis; said plant germplasm is present as an embryo; and said inoculation step includes coating said embryo with a symbiont-containing coating layer to form an artificial seed.
A method of producing a P3HA resin extruded foam comprising: melt-kneading a polymer which is produced by a microorganism and includes one or more recurring unit represented by the formula: [-O-CHR-CH 2 -CO-] wherein R is an alkyl group represented by C n H 2n+1, and n is an integer of 1 to 15 (hereinafter, this polymer may be also referred to as poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) or P3HA), a volatile foaming agent, and a fatty acid amide-based compound and/or liquid paraffin to form a mixture; and extruding the mixture through a molding die into a low pressure region; wherein the temperature To (temperature of the resin measured at the extruder discharge outlet with a thermocouple) at which the mixture of P3HA, the volatile foaming agent and the fatty acid amide-based compound and/or liquid paraffin is extruded from the extruder falls within the range represented by the formula: Tc − 20 ≤ To °C ≤ Tc + 20 wherein Tc = (Tg + Tm)/2; Tg represents a glass transition temperature determined by differential scanning calorimetry of the P3HA; and Tm represents a melting point (Tm) determined by differential scanning calorimetry of the P3HA.
A shaving razor comprising: a yoke molded as a single piece, the yoke including a bridge and a pair of cross pieces coupled to the bridge each by a respective living hinge; and a plurality of cartridges each having a razor blade coupled to the yoke to span between the crosspieces, wherein the living hinges are oriented to permit the cartridges to pivot in a forward and backward direction and wherein the crosspieces are flexible to allow the discrete cartridges to adopt a convex configuration during use. a yoke molded as a single piece, the yoke including a bridge and a pair of cross pieces coupled to the bridge each by a respective living hinge; and a plurality of cartridges each having a razor blade coupled to the yoke to span between the crosspieces, wherein the living hinges are oriented to permit the cartridges to pivot in a forward and backward direction and wherein the crosspieces are flexible to allow the discrete cartridges to adopt a convex configuration during use.
A lithium air battery comprising: a positive electrode which uses oxygen as a positive electrode active material, is formed by laminating carbon black secondary particles consisting of carbon black primary particles and graphene, and including pores having a pore size range of exceeding 100 nm formed between the carbon black secondary particles, wherein the pore size is measured by mercury porosimetry; a negative electrode disposed to face the positive electrode; and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode further comprises a gas diffusion layer on which the carbon black secondary particles are laminated, wherein the carbon black primary particles are spherical in the size of 1 nm to 500 nm, wherein the graphene has plate-shaped in the size of 0.1 μ m to 50 μ m and in the thickness of 0.34 nm to 20 nm, and wherein the carbon black secondary particles are spherical in the size of 500 nm to 10 μ m, wherein the carbon black secondary particles include the pores having a pore size range of 20 to 100 nm formed between the carbon black primary particles and the graphene, the pores having a pore size range of less than 10 nm formed inside the carbon black primary particles, and the pores having a pore size range of less than 10 nm formed inside the graphene, wherein the pore size is measured by mercury porosimetry, wherein the graphene is reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and wherein the carbon black secondary particles comprise 50 to 99% by weight of the carbon black primary particles and 1 to 50% by weight of the graphene. a positive electrode which uses oxygen as a positive electrode active material, is formed by laminating carbon black secondary particles consisting of carbon black primary particles and graphene, and including pores having a pore size range of exceeding 100 nm formed between the carbon black secondary particles, wherein the pore size is measured by mercury porosimetry; a negative electrode disposed to face the positive electrode; and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode further comprises a gas diffusion layer on which the carbon black secondary particles are laminated, wherein the graphene has plate-shaped in the size of 0.1 μ m to 50 μ m and in the thickness of 0.34 nm to 20 nm, and wherein the carbon black secondary particles are spherical in the size of 500 nm to 10 μ m, wherein the carbon black secondary particles include the pores having a pore size range of 20 to 100 nm formed between the carbon black primary particles and the graphene, the pores having a pore size range of less than 10 nm formed inside the carbon black primary particles, and the pores having a pore size range of less than 10 nm formed inside the graphene, wherein the pore size is measured by mercury porosimetry, wherein the graphene is reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and wherein the carbon black secondary particles comprise 50 to 99% by weight of the carbon black primary particles and 1 to 50% by weight of the graphene.
A method of distributing a clock signal from a first electronic subsystem to a second electronic subsystem, the second electronic subsystem being remote from the first electronic subsystem and coupled to the first electronic subsystem by a bidirectional signal path, the method comprising a learning period prior to normal operation with the following steps: generating a first clock signal (84; 136) on the first electronic subsystem; generating a training signal (86; 140) on the first electronic subsystem clocked by the first clock signal; sending a sequence of a plurality of training signals (86; 140) on the bidirectional signal path on a round trip to the second electronic subsystem and back to the first electronic subsystem; measuring the time a training signal (86; 140) needs for the round trip; which method is characterized by the steps of iteratively adjusting the phase of a training signal (86; 140) on the way to the second electronic subsystem in a first phase adjuster (74, 110) of the first electronic subsystem and on the way back to the first electronic subsystem in a second phase adjuster (76, 124) of the second electronic subsystem, whereby the phase adjusters (74, 76, 110, 124) adjust phase by the same amount, until some of the training signals (86; 140) out of the sequence of training signals (86; 140) have a travel time of 2 ∗ N clock cycles and some of the training signals (86; 140) have a travel time of 2 ∗ N-1 clock cycles for the round trip; and analyzing a statistical variation between a travel time of 2 ∗ N clock cycles and of 2 ∗ N-1 clock cycles, and setting the phase delay to have a maximal statistical variation. generating a first clock signal (84; 136) on the first electronic subsystem; generating a training signal (86; 140) on the first electronic subsystem clocked by the first clock signal; sending a sequence of a plurality of training signals (86; 140) on the bidirectional signal path on a round trip to the second electronic subsystem and back to the first electronic subsystem; measuring the time a training signal (86; 140) needs for the round trip; which method is characterized by the steps of iteratively adjusting the phase of a training signal (86; 140) on the way to the second electronic subsystem in a first phase adjuster (74, 110) of the first electronic subsystem and on the way back to the first electronic subsystem in a second phase adjuster (76, 124) of the second electronic subsystem, whereby the phase adjusters (74, 76, 110, 124) adjust phase by the same amount, until some of the training signals (86; 140) out of the sequence of training signals (86; 140) have a travel time of 2 ∗ N clock cycles and some of the training signals (86; 140) have a travel time of 2 ∗ N-1 clock cycles for the round trip; and analyzing a statistical variation between a travel time of 2 ∗ N clock cycles and of 2 ∗ N-1 clock cycles, and setting the phase delay to have a maximal statistical variation.
A computer-implemented method of routing packets in a direct interconnect network from a source node to a destination node comprising the steps of: discovering all nodes and all output ports on each node in a network topology; including the discovered nodes and output ports in the network topology in a topology database in order to allow said nodes and ports to be included in shortest path routing computations; calculating the shortest path from every output port on each node to every other node in the network topology based on those nodes and output ports contained in the topology database; generating a source routing database on each node containing the shortest paths from every output port on said each node to all other nodes in the network topology; receiving packets at the source node; sending the received packets to the output ports of the source node in a round robin or weighted round robin manner, wherein each packet of said received packets is thereafter segmented into flits at each corresponding output port of the source node, and wherein said each packet is distributed along the calculated shortest path from the output port on the source node to the destination node, such that the packets are thereby distributed along alternate routes in the network topology; and re-assembling and re-ordering the packets at the destination node so that the packets accord with their original form and order. discovering all nodes and all output ports on each node in a network topology; including the discovered nodes and output ports in the network topology in a topology database in order to allow said nodes and ports to be included in shortest path routing computations; calculating the shortest path from every output port on each node to every other node in the network topology based on those nodes and output ports contained in the topology database; generating a source routing database on each node containing the shortest paths from every output port on said each node to all other nodes in the network topology; receiving packets at the source node; sending the received packets to the output ports of the source node in a round robin or weighted round robin manner, wherein each packet of said received packets is thereafter segmented into flits at each corresponding output port of the source node, and wherein said each packet is distributed along the calculated shortest path from the output port on the source node to the destination node, such that the packets are thereby distributed along alternate routes in the network topology; and re-assembling and re-ordering the packets at the destination node so that the packets accord with their original form and order.
A method for removing contaminants and micro-etching a semiconductor wafer, said method comprising: a) providing a semiconductor ingot; b) cutting the semiconductor ingot with a saw and cutting slurry to form one or more semiconductor wafers comprising inorganic contaminants and organic contaminants from the cutting saw and the cutting slurry; and prior to any further processing steps: c) applying an aqueous alkaline solution comprising: 0.01 wt% to 15 wt% of one or more quaternary ammonium hydroxides; 0.01 wt% to 10 wt% of one or more alkali hydroxides; and 0.001 wt% to 10 wt% of one or more mid-range alkoxylates. a) providing a semiconductor ingot; b) cutting the semiconductor ingot with a saw and cutting slurry to form one or more semiconductor wafers comprising inorganic contaminants and organic contaminants from the cutting saw and the cutting slurry; and prior to any further processing steps: c) applying an aqueous alkaline solution comprising: 0.01 wt% to 15 wt% of one or more quaternary ammonium hydroxides; 0.01 wt% to 10 wt% of one or more alkali hydroxides; and 0.001 wt% to 10 wt% of one or more mid-range alkoxylates.
Ultrasonic transducer for an ultrasonic flowmeter according to the principle of the transit time difference, with an electromechanical transducer element and a coupling element, wherein the transducer element is arranged on a coupling surface of a coupling element, and wherein the coupling element is designed to be mounted on a pipe of a predefined material directly, or with the insertion at least of a predefined coupling material, to determine the flow of a medium through the pipe, wherein the coupling element is suitable for the mode conversion of an acoustic longitudinal wave between a coupling surface and a decoupling surface of the coupling element by reflection at a first boundary surface of the coupling element to a predefined medium, characterized in that the coupling element has a second boundary surface to a predefined medium, wherein a first angle (σ) between the coupling surface and the first boundary surface and a second angle (β) between the first boundary surface and the decoupling surface is chosen in such a way that a part of a longitudinal wave falling onto the first boundary surface, said wave being generated by the transducer element, is reflected in the form of a transversal wave towards the decoupling surface, and wherein the first angle (σ) between the coupling surface and the first boundary surface and a third angle (γ) between the first boundary surface and the second boundary surface are selected in such a way that the longitudinal wave falling onto the first boundary surface is reflected at the first boundary surface practically completely towards the second boundary surface in the form of a longitudinal wave, and in that a part of the longitudinal waves reflected towards the second boundary surface is reflected at the second boundary surface back into the coupling element, wherein the centroid of the second boundary surface is offset in relation to a plane in the direction of the surface normal of the decoupling surface by the centroid of the decoupling surface, wherein the normal of the decoupling surface is perpendicular on said plane and the centroid of the decoupling surface is located on said plane.
Missile having a pyrotechnic charge, which is designed as a decoy, which emits IR radiation in flight as a result of the pyrotechnic charge burning, wherein the missile is equipped with an ignition means, which is designed to make the pyrotechnic charge burn deflagratively when the missile is used correctly, wherein the pyrotechnic charge comprises a mixture which contains at least one metal or a metal alloy as fuel, characterized in that the mixture contains at least one metal oxide as oxidizing agent, wherein the fuel and the oxidizing agent are selected in a manner such that they can react with one another by burning, wherein the mixture is compressed to a density of at least 85% of the theoretical density of the mixture, wherein the fuel, the oxidizing agent and the quantitative ratio between the fuel and the oxidizing agent are selected in a manner such that the density of the mixture is at least 6 g/cm 3, wherein the missile has a nose which is formed from the pyrotechnic charge, wherein the pyrotechnic charge is arranged only in the front half of the missile in the direction in which the latter flies.
An outsole for an article of footwear, the outsole comprising: a first surface of the outsole configured to be ground-facing; and a second surface of the outsole opposing the first surface, the outsole configured to be secured to an upper for an article of footwear; wherein the outsole comprises a material defining at least a portion of the first surface, and the material compositionally comprises a hydrogel, such that a hydrogel material is present at, and defines at least a portion of, the first surface, the hydrogel being a composition capable of taking up at least 10% by weight in water, based on the dry weight of the composition. a first surface of the outsole configured to be ground-facing; and a second surface of the outsole opposing the first surface, the outsole configured to be secured to an upper for an article of footwear; wherein the outsole comprises a material defining at least a portion of the first surface, and the material compositionally comprises a hydrogel, such that a hydrogel material is present at, and defines at least a portion of, the first surface, the hydrogel being a composition capable of taking up at least 10% by weight in water, based on the dry weight of the composition.
Equipment for purifying a gas stream comprising at least 0.02% by volume of water, CO 2 and NOx, comprising an adsorber comprising: - a cavity; - an adsorbent comprised in the cavity; - a carbon steel outer case; - a stainless steel inner case forming a space between 10 and 100 mm in width between said inner case and the outer case, wherein said space is at equal pressure with the cavity with: - the outer case is divided into a ferrule, a first bottom on the inlet side of the gas stream and a second bottom on the outlet side of the gas stream, and - the inner case is present at the ferrule and is extended over the first bottom. - a cavity; - an adsorbent comprised in the cavity; - a carbon steel outer case; - a stainless steel inner case forming a space between 10 and 100 mm in width between said inner case and the outer case, wherein said space is at equal pressure with the cavity - the outer case is divided into a ferrule, a first bottom on the inlet side of the gas stream and a second bottom on the outlet side of the gas stream, and - the inner case is present at the ferrule and is extended over the first bottom.