mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for removing a tertiary halogenated hydrocarbon impurity from a target halogenated hydrocarbon compound, comprising: providing a first mixture comprising the target halogenated hydrocarbon compound and a tertiary halogenated hydrocarbon impurity; contacting the first mixture containing the tertiary halogenated hydrocarbon impurity with a dehydrohalogenation catalyst effective to catalyze a conversion of the tertiary halogenated hydrocarbon impurity to a corresponding unhalogenated or less-halogenated unsaturated hydrocarbon and hydrogen halide, thereby providing a modified mixture, the dehydrohalogenation catalyst comprising a sorbent that includes silicon oxide, aluminum oxide or both silicon oxide and aluminum oxide; and distilling the modified mixture to separate and recover a purified target hydrocarbon halogenated compound. providing a first mixture comprising the target halogenated hydrocarbon compound and a tertiary halogenated hydrocarbon impurity; contacting the first mixture containing the tertiary halogenated hydrocarbon impurity with a dehydrohalogenation catalyst effective to catalyze a conversion of the tertiary halogenated hydrocarbon impurity to a corresponding unhalogenated or less-halogenated unsaturated hydrocarbon and hydrogen halide, thereby providing a modified mixture, the dehydrohalogenation catalyst comprising a sorbent that includes silicon oxide, aluminum oxide or both silicon oxide and aluminum oxide; and distilling the modified mixture to separate and recover a purified target hydrocarbon halogenated compound.
A recombinant plasmid comprising a vector cassette having a nucleotide sequence having at least 97% identity to that of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the vector cassette encodes a lentiviral vector backbone, and wherein the vector cassette includes a multiple cloning site including four restriction endonuclease sites, wherein the four restriction endonuclease sites are BstBI, MluI, NotI, and ClaI restriction endonuclease sites, wherein the recombinant plasmid includes a nucleotide sequence encoding a packaging signal; a nucleotide sequence encoding a central polypurine tract; a nucleotide sequence encoding a Rev response element; a nucleotide sequence encoding a self-inactivating long terminal repeat; and a tetracycline repressible promoter upstream of the vector cassette.
An additive layer manufacturing method for the production of a three-dimensional product via successive fusion of parts of a powder bed, said parts corresponding to successive cross-sections of the product, the method comprising the steps of: a) laying down a powder layer on said powder bed, and b) focussing energy on a predetermined area of said powder layer to fuse said area of the powder layer and thereby form a cross-section of the product; wherein steps a) and b) are repeated to form successive cross-sections of the product, and wherein at least one of said steps b) involves focussing said energy on an area of the respective powder layer which is at least partially unsupported by a previously formed cross-section of the product to thereby form a downwardly facing surface of the product, the method being characterised in that at least some of said successive steps b) involve focussing energy on a support area of the respective powder layer, to fuse the support area and thereby form successive cross-sections of a at least one support pin within the powder bed, the at least one support pin extending outwardly from the downwardly facing surface of the product when it is formed, so as to support the downwardly facing surface, wherein the at least one support pin has a free end which is formed within the powder bed, the free end of the or each said support pin being spaced from any other surface of the product and being also spaced from any base plate used to support the powder bed.
An imaging apparatus to which a lens apparatus can be attached, comprising: an imaging means for executing charge accumulation in synchronization with a reference signal and generating an imaging signal; a control means for controlling data communication with an attached lens apparatus, and executing focus detection by using data received from the lens apparatus; wherein the control means is adapted to execute data communication with the lens apparatus in a first communication mode in which predetermined data is periodically communicated in synchronization with the reference signal, characterized in that when a predetermined operation that instructs preparation for still image shooting is carried out by a user, the control means is adapted to change the first communication mode to a second communication mode in which the control means is adapted to execute data communication with the lens apparatus out of synchronization with the reference signal, and the data communication in the second communication mode includes transmission of a command to drive a focus lens from the control means to the lens apparatus. an imaging means for executing charge accumulation in synchronization with a reference signal and generating an imaging signal; a control means for controlling data communication with an attached lens apparatus, and executing focus detection by using data received from the lens apparatus; wherein the control means is adapted to execute data communication with the lens apparatus in a first communication mode in which predetermined data is periodically communicated in synchronization with the reference signal, characterized in that when a predetermined operation that instructs preparation for still image shooting is carried out by a user, the control means is adapted to change the first communication mode to a second communication mode in which the control means is adapted to execute data communication with the lens apparatus out of synchronization with the reference signal, and the data communication in the second communication mode includes transmission of a command to drive a focus lens from the control means to the lens apparatus.
A method of detecting a mechanical interaction, comprising the steps of: energising a detection element, in which said detection element is substantially non-conductive without an application of pressure and becomes increasingly conductive in response to pressure application; interrupting a processor (101, 403) from a low-power dissipation state in response to a first detectable application of pressure by said detection element; and configuring said processor to monitor further pressure applied to said detection element, such that said detection element operates in both a first mode to interrupt said processor and in a second mode to provide input data to said processor; characterised in that: said detection element is energised by supplying current through a series connection of said detection element, a reference resistance (105, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415) and a threshold resistance (106, 416) during said first mode. energising a detection element, in which said detection element is substantially non-conductive without an application of pressure and becomes increasingly conductive in response to pressure application; interrupting a processor (101, 403) from a low-power dissipation state in response to a first detectable application of pressure by said detection element; and configuring said processor to monitor further pressure applied to said detection element, such that said detection element operates in both a first mode to interrupt said processor and in a second mode to provide input data to said processor; characterised in that: said detection element is energised by supplying current through a series connection of said detection element, a reference resistance (105, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415) and a threshold resistance (106, 416) during said first mode.
A method performed in a vehicle for determining a confidence level of an estimated road geometry, the road geometry being estimated at least partly based on a position of a road object relative to the vehicle, wherein the road object constitutes a further vehicle, the method comprising; - obtaining a reference position of the further vehicle relative to the vehicle, wherein the obtaining further comprises obtaining the reference position as a location of the further vehicle relative to the vehicle; - tracking the further vehicle, whereby the relative position of the further vehicle in relation to the vehicle is monitored; - updating a reach of a confidence zone of the vehicle, wherein a part of the estimated road geometry comprised within the confidence zone is associated with one or more known reference confidence levels; and - determining the confidence level of the estimated road geometry based on whether the reference position is comprised in the confidence zone, wherein if the reference position of the further vehicle is comprised in the confidence zone the confidence zone is updated to comprise the road geometry up to the current position of the further vehicle. - obtaining a reference position of the further vehicle relative to the vehicle, wherein the obtaining further comprises obtaining the reference position as a location of the further vehicle relative to the vehicle; - tracking the further vehicle, whereby the relative position of the further vehicle in relation to the vehicle is monitored; - updating a reach of a confidence zone of the vehicle, wherein a part of the estimated road geometry comprised within the confidence zone is associated with one or more known reference confidence levels; and - determining the confidence level of the estimated road geometry based on whether the reference position is comprised in the confidence zone,
A method comprising: retrieving raw data, acquired at a detector including multiple detector cells, relating to the intensity of X-rays having traversed a scanned portion of an object; generating an image based on the raw data; identifying a first voxel of the image, the first voxel corresponding to a first footprint shadow range projected by the first voxel on at least one detector cell; determining whether the first footprint shadow range exceeds a first threshold; in response to a determination that the first footprint shadow range exceeds the first threshold, dividing the first voxel into a first number of sub-voxels; and reconstructing the image using an iterative reconstruction process comprising a plurality of iterations, wherein during an iteration of the plurality of iterations, a calculation relating to the first voxel is based on the first number of sub-voxels. retrieving raw data, acquired at a detector including multiple detector cells, relating to the intensity of X-rays having traversed a scanned portion of an object; generating an image based on the raw data; identifying a first voxel of the image, the first voxel corresponding to a first footprint shadow range projected by the first voxel on at least one detector cell; determining whether the first footprint shadow range exceeds a first threshold; in response to a determination that the first footprint shadow range exceeds the first threshold, dividing the first voxel into a first number of sub-voxels; and reconstructing the image using an iterative reconstruction process comprising a plurality of iterations, wherein during an iteration of the plurality of iterations, a calculation relating to the first voxel is based on the first number of sub-voxels.
A steel sheet for crown cap having a composition consisting of, in terms of % by mass, C: more than 0.003% and 0.010% or less, Si: 0.05% or less, Mn: 0.05% or more and 0.30% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.005% or more and less than 0.0100%, N: 0.0050% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities including at least one of V, B, Ca, Zn, Co, and As in a total amount of 0.02% or less, Cu: 0.10% or less, Ni: 0.10% or less, Cr: 0.09% or less, and O: 0.0150% or less, a yield strength in a rolling direction being 500 MPa or more determined by a method described in JIS Z 2241, and an average Lankford value described below being 1.3 or more and determined by a method described in JIS Z 2254: Average Lankford value = r L + 2 × r D + r C / 4, where r L represents a Lankford value in a direction parallel to the rolling direction, r D represents a Lankford value in a direction at 45° with respect to the rolling direction, and r C represents a Lankford value in a direction at 90° with respect to the rolling direction.
A creel system with a creel threader, wherein the creel system carries a plurality of spools maintained in uniform rows, each spool carries a filamentary material, characterized by one creel threader maintained for each row of spools, each creel threader comprising: a guide supported by the creel system; an endless loop carried by said guide; a drive assembly coupled to said endless loop; and a plurality of grippers carried by said endless loop, said grippers receiving the filamentary material from the spools maintained in the row, and said drive assembly moving said grippers and the received filamentary material from the spools to an output end of the creel system for further processing. a guide supported by the creel system; an endless loop carried by said guide; a drive assembly coupled to said endless loop; and a plurality of grippers carried by said endless loop, said grippers receiving the filamentary material from the spools maintained in the row, and said drive assembly moving said grippers and the received filamentary material from the spools to an output end of the creel system for further processing.
A method of generating, with a computer, a data preparation file for use in an e-beam equipment for fracturing of a target design for insulating a semiconductor integrated circuit, said method comprising: a) Generating a seed design from the target design; b) Generating rectilinear segments connecting vertices of the seed design to form a contour of the seed design; c) Placing a number of correction sites on the contour of the seed design; d) Associating the correction sites and the vertices; e) Generating a simulated contour of the seed design at the correction sites to form a simulated design; f) Associating a dose map with the simulated design; g) Calculating a displacement of each of the vertices to improve a matching criteria between the simulated contour and the contour of the seed design; h) Generating said displacement; i) Storing the simulated contour in the data preparation file; j) Redoing steps e) through h) until a stop criteria is met. a) Generating a seed design from the target design; b) Generating rectilinear segments connecting vertices of the seed design to form a contour of the seed design; c) Placing a number of correction sites on the contour of the seed design; d) Associating the correction sites and the vertices; e) Generating a simulated contour of the seed design at the correction sites to form a simulated design; f) Associating a dose map with the simulated design; g) Calculating a displacement of each of the vertices to improve a matching criteria between the simulated contour and the contour of the seed design; h) Generating said displacement; i) Storing the simulated contour in the data preparation file; j) Redoing steps e) through h) until a stop criteria is met.
A fat or oil composition, comprising 50 mass% or more of diacylglycerols and 5 to 40 mass% of triacylglycerols, the diacylglycerols satisfying the following to: 5 to 50 mass% of a disaturated diacylglycerol in the diacylglycerols; 35 mass% or less of a monosaturated-monounsaturated diacylglycerol in the diacylglycerols; and 1.5 or less as a ratio (mass ratio) [ /] of a content of the disaturated diacylglycerol in the diacylglycerols relative to a content of a diunsaturated diacylglycerol in the diacylglycerols, wherein a ratio (mass ratio) [ /(SSU+SUU)] of a content of a triacylglycerol, whose constituent fatty acids include saturated fatty acids, relative to a total content of a triacylglycerol, whose constituent fatty acids include one saturated fatty acid residue and two unsaturated fatty acid residues, and a triacylglycerol, whose constituent fatty acids include two saturated fatty acid residues and one unsaturated fatty acid residue, in the triacylglycerols is 0.4 or more. 5 to 50 mass% of a disaturated diacylglycerol in the diacylglycerols; 35 mass% or less of a monosaturated-monounsaturated diacylglycerol in the diacylglycerols; and 1.5 or less as a ratio (mass ratio) [ /] of a content of the disaturated diacylglycerol in the diacylglycerols relative to a content of a diunsaturated diacylglycerol in the diacylglycerols,
A plant producing writing instrument comprising: a housing having a writing end and an opposing non-writing end; a capsule disposed at the non-writing end of the housing, the capsule including one or more seeds and being degradable after placement of the housing, while the capsule is thereon, in a moist soil to release the one or more seeds, wherein the capsule further comprises a substrate which is expandable upon exposure to moisture to enable rupture of the capsule; and an indicia indicating a direction in which to plant the capsule. a housing having a writing end and an opposing non-writing end; a capsule disposed at the non-writing end of the housing, the capsule including one or more seeds and being degradable after placement of the housing, while the capsule is thereon, in a moist soil to release the one or more seeds, wherein the capsule further comprises a substrate which is expandable upon exposure to moisture to enable rupture of the capsule; and an indicia indicating a direction in which to plant the capsule.
Vacuum plasma generator with an output (26, 26') for feeding a plasma discharge for the treatment of workpieces in a vacuum chamber, comprising: - a mains connection for the junction to an AC voltage mains; - a mains rectifier connected to - a converter with a control input for the setting and/or regulation of the converter output voltage; - a controlled full bridge circuit connected to the converter output with a potential-free generator output (26, 26'), which is adapted to transpose the converter output voltage into pulses of 1 to 500 kHz, wherein a potential-isolating transformer is switched into the bridge for the galvanic decoupling of the generator output (26, 26'), and wherein the voltage transformation ratio of the transformer is maximally 1:2. - a mains connection for the junction to an AC voltage mains; - a mains rectifier connected to - a converter with a control input for the setting and/or regulation of the converter output voltage; - a controlled full bridge circuit connected to the converter output with a potential-free generator output (26, 26'), which is adapted to transpose the converter output voltage into pulses of 1 to 500 kHz, wherein a potential-isolating transformer is switched into the bridge for the galvanic decoupling of the generator output (26, 26'), and wherein the voltage transformation ratio of the transformer is maximally 1:2.
Set of two lines of motor vehicles of the "right-hand drive" type and the "left-hand drive" type, comprising a windscreen-wiper support device arranged between an upper window opening lower crossbeam and a lower heating partition belonging to a structure of each type of motor vehicle, said support device having a fastening orifice (11; 12) for said windscreen wiper, the support device being formed as a single pressed part, which is identical regardless of the line of motor vehicles in question, said fastening orifice for said windscreen wiper being arranged on a predefined first surface of the support device that is arranged on the right of the support device of the vehicles of the "right-hand drive" type, while the fastening orifice for said windscreen wiper is arranged on a second predefined surface of the support device that is different from the first surface and is arranged on the left of the support device of the vehicles of the "left-hand drive" type, the arrangement on the right or on the left being considered with respect to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, the support device having a central formation in the form of a tunnel that is intended notably to optimize the local stiffness thereof.
Optical system having a single-line or multi-line matrix of radiation sources and an optical unit (2, 52), wherein the optical unit (2, 52) has a plurality of coupling-in surfaces (10-32; 54-76) for the radiation from in each case one radiation source or in each case a plurality of radiation sources and a coupling-out surface, wherein the coupling-in surfaces (10-32; 54-76) each have an optical main axis, wherein the optical unit (2; 52) has an optical main axis (40; 50), wherein the optical main axis of at least one of the coupling-in surfaces (10-18, 24-32; 54-60, 70-76) is inclined towards the optical main axis (40; 50) of the optical unit (2; 52), and wherein a plurality of projections are provided for in each case one or more coupling-in surfaces (10-32; 54-76), characterized in that, the greater the inclination of the optical main axis of the respective coupling-in surface (10-32; 54-76) is, the shorter is the projection thereof, and the radiation sources are arranged in one plane.
Device for winding successive strings, comprising a rotating winding shaft (12, 13) provided with engagement means for strings of packaging, a removal mechanism for removing a wound string from the winding shaft and a discharge path (25, 26), said rotating winding shaft (12, 13) being rotatably arranged on a carrier, said carrier and winding shaft being displaced from a position near a feed to a position near said discharge (25, 26), in which said feed comprises a feed path which functions as a support for strings and which adjoins the winding shaft, characterised in that said support comprises a trough.
An electrochemical apparatus, comprising: an electrolyte, a positive electrode and a negative electrode; characterized in that,, the negative electrode comprises a negative active material layer, the negative active material layer comprises a negative active material; the electrolyte comprises fluoroethylene carbonate; and 0.5 < R ct /R cp < 1.5, wherein both R ct and R cp are less than 35 milliohms, wherein R ct represents a charge transfer resistance under 50% state of charge at 25 degrees Celsius, and R cp represents a concentration polarization resistance in the 50% state of charge at 25 degrees Celsius measured according to the description; and 0.005 ≤ A/B ≤ 0.1, wherein a mass of the fluoroethylene carbonate corresponding to 1 g of the negative active material is A g, and a specific surface area of the negative active material is B m 2 /g. an electrolyte, a positive electrode and a negative electrode; characterized in that,, the negative electrode comprises a negative active material layer, the negative active material layer comprises a negative active material; the electrolyte comprises fluoroethylene carbonate; and 0.5 < R ct /R cp < 1.5, wherein both R ct and R cp are less than 35 milliohms, wherein R ct represents a charge transfer resistance under 50% state of charge at 25 degrees Celsius, and R cp represents a concentration polarization resistance in the 50% state of charge at 25 degrees Celsius measured according to the description; and 0.005 ≤ A/B ≤ 0.1, wherein a mass of the fluoroethylene carbonate corresponding to 1 g of the negative active material is A g, and a specific surface area of the negative active material is B m 2 /g.