mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A multiport distribution network having 2N inputs (p 1... p 4) and 2N outputs (q 1... q 4), where N>1, the multiport distribution network providing an independent distribution path extending from each input to each output, each path being formed from a sequence of at least two fundamental units, wherein each fundamental unit comprises a circuit formed of multiple resonator cavities and having 2 input ports for receiving respective input signals, and 2 output ports for outputting respective output signals, and wherein the circuit is configured to: (i) at each input port, split an input signal received at that input port into 2 equal signal components and provide each of the 2 signal components to a respective output port of the circuit; and (ii) at each output port, combine the signal components received from the 2 input ports to form an output signal for that output port; wherein each independent distribution path goes through a particular sequence of resonators and couplings that is unique to that given distribution path; wherein the multiport distribution network is configured to apply the same magnitude of filter transfer function along each independent distribution path; wherein the fundamental units are logically arranged into a sequence of groups, each group having N fundamental units, wherein the N fundamental units in a group are all the same as one another, and wherein each independent distribution path consists of one fundamental unit from each group in accordance with the sequence of groups; and wherein a first fundamental unit in one group differs at least in relation to coupling coefficients from a second fundamental unit in another group to form a desired magnitude of filter transfer function, and wherein each fundamental unit is a 180° hybrid coupler.
An optical format converter for converting a phase modulation format of a modulated coherent optical signal into an intensity modulation format, comprising a waveguide-coupled cavity structure (2, 2', 2") comprising an optical waveguide (4, 14, 20) having an input port for receiving an optical signal and an output port for providing an output optical signal, wherein the waveguide-coupled cavity structure is configured to exhibit Fano resonance and wherein a transmission spectrum of the Fano resonance overlaps with a spectrum of a received modulated coherent optical signal to suppress transmission of at least one sideband of the modulated coherent optical signal through the waveguide-coupled cavity structure, the sideband suppression being asymmetrical with respect to a carrier frequency of the modulated coherent optical signal.
A continuous automated extraction system for physically extracting at least one liquid phase of a series of liquid microsamples each comprising a volume lower than 100 μL, comprising a centrifuge provided with a plurality of microholders, at least one of which is filled with the corresponding microsample and comprises a filling upper portion that is extended by a separating lower portion of smaller cross section than that of the upper portion, this system is provided with a computer-aided control device able to control the following elements, all included in this system: - the centrifuge, - transfer means designed to transfer, via a peristaltic metering pump placed upstream of this centrifuge and also included in this system, a specified volume of each microsample from a storage container to at least one of the microholders waiting to be filled, these transfer means comprising a micropipette which is movably mounted on an articulated arm actuating this micropipette under the control of the control device to fill each microholder in the centrifuge, and - means for ejecting and positioning the microholders, said or each microholder thus filled having a mass which is more than 10 times, and preferably more than 100 times the mass of this microsample, and which makes this system, thanks to said metering pump and to said transfer means filling the or each microholder in the stopped centrifuge before centrifugation, able to carry out at a given instant the extraction by centrifugation of only one microsample contained in a single microholder or of several microsamples contained only in some of these microholders, progressively as the latter are filled. - the centrifuge, - transfer means designed to transfer, via a peristaltic metering pump placed upstream of this centrifuge and also included in this system, a specified volume of each microsample from a storage container to at least one of the microholders waiting to be filled, these transfer means comprising a micropipette which is movably mounted on an articulated arm actuating this micropipette under the control of the control device to fill each microholder in the centrifuge, and - means for ejecting and positioning the microholders,
A connection processing method in a multi-access scenario, comprising: initiating, by user equipment, registration with a first communications network and a second communications network; and after the registration succeeds, determining, by the user equipment, whether the first communications network and the second communications network belong to a same PLMN; when determining that the first communications network and the second communications network belong to a same PLMN, sending, by the user equipment, a non-access stratum message to a mobility management function entity, wherein the non-access stratum message comprises a multi-access Protocol Data Unit, PDU, session parameter, wherein the multi-access PDU session parameter comprises second multi-access indication information and a session identifier, and the second multi-access indication information is used to indicate that the user equipment requests to establish a multi-access PDU session for a session corresponding to the session identifier. initiating, by user equipment, registration with a first communications network and a second communications network; and after the registration succeeds, determining, by the user equipment, whether the first communications network and the second communications network belong to a same PLMN; when determining that the first communications network and the second communications network belong to a same PLMN, sending, by the user equipment, a non-access stratum message to a mobility management function entity, wherein the non-access stratum message comprises a multi-access Protocol Data Unit, PDU, session parameter, wherein the multi-access PDU session parameter comprises second multi-access indication information and a session identifier, and the second multi-access indication information is used to indicate that the user equipment requests to establish a multi-access PDU session for a session corresponding to the session identifier.
A joining structure for a member in a vehicle body comprising: a first member that is made of steel, has a closed hollow cross-section that is free of an outwardly-extending flange, extends in one direction, and is provided with a quenched portion having a tensile strength of 1,470 MPa or greater, a base material portion having a tensile strength of less than 700 MPa, and a transition portion between the quenched portion and the base material portion in which a tensile strength gradually changes from the tensile strength of the quenched portion to the tensile strength of the base material portion; and a second member that is made of steel and partially overlaps an external surface of the first member by an overlapping portion, wherein the first member and the second member are welded to each other in the overlapping portion, the overlapping portion exists over the base material portion from the quenched portion of the first member through the transition portion, and a welding portion formed by the welding exists in the transition portion or the base material portion in the first member. a first member that is made of steel, has a closed hollow cross-section that is free of an outwardly-extending flange, extends in one direction, and is provided with a quenched portion having a tensile strength of 1,470 MPa or greater, a base material portion having a tensile strength of less than 700 MPa, and a transition portion between the quenched portion and the base material portion in which a tensile strength gradually changes from the tensile strength of the quenched portion to the tensile strength of the base material portion; and a second member that is made of steel and partially overlaps an external surface of the first member by an overlapping portion, wherein the first member and the second member are welded to each other in the overlapping portion, the overlapping portion exists over the base material portion from the quenched portion of the first member through the transition portion, and a welding portion formed by the welding exists in the transition portion or the base material portion in the first member.
A composition for use in a method of treating eczema, itch, pruritus, psoriasis, or dermatitis by topical administration to the skin, wherein the composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of a dipeptide derivative having the following generic Formula: R 1 -AAB-AAC-R 2 Formula or an isomer or salt thereof, and optionally a pharmaceutically or cosmetically acceptable carrier, wherein is an acyl radical having up to 19 carbon atoms; AAB is valine and AAC is alanine; R 2 is OR 3, NHR 4 or NHNHR 5; R 3 is H, an alkyl, aralkyl or aryl radical having up to 19 carbon atoms; and R 4 or R 5 is independently H, OH, an alkyl, aralkyl, or aryl radical having up to 19 carbon atoms.
A mixer for an engine exhaust system comprising: - a mixer housing enclosing an interior cavity for engine exhaust gases; - an injector for injecting a gaseous or liquid reducing agent into the interior cavity; - an injector opening formed in an outer peripheral wall of the mixer housing for receiving the injector; - a cone having a cone inlet opening aligned with the injector opening and a cone outlet opening into the interior cavity, the cone having a cone body having a base end defining the cone inlet opening and an outlet end defining the cone outlet opening, the cone including at least one turbulent flow amplifying opening; - a cylindrical member surrounding at least a portion of the cone, the cylindrical member having a central axis and including at least one window opening; each window opening being defined by opposite axial window edges (17, 17') and opposite tangential window edges (16, 16'); characterized in that at least a portion of the cone body decreases in diameter in a direction extending from the base end towards the outlet end, and in that the cylindrical member includes a flow direction reversal scoop associated with each window opening, said flow direction reversal scoop being attached to one of the axial window edges and projecting radially inward from said one of the axial window edges. - a mixer housing enclosing an interior cavity for engine exhaust gases; - an injector for injecting a gaseous or liquid reducing agent into the interior cavity; - an injector opening formed in an outer peripheral wall of the mixer housing for receiving the injector; - a cone having a cone inlet opening aligned with the injector opening and a cone outlet opening into the interior cavity, the cone having a cone body having a base end defining the cone inlet opening and an outlet end defining the cone outlet opening, the cone including at least one turbulent flow amplifying opening; - a cylindrical member surrounding at least a portion of the cone, the cylindrical member having a central axis and including at least one window opening; each window opening being defined by opposite axial window edges (17, 17') and opposite tangential window edges (16, 16');
Device for one-sided etching of a semiconductor layer of a workpiece having at least one etching tank for holding an electrolyte, - a first electrode which is arranged for electrically contacting the electrolyte that is located in the etching tank during use, - at least one second electrode which is arranged for indirectly or directly electrically contacting the semiconductor layer, - at least one electrical power source which is in electrically conductive connection with the first and second electrodes in order to generate an etching current and - at least one transport device for transporting the workpiece relative to the etching tank in such a way that an etching side of the semiconductor layer that is to be etched is wettable by the electrolyte that is located in the etching tank during use, characterised in that the transport device has a vacuum holding element for the workpiece, the vacuum holding element being configured for arrangement of the workpiece on a holding side of the workpiece, which holding side is located opposite the etching side, by means of a vacuum; and the second electrode is arranged on the vacuum holding element in such a way that when the workpiece is arranged on the vacuum holding element, the holding side of the workpiece is contacted by means of the second electrode. - a first electrode which is arranged for electrically contacting the electrolyte that is located in the etching tank during use, - at least one second electrode which is arranged for indirectly or directly electrically contacting the semiconductor layer, - at least one electrical power source which is in electrically conductive connection with the first and second electrodes in order to generate an etching current and - at least one transport device for transporting the workpiece relative to the etching tank in such a way that an etching side of the semiconductor layer that is to be etched is wettable by the electrolyte that is located in the etching tank during use, the transport device has a vacuum holding element for the workpiece, the vacuum holding element being configured for arrangement of the workpiece on a holding side of the workpiece, which holding side is located opposite the etching side, by means of a vacuum; and the second electrode is arranged on the vacuum holding element in such a way that when the workpiece is arranged on the vacuum holding element, the holding side of the workpiece is contacted by means of the second electrode.
A method for a follow me television function the method comprising the steps of: • receiving an audio video content; • processing and delivering the content to a first device at a first location for playback for a first user; • monitoring location of at least one another device by a device monitoring means; the method being characterized in that it further comprises the steps of: • monitoring location of the first user by a user monitoring means wherein the user monitoring means are configured to differentiate between tracked users and their respective audio video sessions; • detecting whether the first user is closer to a second device than to the first device currently used for playback; • wherein in case the first user is closer to the second device than to the first device currently used for playback: • checking session transfer parental control options, wherein the session transfer parental control options define whether playback, for the first user, may be transferred to the second device; • in case the playback may be transferred, transferring the audio video playback session from the first device to the second device and starting playback of the audio video content on the second device and stopping playback on the first device. • receiving an audio video content; • processing and delivering the content to a first device at a first location for playback for a first user; • monitoring location of at least one another device by a device monitoring means; • monitoring location of the first user by a user monitoring means wherein the user monitoring means are configured to differentiate between tracked users and their respective audio video sessions; • detecting whether the first user is closer to a second device than to the first device currently used for playback; • wherein in case the first user is closer to the second device than to the first device currently used for playback: • checking session transfer parental control options, wherein the session transfer parental control options define whether playback, for the first user, may be transferred to the second device; • in case the playback may be transferred, transferring the audio video playback session from the first device to the second device and starting playback of the audio video content on the second device and stopping playback on the first device. • checking session transfer parental control options, wherein the session transfer parental control options define whether playback, for the first user, may be transferred to the second device; • in case the playback may be transferred, transferring the audio video playback session from the first device to the second device and starting playback of the audio video content on the second device and stopping playback on the first device.
User interface for an appliance of household or industrial type, comprising at least one display unit having a display area with at least one of an active and passive display element (3, 4), further comprising an at least partially transparent cover, the display unit being arranged underneath the at least partially transparent cover, and further comprising at least one elongate and bar shaped transparent optical element comprising at least one segment of triangular or trapezoid cross section and being arranged on the transparent cover on a side averted from the display unit, covering at least partially the display area, wherein at least one of a long side and face side of the optical element comprises at least one bevelled edge implemented so as to delimit or sub-divide the overall vision angle to certain dihedral angles.
A method in a network computing environment, the method comprising: granting at least one credit, each credit corresponding to a sequence number that can be used for sending a command, the set of one or more sequence numbers forming a valid command window; granting at least one blocking operation credit; enforcing that a client does not exceed a maximum number of blocking operation credits used; receiving at least one command; determining for each received command whether the command includes a sequence number that is within the valid command window and that the sequence number has not been used with another command; rejecting commands that do not include a sequence number that is within the valid command window; and rejecting commands that include a sequence number that has previously been used. granting at least one credit, each credit corresponding to a sequence number that can be used for sending a command, the set of one or more sequence numbers forming a valid command window; granting at least one blocking operation credit; enforcing that a client does not exceed a maximum number of blocking operation credits used; receiving at least one command; determining for each received command whether the command includes a sequence number that is within the valid command window and that the sequence number has not been used with another command; rejecting commands that do not include a sequence number that is within the valid command window; and rejecting commands that include a sequence number that has previously been used.
Aptamer for use in therapy of a subject by inhibiting or suppressing the activation of TLR9 in a cell, wherein the aptamer comprises a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 1 (GGT TGG TGT GGT TGG) and/or a nucleic acid sequence being at least 80% identical to SEQ ID No. 1, wherein the subject is having a disorder selected from an autoimmune disorder, an inflammatory disorder, an autoimmune connective tissue disease (ACTD) and/or a neurodegenerative disorder, preferably the disorder is selected from psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, alopecia universalis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, Addison's disease, allergy, ankylosing spondylitis, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, autoimmune hepatitis, Bullous pemphigoid, Chagas' disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coeliac disease, cutaneous lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, diabetes, dilated cardiomyopathy, endometriosis, Goodpasture's syndrome, Graves' disease, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Hashimoto's disease, hidradenitis suppurativa, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, inflammatory bowel disease, interstitial cystitis, morphea, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, myocarditis, narcolepsy, neuromyotonia, pemphigus, pernicious anaemia, polymyositis, rheumatoid arthritis, schizophrenia, Sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, temporal arteritis, vasculitis, vitiligo, vulvodynia, Wegener's granulomatosis, traumatic pain, and neuropathic pain.
An anti-phospho-spleen tyrosine kinase (pSYK) antibody molecule comprising three heavy chain complementarity determining regions (CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3) comprising amino acid sequences SEQ ID NOs:11, 12 and 13, respectively; and three light chain complementarity determining regions (CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3) comprising amino acid sequences SEQ ID NOs:14, 15 and 16, respectively.
A method of preparing a hydrophilic porous PTFE membrane comprising: (i) preparing a blend comprising PTFE and an amphiphilic copolymer, and optionally a lubricant; (ii) extruding the blend into a tape; (iii) biaxially stretching the tape to obtain a hydrophilic porous membrane; wherein the amphiphilic copolymer is of formula: wherein the amphiphilic copolymer is a random or block copolymer, Rf is a perfluoro-substituted group, wherein Rh 1 and Rh 2 are hydrophilic groups independently selected from hydroxyl, acyloxy, trifluoroacetyl, alkyloxy, allyloxy, alkylthio, and alkylthiopropyloxy, or chlorine, wherein the alkyl portion of alkylthio and alkylthiopropyloxy are optionally substituted with hydroxyl, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, phosphonic acid, quaternary ammonium, alkylsulfonyl, heterocyclyl. m and n are independently from 10 to 1000, and o is from 0 to 1000; Y is hydroxyl. (i) preparing a blend comprising PTFE and an amphiphilic copolymer, and optionally a lubricant; (ii) extruding the blend into a tape; (iii) biaxially stretching the tape to obtain a hydrophilic porous membrane; m and n are independently from 10 to 1000, and o is from 0 to 1000; Y is hydroxyl.