49th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130323773 | PROCESSES AND KITS FOR DETERMINING MULTI-DRUG RESISTANCE OF CELLS - This invention relates to multi-drug resistance (MDR) in cells, and the use of certain xanthene compounds for determining drug resistance in cells and the effect of test compounds on cell membrane transport by the membrane transporters MDR1, MRP and BCRP. Processes and kits for making these determinations and measuring these effects are described and provided. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323774 | HOMOGENOUS AND FULLY GLYCOSYLATED HUMAN ERYTHROPOIETIN - The present invention provides homogenous, fully-glycosylated, full length erythropoietin and the methods of producing the same. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323775 | Device For Incubating A Sample - The field of the invention relates to a device for incubating a sample. The present disclosure provides an incubator for shaking and/or heating at least one sample. The device comprises at least one inductor placed below an induction heating plate. A heat conducting plate is mounted onto the induction heating plate. The device further comprises a moving arrangement for placing the sample onto the heat conducting plate. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323776 | CARRIER PEPTIDE FRAGMENT AND USE THEREOF - A method for transferring a foreign substance includes: preparing a construct for transferring a foreign substance that contains a carrier peptide fragment including any amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS: 1-6, or an amino acid sequence formed by the substitution, deletion, and/or addition (insertion) of 1, 2, or 3 amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence of the selected sequence identification number, and a foreign substance of interest that is bonded to the N-terminus and/or C-terminus of the carrier peptide fragment; supplying the construct for transferring a foreign substance to a test sample that contains a target eukaryotic cell; and incubating the test sample that has been supplied with the construct for transferring a foreign substance to thereby transfer the construct into the eukaryotic cell in the test sample. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323777 | Compact Multifunctional Ligand to Enhance Colloidal Stability of Nanoparticles - A ligand design allows compact nanoparticle materials, such as quantum dots (QDs), with excellent colloidal stability over a wide range of pH and under high salt concentrations. Self-assembled biomolecular conjugates with QDs can be obtained which are stable in biological environments. Energy transfer with these ligands is maximized by minimizing distances between QDs/nanoparticles and donors/acceptors directly attached to the ligands or assembled on their surfaces. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323778 | PAPER SUPPORT AND METHOD OF RECOVERING BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL THEREFROM - The present invention relates to paper supports for neonatal screening that are used for the storage and further processing of biological materials. The invention is particularly concerned with paper supports which have at least one surface coated with a chemical that enhances the recovery of the biological material from the support. Methods of preparing and using the paper supports are also described. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323779 | Lighting Systems and Methods of Using Lighting Systems for In Vitro Potency Assay for Photofrin - Presently disclosed is a lighting system and methods of using the lighting system for in vitro potency assay for photofrin. The lighting system includes a lamp housing, a first lens, an infrared absorbing filter, an optical filter, and a second lens. The lamp housing includes a lamp and a light-port. In operation, broad spectrum light from the lamp exits the lamp housing by passing through the light-port. The first lens then collimates the broad spectrum light that exits the lamp housing through the light-port. The infrared absorbing filter then passes a first portion of the collimated broad spectrum light to the optical filter and absorbs infrared light of the broad spectrum light. The optical filter then passes a second portion of the collimated broad spectrum light to the second lens. The second lens then disperses the second portion of the collimated light to provide uniform irradiation of a cell culture plate. A method of using the lighting system for studying a photosensitizer is also disclosed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323780 | PROMOTERS AND TERMINATORS FOR USE IN EUKARYOTIC CELLS - The present invention provides novel promoter and terminator sequences for use in heterologous gene expression in eukaryotic cells, such as algal cells. The invention further provides expression cassettes comprising a promoter, as described herein, operably linked to a heterologous gene. The invention further provides expression vectors and host eukaryotic cells, such as algal cells, for expressing a protein encoded by the heterologous gene; and methods for identifying promoters. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323781 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING A FUNGAL CONTAMINATION - The present invention relates to a device for detecting a fungal contamination in an internal environment, to the use thereof and also to a method for detecting a fungal contamination in an internal environment using such a device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323782 | METHOD OF GENERATING INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS AND DIFFERENTIATED CELLS - Methods for generating iPSCs and differentiated cells of interest by reprogramming donor cells that have been obtained in a non-invasive manner. In particular, the donor cells are exfoliated epithelial urine cells. The differentiated cells can be obtained by differentiation of the reprogrammed iPSCs or by direct reprogramming the urine cells. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323783 | ALKALINE FEED - A method for cultivating a bacterial cell comprising the addition of an amino acid in an alkaline solution used for pH regulation. Also an aspect is a method for producing a polypeptide comprising the steps of a) providing a bacterial cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide, b) cultivating the provided cell, c) adjusting the pH value during the cultivating with a basic solution comprising an amino acid, d) recovering the polypeptide from the cell or the cultivation medium and thereby producing the polypeptide | 2013-12-05 |
20130323784 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TARGET SUBSTANCE BY FERMENTATION PROCESS - A target substance can be efficiently produced by culturing, in a medium, a coryneform bacterium in which the activity of a PTS protein relating to fructose uptake is reduced or lost as compared with a parent strain and the bacterium can produce the target substance, allowing the target substance to form and accumulate in a culture; and collecting the target substance from the culture | 2013-12-05 |
20130323785 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR IN LARGE VOLUME FROM YEAST - The present invention relates to a method for producing hEGF (human epidermal growth factor) which has the same activity as the wild form, in high concentration and with a high degree of purity. More specifically, the invention relates to an hEGF expression vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence coding for the polypeptide of sequence number 14; a host cell in which the expression vector has been genetically transformed; and a method for producing hEGF, comprising a step in which the expression vector is created and is genetically transformed in yeast from which the KEX1 gene is lacking. Using the method of the present invention, it is possible to produce a large volume of human derived EGF which has the same size and activity as human derived EGF, and this EGF can be used in various ways such as in medicine and cosmetics. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323786 | Composition Comprising Antibodies to LINGO or Fragments Thereof - Endogenous LINGO-1 is a negative regulator for neuronal survival, axon regeneration, oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination. Molecules that block endogenous LINGO-1 function, such anti-LINGO-1 antibodies can be used as therapeutics for the treatment of neuron and oligodendrocyte dysfunction. The present invention provides antibodies specific for LINGO-1, and methods of using such antibodies as antagonists of endogenous LINGO-1 function. The invention further provides specific hybridoma and phage library-derived monoclonal antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising these antibodies. The invention further provides methods of promoting oligodendrocyte survival and myelination in a vertebrate, comprising administering to a vertebrate in need of such treatment an effective amount of an anti-LINGO-1 antibody | 2013-12-05 |
20130323787 | PHAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM EXPRESSING SINGLE CHAIN ANTIBODY - Disclosed are nucleic acid libraries for identifying a signal peptide that facilitates production of disulfide-stabilized single chain antibody, and for facilitating production of a disulfide-stabilized single chain antibody. Also disclosed are host cell libraries and phage libraries including the nucleic acid libraries. Further disclosed are methods for identifying a signal peptide that facilitates production of disulfide-stabilized single chain antibody, and methods for producing a disulfide-stabilized single chain antibody and non-fusion form thereof. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323788 | PRODUCTION CELL LINE ENHANCERS - The present invention relates to discovery of the ectopic expression of EDEM2 in a production cell to improve the yield of a useful multi-subunit protein. Thus, the present invention provides for production cell lines, such as the canonical mammalian biopharmaceutical production cell—the CHO cell, containing recombinant polynucleotides encoding EDEM2. Also disclosed is a production cell containing both an EDEM2-encoding polynucleotide as well an XBP1-encoding polynucleotide. Improved titers of antibodies produced by these cell lines are disclosed, as well as the improved cell densities attained by these cells in culture. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323789 | ANTI SYSTEM ASC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2 (ASCT2) ANTIBODY - An object of the present invention is to provide a monoclonal antibody which is useful for treating or diagnosing a disease relating to system ASC amino acid transporter 2 (ASCT2) or a method using the antibody. The present invention provides a monoclonal antibody which specifically recognizes a native three-dimensional structure of an extracellular region of system ASC amino acid transporter 2 (ASCT2) and binds to the extracellular region, or an antibody fragment thereof; a hybridoma which produces the antibody; a DNA which encodes the antibody; a vector which contains the DNA; a transformant obtainable by introducing the vector; a process for producing an antibody or an antibody fragment thereof using the hybridoma or the transformant; and a therapeutic agent using the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof, and a diagnostic agent using the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323790 | HUMAN LAMBDA LIGHT CHAIN MICE - Genetically modified mice are provided that express human λ variable (hVλ) sequences, including mice that express hVλ sequences from an endogenous mouse λ light chain locus, mice that express hVλ sequences from an endogenous mouse κ light chain locus, and mice that express hVλ sequences from a transgene or an episome wherein the hVλ sequence is linked to a mouse constant sequence. Mice are provided that are a source of somatically mutated human λ variable sequences useful for making antigen-binding proteins. Compositions and methods for making antigen-binding proteins that comprise human λ variable sequences, including human antibodies, are provided. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323791 | RESTRICTED IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN MICE - Mice having a restricted immunoglobulin heavy chain locus are provided, wherein the locus is characterized by a single polymorphic human V | 2013-12-05 |
20130323792 | METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID MANIPULATION - A method for replicating and amplifying a target nucleic acid sequence is described. A method of the invention involves the formation of a recombination intermediate without the prior denaturing of a nucleic acid duplex through the use of a recombination factor. The recombination intermediate is treated with a high fidelity polymerase to permit the replication and amplification of the target nucleic acid sequence. In preferred embodiments, the polymerase comprises a polymerase holoenzyme. In further preferred embodiments, the recombination factor is bacteriophage T4 UvsX protein or homologs from other species, and the polymerase holoenzyme comprises a polymerase enzyme, a clamp protein and a clamp loader protein, derived from viral, bacteriophage, prokaryotic, archaebacterial, or eukaryotic systems. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323793 | Compositions and Methods for Reducing Background DNA Amplification - Compositions are provided that include a plurality of small molecules selected from the group consisting of an amide, urea or acetone having a molecular weight less than 300 g/mol; and dNTPs and a polymerase in a buffer suitable for use as an amplification buffer. Methods of use of the compositions are also described for reducing non-template DNA amplification. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323794 | RECOMBINATIONAL CLONING USING ENGINEERED RECOMBINATION SITES - Recombinational cloning is provided by the use of nucleic acids, vectors and methods, in vitro and in vivo, for moving or exchanging segments of DNA molecules using engineered recombination sites and recombination proteins to provide chimeric DNA molecules that have the desired characteristic(s) and/or DNA segment(s). | 2013-12-05 |
20130323795 | ENDONUCLASE-ASSISTED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION USING CONTAMINATION-FREE REAGENTS - Disclosed are methods and kits for endonuclease-assisted DNA amplification reaction using decontaminated primer solutions that are pre-treated with a nuclease. Nucleic acid amplification assays that employ nuclease-resistant, inosine-containing primers, endonuclease V enzymes to introduce a nick into a target DNA comprising at least one inosine, and a DNA polymerase to generate amplicons of a target DNA are also disclosed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323796 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SYNTHESIS OF NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES USING MULTIPLERECOGNITION SITES - The present invention provides compositions and methods for recombinational cloning. The compositions include vectors having multiple recombination .sites and/or multiple topoisomerase recognition sites. The methods permit the simultaneous cloning of two or more different nucleic acid molecules. In some embodiments the molecules are fused together while in other embodiments the molecules are inserted into distinct sites in a vector. The invention also generally provides for linking or joining through recombination a .number of molecules and/or compounds (e.g., chemical compounds, drugs, proteins or peptides, lipids, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, etc.) which may be the same or different. The invention also provides host cells comprising nucleic acid molecules of the invention or prepared according to the methods of the invention, and also provides kits comprising the compositions, host cells and nucleic acid molecules of the invention, which may be used to synthesize nucleic acid molecules according to the methods of the invention. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323797 | METHODS AND REAGENTS FOR MOLECULAR CLONING - The present invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for covalently linking nucleic acid molecules. The methods include a strand invasion step, and the compositions and kits are useful for performing such methods. For example, a method of covalently linking double stranded (ds) nucleic acid molecules can include contacting a first ds nucleic acid molecule, which has a topoisomerase linked to a 3′ terminus of one end and has a single stranded 5′ overhang at the same end, with a second ds nucleic acid molecule having a blunt end, such that the 5′ overhang can hybridize to a complementary sequence of the blunt end of the second nucleic acid molecule, and the topoisomerase can covalently link the ds nucleic acid molecules. The methods are simpler and more efficient than previous methods for covalently linking nucleic acid sequences, and the compositions and kits facilitate practicing the methods, including methods of directionally linking two or more ds nucleic acid molecules. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323798 | METHOD OF USING ALPHA-AMYLASE FROM ASPERGILLUS CLAVATUS FOR SACCHARIFICATION - A fungal α-amylase is provided from | 2013-12-05 |
20130323799 | METHOD FOR INDUSTRIALLY PRODUCING CYCLIC-STRUCTURE-CONTAINING BRANCHED GLUCAN - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for industrially producing a branched glucan having a cyclic structure. The method for producing a branched glucan having a cyclic structure comprises the steps of: (1) preparing a mixed liquid which contains a branching enzyme in which starch granules are suspended at a concentration of 5% by weight or more and 50% by weight or less, and allowing the branching enzyme to act on starch in the starch granules, wherein a temperature of the mixed liquid at the time of preparation is 0° C. or higher and not higher than the gelatinization starting temperature of the starch granule; and (2) elevating the temperature of the mixed liquid to 85° C. or higher and 129° C. or lower, wherein in the method, none of α-amylase, β-amylase, amyloglucosidase and a transglucosidase is added to the mixed liquid. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323800 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CADAVERINE - A method produces cadaverine more efficiently and at a higher yield than production methods by the conventional fermentation methods. The method includes culturing coryneform bacterium/bacteria having an ability to produce cadaverine and having a resistance to 2,2′-thiobis(ethylamine). Preferably, the coryneform bacterium/bacteria has/have lysine decarboxylase activity and, preferably, the coryneform bacterium/bacteria has/have homoserine auxotrophy and/or a resistance to S-(2-aminoethyl)-L-cysteine. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323801 | Compositions, Methods, and Kits for Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids from Microalgae - The present invention provides compositions, methods, and kits comprising PUFAs produced by microalgae, in particular omega-3 and/or omega-6 fatty acids produced by members of the genus | 2013-12-05 |
20130323802 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OIL BY YEAST - A method for producing oil in a form of triglyceride is provided. The method comprises steps of providing a carbon source and a nitrogen source; and culturing a yeast strain of | 2013-12-05 |
20130323803 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF EXTREMOPHILE ENZYMES FROM GREEN MICROALGAE AND CYANOBACTERIA - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for stable transformation of green microalgae and for production of transgenic green microalgae and/or cyanobacteria that produce extremophile enzymes as co-products during the growth of the green microalgae and/or cyanobacteria for lipid biofuel production. Thus, the present invention provides nucleic acid constructs and methods of transformation useful in the production of stably transformed green microalgae and/or cyanobacteria expressing extremophile enzymes in combination with lipid production for biofuel. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323804 | Method to Produce PHBV by Recombinant Escherichia Coli - The invention discloses a method for production of polyhydroxybutyrate-co-polyhydroxyvalerate (PHBV) by recombinant | 2013-12-05 |
20130323805 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CHEMICALS BY CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION - A method of producing chemicals through continuous fermentation includes washing a membrane with a washing liquid supplied from a permeate side of a membrane unit in a continuous fermentation; filtering a culture medium containing a fermentation feedstock, a chemical and a microbe or a cultured cell through a separation membrane; collecting the chemical from a filtrate; retaining or refluxing unfiltered remains in the culture medium; and adding a fermentation feedstock to the culture medium, wherein the washing liquid is high-temperature water having a temperature higher than a temperature of the culture medium and of 150° C. or less, and a concentration of the microbe in a fermenter is controlled by supplying the washing liquid. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323806 | Recombinant microorganisms and uses therefor - Bacteria are genetically engineered to produce 3-hydroxypropionate (3-HP). The bacteria are carboxydotrophic acetogens. The bacteria produce acetyl-coA using the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway for fixing CO/CO | 2013-12-05 |
20130323807 | 3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ACID AND OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - Methods and materials related to producing 3-HP as well as other organic compounds are disclosed. Specifically, isolated nucleic acids, polypeptides, host cells, and methods and materials for producing 3-HP and other organic compounds are disclosed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323808 | 3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ACID AND OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - Methods and materials related to producing 3-HP as well as other organic compounds are disclosed. Specifically, isolated nucleic acids, polypeptides, host cells, and methods and materials for producing 3-HP and other organic compounds are disclosed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323809 | METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF CLOSTRIDIUM TYROBUTYRICUM FOR BUTANOL PRODUCTION - This invention relates to compositions, systems, and methods for producing biofuels, such as butanol, and related compounds. More specifically, provided are methods of making recombinant microorganisms having non-naturally occurring metabolic pathways for the production of biofuels, and methods of producing biofuels using such organisms. Also provided are metabolically engineered microorganisms capable of producing butanol from a substrate. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323810 | BIOLOGICAL METHOD FOR LIQUID FERRIC SULFATE MANUFACTURING - The present document describes a process for manufacturing liquid ferric sulfate from an iron sulfide material provided from ore tailings or mine tailings, the process comprising the step of contacting an aqueous solution containing the iron sulfide material with a thermotolerant bacteria culture capable of promoting oxidation of the iron sulfide material for producing liquid ferric sulfate effected without a sulfuric acid addition. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323811 | BIOPOLYMER SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a biopolymer sensor including providing a biopolymer, processing the biopolymer to yield a biopolymer matrix solution, adding a biological material in the biopolymer matrix, providing a substrate, casting the matrix solution on the substrate, and drying the biopolymer matrix solution to form a solidified biopolymer sensor on the substrate. A biopolymer sensor is also provided that includes a solidified biopolymer film with an embedded biological material. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323812 | IN SITU RESTORATION OF APATITE-BASED CHROMATOGRAPHY RESINS - Methods and compositions are provided for treatment of an apatite-based resin from which retained solutes have been eluted by an elution buffer that contains an alkali metal salt with solutions of calcium ion, phosphate ion, and hydroxide separately from any sample loading and elution buffers. The treatment solutions restore the resin, reversing the deterioration that is caused by the alkali metal salt in the elution buffer. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323813 | PEPTIDES FOR THE SPECIFIC BINDING OF RNA TARGETS - A recombinant polypeptide is described including at least one PUF RNA-binding domain capable of specifically binding to a cytosine RNA base. The PUF RNA-binding domain of the polypeptide includes at least one RNA base-binding motif of the general formula X | 2013-12-05 |
20130323814 | METHOD FOR HIGHLY SENSITIVE DETECTION OF PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTION - The present invention intends to provide an assay system using split luciferase that has a remarkably high detection sensitivity. In an embodiment, binding of mutually binding first and second proteins is detected by preparing a first fusion protein comprising the first protein fused with a peptide having the amino acid sequence of amino acid SEQ ID NO: 1 and a second fusion protein comprising the second protein fused with a peptide having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of amino acid SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 6, and allowing the first fusion protein to bind with the second fusion protein to form a complex, and detecting luminescence emitted from the complex. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323815 | FUNGAL NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION - The invention provides methods for extraction of fungal (e.g., yeast spp., filamentous fungal spp.) nucleic acid (e.g., DNA, RNA) from a sample (e.g., be human or veterinary clinical or research samples, agricultural samples, agricultural commodity samples, food products, or environmental samples). In some embodiments, the present invention provides enhanced nucleic acid extraction from samples comprising fungal cell(s) wherein enzymatic (e.g., lysostaphin treatment, lyticase treatment) sample treatment is performed in combination with mechanical (e.g., bead beating) sample treatment. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323816 | Protease Variants Active over a Broad Temperature Range - The present invention provides protease compositions particularly suited for dishwashing applications. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323817 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT VIRUS VECTORS - A method for the production of a replication-deficient recombinant virus vector is disclosed. The replication-deficient recombinant virus vector has a recombinant virus genome with one or more defective viral genes. The method comprises infecting a host cell with a carrier virus having a carrier virus genome encoding one or more trans factors or variants thereof, incubating the infected host cell for a desired period of time, and isolating the replication-deficient recombinant virus vector. The carrier virus is a cytoplasmic virus that retains the carrier virus genome in the cytoplasm of the host cell. The host cell contains the recombinant viral genome and retains the recombinant viral genome in a nucleus of the host cell. Also disclosed is a carrier virus for the production of a replication-deficient recombinant virus vector. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323818 | NOVEL THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM AND USES OF EXTRACELLULAR PROTEINS THEREFROM - A novel thermophilic bacterium is provided, which has a 16S rDNA sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 1. The thermophilic bacterium excretes extracellular proteins having excellent metal-ion binding ability, being useful in the treatment of boiler equipment, pipelines, geothermal wells or industrial wastewater or hard water. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323819 | EXPRESSION OF ANTIBODY OR A FRAGMENT THEREOF IN LACTOBACILLUS - Described herein are methods and compositions for expressing an antibody or a fragment thereof in a microorganism and use of the microorganism to treat or prevent a pathogenic infection in a mammal. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323820 | Recombinant microorganisms and uses therefor - Terpenes are valuable commercial products used in a diverse number of industries. Terpenes may be produced from petrochemical sources and from terpene feed-stocks, such as turpentine. However, these production methods are expensive, unsustainable and often cause environmental problems including contributing to climate change. Microbial fermentation provides an alternative option for the production of terpenes. One or more terpenes and/or precursors can be produced by microbial fermentation of a substrate comprising CO. Recombinant microorganisms may be used in such methods. Carboxydotrophic, acetogenic, recombinant microorganisms can be used in such methods. The recombinant microorgnsims may contain exogenous mevalonate (MVA) pathway enzymes and/or DXS pathway enzymes, for example. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323821 | Non-Natural Amino Acid Replication-Dependent Microorganisms and Vaccines - Compositions and methods of producing vaccines, including methods wherein whole organism vaccines are provided with limited replication abilities, thereby increasing vaccine safety and efficacy, through the use of non-natural, unnatural, or non-naturally encoded amino acids. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323822 | Yeast Expressing Saccharolytic Enzymes for Consolidated Bioprocessing Using Starch and Cellulose - The present invention is directed to a yeast strain, or strains, secreting a full suite, or any subset of that full suite, of enzymes to hydrolyze corn starch, corn fiber, lignocellulose, (including enzymes that hydrolyze linkages in cellulose, hemicellulose, and between lignin and carbohydrates) and to utilize pentose sugars (xylose and arabinose). The invention is also directed to the set of proteins that are well expressed in yeast for each category of enzymatic activity. The resulting strain, or strains can be used to hydrolyze starch and cellulose simultaneously. The resulting strain, or strains can be also metabolically engineered to produce less glycerol and uptake acetate. The resulting strain, or strains can also be used to produce ethanol from granular starch without liquefaction. The resulting strain, or strains, can be further used to reduce the amount of external enzyme needed to hydrolyze a biomass feedstock during an Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (SSF) process, or to increase the yield of ethanol during SSF at current saccharolytic enzyme loadings. In addition, multiple enzymes of the present invention can be co-expressed in cells of the invention to provide synergistic digestive action on biomass feedstock. In some aspects, host cells expressing different heterologous saccharolytic enzymes can also be co-cultured together and used to produce ethanol from biomass feedstock. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323823 | Tailored Oils - Recombinant DNA techniques are used to produce oleaginous recombinant cells that produce triglyceride oils having desired fatty acid profiles and regiospecific or stereospecific profiles. Genes manipulated include those encoding stearoyl-ACP desturase, delta 12 fatty acid desaturase, acyl-ACP thioesterase, ketoacyl-ACP synthase, and lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase. The oil produced can have enhanced oxidative or thermal stability, or can be useful as a frying oil, shortening, roll-in shortening, tempering fat, cocoa butter replacement, as a lubricant, or as a feedstock for various chemical processes. The fatty acid profile can be enriched in midchain profiles or the oil can be enriched in triglycerides of the saturated-unsaturated-saturated type. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323824 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A FOOD WASTE DISPOSAL APPARATUS - This invention relates to a control device for a food waste disposal apparatus. The control device is comprised of a touch screen, a memory device to perform a specific function to control the food waste disposal apparatus. The touch screen of the control device displays a plurality of input button images so that a user can click them by fingers to prosecute. The main menu of the touch screen is comprised of auto working mode, total monitoring mode, manual working mode, time setting mode, alarm message mode and function setting mode. The sub-menu of function setting mode further includes cumulative weight setting and part replacement cycle setting. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323825 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus, including a testing section performing statistical testing on simple staining data obtained by performing fluorescence measurement on a particle subjected to simple staining with a staining material having a prescribed fluorescence characteristic and unstaining data obtained by performing fluorescence measurement on an unstained particle for comparison for a frequency band, a masking processing section setting, in a case where there is no significant difference between the simple staining data and the unstaining data for the frequency band, the simple staining data to 0 or a prescribed value, and an estimation section estimating, in a manner that double staining data obtained by performing fluorescence measurement on a particle stained with a plurality of staining materials is represented by a linear combination of base vectors representing a distribution of the simple staining data corresponding to each staining material, a combination coefficient of the linear combination. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323826 | AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM WITH SPATIAL SEPARATION - An automated nucleic acid analysis method and analytical system are described comprising separate modules, wherein the air flow of any one of said modules is controlled and wherein at least the air flow between the module for isolation and purification of the analyte and the module for analysis of the analyte are separated. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323827 | BIOCHIP INCLUDING CONDUCTIVE PARTICLE AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING TARGET ANTIGEN COMPRISING THE SAME - A biochip including conductive particle and a device for detecting target antigen comprising the biochip are disclosed. According to the present invention, a target antigen can be effectively detected using a small amount of target antigen alone, whereby nonspecific detection signal can be reduced and an amplified signal can be detected. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323828 | URINE TEST SHEET - A urine test sheet which can reduce the workload of a person performing a test through the use of a urine test sheet, caused by the above-mentioned temporary restriction and which makes it possible to obtain a determination result having high reliability. The urine test sheet includes a support, and a reaction reagent which is formed on the support, and by the urine test sheet being immersed in urine to be a specimen and then being taken out, shows a reaction for a prescribed subject to be tested after a prescribed period of time, wherein a detection member in a pad-like shape including the reaction reagent and a reaction-terminating agent having an action causing the reaction to terminate is formed on the support, the reaction-terminating agent is covered with a water-soluble material, and the water-soluble material causes the reaction-terminating agent to act by being dissolved by moisture in the urine. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323829 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE HOLDER AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SAME - Embodiments of the invention relate to a biological sample holder and for holding biological samples. Conventionally, processing of biological samples, which may be stored on a biological sample storage medium, is done manually with samples being tested individually. However, handling of the samples is difficult and time consuming; greater demand for storage and extraction of genetic material has led to a requirement for greater throughput. In embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a biological sample holder comprising a chamber holding a biological sample storage medium, the chamber comprising one or more openings for receiving a liquid when inserted therein. This provides a means of holding a biological sample which is easy to handle and suitable for automation, for example in an array of such holders, allowing processing of multiple biological samples in parallel. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323830 | Ensiling Biomass for Biofuels Production and Multiple Phase Apparatus for Hydolyzation of Ensiled Biomass - A method, apparatus and system for the hydrolyzation of ensiled biomass is disclosed. Ensiled biomass is processed in multiple phases, resulting in a liquid precursor hydrozate and a solid precursor hydrozate. The liquid precursor having significant economic value, and being suitable for uses such as, for example, lower cost and improved efficiency ethanol production. A method for lower cost, improved efficiency alcohol production that uses the resulting liquid precursor hydrozate being produced at distributed sources is further disclosed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323831 | INTEGRATED VERSATILE KIT FOR ISOLATING COMPONENTS IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - The instant invention provides an intergrated kit with solutions and instruments to isolate various biological samples from biological samples. The kit enables an user to preserve specimens and isolate biomolecules with features and benefits of high quality, easy, fast, no toxicity, safe to user and environment, low demanding, cost-effective, reducing waste, saving nature resources and protecting environment, and leads to a low-carbon and Green economy in preparation of specimens. The integrated kit enables the user to extract biomolecules including DNA/ccfDNA, Large RNA/mRNA/ccfRNA, Small RNA/miRNA/ccfmiRNA, Protein, Lipid, Carbohydrates, and Metabolite using one seamless procedure. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323832 | ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELL POPULATIONS AND THEIR USE AS REAGENTS FOR ENHANCING OR REDUCING IMMUNE TOLERANCE - The present invention is based on the discovery antigen-presenting cells (APCs) may be generated to have predetermined levels of expression of the intracellular enzyme, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). Because expression of high levels of IDO is correlated with a reduced ability to stimulate T cell responses and an enhanced ability to induce immunologic tolerance, APCs having high levels of IDO may be used to increase tolerance in the immune system, as for example in transplant therapy or treatment of autoimmune disorders. For example, APCs having high levels of IDO, and expressing or loaded with at least one antigen from a donor tissue may be used to increase tolerance of the recipient to the donor's tissue. Alternatively, APCs having reduced levels of IDO expression and expressing or loaded with at least one antigen from a cancer or infectious pathogen may be used as vaccines to promote T cell responses and increase immunity. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323833 | REPROGRAMMING CELLS - The present invention provides for methods, compositions, and kits for producing an induced pluripotent stem cell from a non-pluripotent mammalian cell using a 3′-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK1) activator or a compound that promotes glycolytic metabolism as well as other small molecules. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323834 | METHODS FOR INDUCING SELECTIVE APOPTOSIS - Provided herein are methods for cell therapy by modifying transfused cells to express an inducible caspase 9 protein, so that the cells may be selectively killed if the patient experiences dangerous side effects. Provided also within relates in part to methods for preventing or treating Graft versus Host Disease by modifying T cells before administration to a patient, so that they may be selectively killed if GvHD develops in the patient. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323835 | Mammalian Genes Involved in Infection - The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences and cellular proteins encoded by these sequences that are involved in infection or are otherwise associated with the life cycle of one or more pathogens. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323836 | 5'-END DERIVATIVES - The present invention provides compounds of formula (1). Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of inhibiting the expression of a gene in call, the method comprising (a) contacting an oligonucleotide of the invention with the cell; and (b) maintaining the cell from step (a) for a time sufficient to obtain degradation of the mRNA of the target gene. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323837 | DEFINED SYSTEMS FOR EPITHELIAL CELL CULTURE AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides cell culture media formulations which support the in vitro cultivation of animal epithelial cells. The media comprise at least one fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and at least one agent that induces increased intracellular cAMP levels, and optionally comprise ascorbic acid. The present invention also provides methods of cultivating animal epithelial cells in vitro using these cell culture media formulations, kits comprising the media, cell culture compositions comprising the culture media and an animal epithelial cell, and compositions that may be used as replacements for organ or gland extracts in animal cell culture media. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323838 | TRIGGERED RNAi - The present application relates to methods and compositions for triggering RNAi. Triggered RNAi is highly versatile because the silencing targets are independent of the detection targets. In some embodiments, methods of silencing or modulating the expression of a target gene are provided. The methods generally comprise providing an initiator to a cell comprising a detection target and a silencing target gene, wherein the detection target is different from the silencing target gene, wherein binding of the detection target to the initiator initiates formation of an inactivator double-stranded RNA (inactivator dsRNA). The inactivator dsRNA can silence or modulate the expression of the silencing target gene. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323839 | Culture Substrate and Culture Sheet - Provided is a culture sheet which enables a technique for forming a three-dimensional tissue having uniform diameter without applying any chemical on the surface of a culture substrate. On the culture sheet ( | 2013-12-05 |
20130323840 | CYLINDER CHANNEL HAVING A SAWTOOTH-SHAPED CROSS SECTION, COAXIAL CHANNEL INCLUDING SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present disclosure relates to a cylinder channel having a sawtooth-shaped cross section, a method for manufacturing same, a coaxial channel including same and a method for manufacturing a microfiber or a microparticle having a sawtooth-shaped cross section using same. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323841 | DYNAMICALLY ALTERABLE CELL SUPPORT - A dynamically alterable cell support may be altered at a large scale to induce mechanical removal of adherent cells in culture without the use of a removal solution. For example, adherent cells may be cultured on an elastic support with one or more textured surface regions and removed by expansion/contraction of the support. Mechanical removal of adherent cells may reduce or minimize damage to cell surface markers, cellular morphology, and/or cellular physiology associated with the detachment and resuspension of cultured adherent cells. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323842 | ARTIFICIAL TISSUE CONSTRUCT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide an artificial tissue construct that has means for transporting nutrients, oxygen, waste products, or the like and is viable in vivo. The present invention relates to a tissue construct formed in vitro, which comprises a vascular layer, a basal membrane layer, and a tissue-forming cell layer. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323843 | POLYPHENOL PRODUCTION BY VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS CELL CULTURES - Cell cultures of | 2013-12-05 |
20130323844 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF RADIATION-INDUCED DAMAGE TO BIOMATERIAL USING MAGNETIC SENSOR AND MAGNETIC SENSOR BIOCHIP FOR BIODOSIMETRY USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for the detection of radiation-induced damage on a biomaterial using a magnetic sensor, and a magnetic sensor biochip for biodosimetry. Designed to utilize a magnetic sensor in detecting damage to biomaterials in vitro, the method and magnetic sensor biochip can accurately determine the degree of damage irrespective of the self-recovery of the organism. Thanks to their high sensitivity, the method and biochip can detect the biomaterial damage by exposure to even a low dose of radiation. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323845 | CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) SENSOR - A carbon dioxide detector including a sensor component, where the sensor component has a colorimetric indicator salt of a colorimetric pH indicator and a lipophilic phosphonium quaternary cation, a transparent polymer vehicle or a plasticizer not being in a mixture with the colorimetric indicator salt; and a porous memory, a porous polymer membrane in one instance, the colorimetric indicator salt being deposited on a surface of the porous polymer membrane; the colorimetric indicator salt deposited on the porous polymer membrane does not include a transparent polymer vehicle or a plasticizer, and carbon dioxide detection systems using the detector. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323846 | CARTRIDGE DEVICE FOR A MEASURING SYSTEM FOR MEASURING VISCOELASTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A SAMPLE LIQUID, A CORRESPONDING MEASURING SYSTEM, AND A CORRESPONDING METHOD - The present invention is directed to a cartridge device for a measuring system for measuring viscoelastic characteristics of a sample liquid, in particular a blood sample, comprising a cartridge body having at least one measurement cavity formed therein and having at least one probe element arranged in said at least one measurement cavity for performing a test on said sample liquid; and a cover being attachable on said cartridge body; wherein said cover covers at least partially said at least one measurement cavity and forms a retaining element for retaining said probe element in a predetermined position within said at least one measurement cavity. The invention is directed to a measurement system and a method for measuring viscoelastic characteristics of a sample liquid. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323847 | CARTRIDGE DEVICE FOR A MEASURING SYSTEM FOR MEASURING VISCOELASTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A SAMPLE LIQUID, A CORRESPONDING MEASURING SYSTEM, AND A CORRESPONDING METHOD - The present invention is directed to a cartridge device for a measuring system for measuring viscoelastic characteristics of a sample liquid, in particular a blood sample, comprising a cartridge body having at least one measurement cavity formed therein and having at least one probe element arranged in said at least one measurement cavity for performing a test on said sample liquid; and a cover being attachable on said cartridge body; wherein said cover covers at least partially said at least one measurement cavity and forms a retaining element for retaining said probe element in a predetermined position within said at least one measurement cavity. The invention is directed to a measurement system and a method for measuring viscoelastic characteristics of a sample liquid. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323848 | CARTRIDGE DEVICE FOR A MEASURING SYSTEM FOR MEASURING VISCOELASTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A SAMPLE LIQUID, A CORRESPONDING MEASURING SYSTEM, AND A CORRESPONDING METHOD - The present invention is directed to a cartridge device for a measuring system for measuring viscoelastic characteristics of a sample liquid, in particular a blood sample, comprising a cartridge body having at least one measurement cavity formed therein and having at least one probe element arranged in said at least one measurement cavity for performing a test on said sample liquid; and a cover being attachable on said cartridge body; wherein said cover covers at least partially said at least one measurement cavity and forms a retaining element for retaining said probe element in a predetermined position within said at least one measurement cavity. The invention is directed to a measurement system and a method for measuring viscoelastic characteristics of a sample liquid. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323849 | Selective Detection and Analysis of Small Molecules - The invention relates to a material, process and method for the selective analysis of small molecules. Particularly the invention provides a material and a technique for the analysis of small molecules excluding other large molecular weight (MW) analytes. The process involves selective detection of low molecular weight molecules from a sample comprising the steps of placing said sample with SBA-15 particles; and subjecting the same to desorption ionization mass spectrometry, wherein low molecular weight molecules are selectively detected over the higher molecular weight molecules. A kit for the selective analysis of small molecules is also provided. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323850 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE IMMOBILIZED OSCILLATOR FOR DETECTING SILVER IONS AND METHOD OF DETECTING SILVER IONS USING RESONANCE FREQUENCY OF THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to an oligonucleotide-immobilized microoscillator for detecting silver ions and a method for detecting silver ions using resonance of the same. A DNA including a thiol-terminated cytosine is immobilized on the surface of the microoscillator. In accordance with the present disclosure, silver nanoparticles detrimental to the human body and environment can be detected and quantified through a simple method based on the mechanical property of resonance frequency. Since trace silver nanoparticles below 1 nM can be detected with high sensitivity and selectivity, it may be usefully applied as a biosensor for detecting the toxic material. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323851 | CARBOXAMIDE-SUBSTITUTED DYES FOR ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to carboxamide-substituted dyes, the production and use of such dyes as labeling groups in analytics. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323852 | SENSOR STORAGE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM WHERE THE TEST SENSORS ARE INDIVIDUALLY FOILED AND ARRANGED IN A STACK - A portable, hand-held glucose testing device includes a housing configured to accommodate a plurality of test sensors in a stacked arrangement and having a wall with an opening defined therein. A plurality of packaged test sensors is stacked in alignment with one another within the housing. Each of the test sensors is packaged within a blister package. The blister package comprises a blister package housing and a cover foil overlying a surface of the blister package housing and the test sensor. A drive slide is configured to displace one of the plurality of packaged test sensors out of alignment with other packaged test sensors. A knife mechanism is configured to pierce through the cover foil, and to engage and urge the test sensor to extend through the opening for receiving a sample. A meter contact is configured to engage the test sensor when the test sensor extends through the opening. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323853 | METHOD FOR MONITORING REFINERY REFORMING UNITS UTILIZING DETAILED HYDROCARBON COMPOSITION ANALYSIS - A method of monitoring a reformer unit is disclosed. The method includes analyzing at least one of the feedstock and the product stream. The analyzing includes performing a detailed hydrocarbon analysis of at least one of the feedstock and the product stream. The method further includes obtaining a one-dimensional output from the detailed hydrocarbon analysis and adjusting the one-dimensional output to produce a multi-dimensional equivalent output. Adjusting the one-dimensional output includes applying an appropriate correlation matrix to the one-dimensional output to produce the multi-dimensional equivalent output. The appropriate correlation matrix is selected based upon the characteristics of the feedstock and the particular refinery unit. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323854 | OPTICAL SENSOR FOR DETERMINING QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND CONCENTRATION - The present disclosure generally relates to a dye that signals when the concentration of a quaternary ammonium compound in antimicrobial solution changes. A sensor is used to monitor changes in the dye wavelength as an indicator of the quat concentration. The use of a sensor leads to improved precision in measuring quat concentration by eliminating or reducing operator bias in reading color or wavelength changes. The dye can be incorporated into a variety of articles including towels, labels, containers, buckets, trays, sinks, spray bottles, liners for containers, buckets, sinks, or spray bottles, indictor wands or strips, and test kits. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323855 | DEVICE FOR HOLDING A SAMPLE - A device is provided for holding a sample for optical examination. The device comprises a body that defines a plurality of spots or wells. One or more non-specific interacting surfaces in the spots or wells are capable of non-specific binding of a said sample, a luminophore label, or their combination. A light conducting layer comprises material that is essentially non-transparent to optical excitation radiation and essentially transparent to optical luminescent radiation. A light input window couples luminescent light into said light conducting layer, and a light output window couples light out from said light conducting layer. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323856 | RAMAN SCATTERING NANOPROBES - A Raman scattering probe, and a method of making such a probe, uses a capsule of nanometric size, such as a nanotube, to which is coupled at least one Raman-active molecule. The Raman-active molecule may be encapsulated in, or attached on the exterior of the capsule, and exhibits a Raman scattering response when the probe is illuminated by an excitation light beam. A functionalization chemical group that is attached to an exterior of the capsule provides a connection between the capsule and a target material. This functionalization may include a generic chemical functionalization that bonds with any of a plurality of secondary chemical groups each of which bonds directly with a different target. A method of using the probe for Raman spectroscopy or Raman imaging is also provided. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323857 | NEW IRIDIUM-BASED COMPLEXES FOR ECL - Novel iridium-based Ir(III) luminescent complexes, conjugates comprising these complexes as a label and their application, for example in electrochemiluminescence based detection of an analyte. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323858 | Optical Sensor with Enhanced Sensitivity - The invention is a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor to determine the presence and quantity of biological or chemical entities in an analyte. The sensor comprises a metal periodic structure deposited as a thin layer of a noble metal, comprising a one dimensional array of nanoslits or a two dimensional array of nanoholes on a transparent dielectric substrate, a nm-thick layer of transparent dielectric protection layer on top of the metal periodic structure and a functionalization layer, which acts as a binding layer to biological or biochemical entities in an analyte that is in contact with the functionaliztion layer. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323859 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND CONTROLLING ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF TUNGSTEN - A method of semiconductor processing comprises providing a semiconductor wafer in a processing chamber; feeding at least one tungsten-containing precursor in a gas state into the processing chamber for atomic layer deposition (ALD) of tungsten; feeding at least one reducing chemical in a gas state into the processing chamber; and monitoring a concentration of at least one gaseous byproduct in the chamber; and providing a signal indicating concentration of the at least one gaseous byproduct in the chamber. The byproduct is produced by a reaction between the at least one tungsten-containing precursor and the at least one reducing chemical during the ALD. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323860 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORT PROVIDING GAP HEIGHT AND PLANARIZATION ADJUSTMENT IN PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBER - A semiconductor substrate support for use in a plasma processing apparatus comprises a chuck body having a plenum and three radially extending bores extending between the plenum and an outer periphery of the chuck body, wherein the chuck body is sized to support a semiconductor substrate having a diameter of at least 450 mm. The semiconductor substrate support further comprises three tubular support arms which include a first section extending radially outward from the outer periphery of the chuck body, and a second section extending vertically from the first section. The tubular support arms provide a passage therethrough which communicates with a respective bore in the chuck body. The second section of each tubular support aim is configured to engage with a respective actuation mechanism outside the chamber operable to effect vertical translation and planarization of the chuck body in the interior of a plasma processing chamber. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323861 | PROCESS OF TREATING DEFECTS DURING THE BONDING OF WAFERS - The invention concerns a process of preparing a thin layer to be transferred onto a substrate having a surface topology and, therefore, variations in altitude or level, in a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by the thin layer, this process comprising the formation on the thin layer of a layer of adhesive material, the thickness of which enables carrying out a plurality of polishing steps of its surface in order to eliminate any defect or void or almost any defect or void, in preparation for an assembly via a molecular kind of bonding with the substrate. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323862 | LED PACKAGE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND RESIN COATING METHOD FOR USE IN LED PACKAGE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - In resin coating, carrying a light-passing member test-coated with a resin on a light-passing member carrying unit; making a light source placed above the light-passing member carrying unit emit excitation light exciting the fluorescent substance; measuring light emission characteristics of the light by irradiating the excitation light emitted from the light source unit from above to the resin coated onto the light-passing member and receiving the light that the resin emits from below the light-passing member by a light emission characteristic measurement unit; obtaining a deviation between a measurement result of the light emission characteristic measurement unit and a prescribed light emission characteristic; and deriving the appropriate resin coating quantity of the resin to be coated onto the LED element as what is used for practical production based on the deviation. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323863 | Method for Generating Graphene Structures - A method for depositing graphene is provided. The method includes depositing a layer of non-conducting amorphous carbon over a surface of a substrate and depositing a transition metal in a pattern over the amorphous carbon. The substrate is annealed at a temperature below 500° C., where the annealing converts the non-conducting amorphous carbon disposed under the transition metal to conducting amorphous carbon. A portion of the pattern of the transition metal is removed from the surface of the substrate to expose the conducting amorphous carbon. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323864 | SEMICONDUCTOR TEST EQUIPMENT AND METHOD OF TESTING AND MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES USING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including a substrate is disclosed. The method includes: providing the substrate on a wafer chuck; positioning a probe card having probe needles above the substrate; positioning a tester head above the probe card; using a sensor included in the tester head, measuring a deformation of the probe card; using a variable load device included in the tester head, adjusting the deformation of the probe card based on the measured deformation; and testing the substrate using the adjusted probe card. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323865 | POWER LIGHT EMITTING DIE PACKAGE WITH REFLECTING LENS AND THE METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A light emitting die package and a method of manufacturing the die package are disclosed. The die package includes a leadframe, at least one light emitting device (LED), a molded body, and a lens. The leadframe includes a plurality of leads and has a top side and a bottom side. A portion of the leadframe defines a mounting pad. The LED device is mounted on the mounting pad. The molded body is integrated with portions of the leadframe and defines an opening on the top side of the leadframe, the opening surrounding the mounting pad. The molded body further includes latches on the bottom side of the leadframe. The lens is coupled to the molded body. A composite lens is used as both reflector and imaging tool to collect and direct light emitted by LED(s) for desired spectral and luminous performance. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323866 | METHOD OF LASER IRRADIATION, LASER IRRADIATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - If an optical path length of an optical system is reduced and a length of a laser light on an irradiation surface is increased, there occurs curvature of field which is a phenomenon that a convergent position deviates depending on an incident angle or incident position of a laser light with respect to a lens. To avoid this phenomenon, an optical element having a negative power such as a concave lens or a concave cylindrical lens is inserted to regulate the optical path length of the laser light and a convergent position is made coincident with a irradiation surface to form an image on the irradiation surface. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323867 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an organic EL display device, including: a lower electrode provided every first organic EL element for a blue color and every second organic EL element for another color on a substrate; a hole injection/transport layer provided every first and second organic EL elements; a second organic light emitting layer for another color provided on said hole injection/transport layer for said second organic EL element; a connection layer made of a low-molecular material and provided over an entire surface of said hole injection/transport layer for said second organic light emitting layer and said first organic EL element; a first organic light emitting layer for a blue color provided over an entire surface of said connection layer; and an electron injection/transport layer and an upper electrode provided over an entire surface of said organic light emitting layer in order. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323868 | Deposition Apparatus and Method for Manufacturing Organic Light Emitting Diode Display Using the Same - A deposition apparatus includes: a deposition source including a spray nozzle linearly arranged in a first direction and discharging a deposition material; and a pair of angle control members disposed at both sides of the deposition source and controlling a discharging direction angle of the deposition material. Each angle control member includes a rotation axis parallel to the first direction, and a plurality of shielding plates inst7lled about the rotation axis and separated from each other by a predetermined interval around the rotation axis. Although the deposition angle is changed according to the increasing of the process time, the deposition angle is compensated to form a uniform thin film. Also, the organic thin film may be uniformly deposited through each pixel of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, thereby increasing luminance uniformity for each pixel. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323869 | Organic Material, Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device, Electronic Appliance, and Lighting Device - A novel organic material with fewer impurities, a light-emitting element including the organic material, and a light-emitting device, an electronic appliance, and a lighting device each of which includes the light-emitting element are provided. The organic material is obtained by coupling an aryl halide and an aryl boronic acid or an aryl boronic acid ester. The aryl boronic acid or the aryl boronic acid ester includes at least one of a first impurity in which a boryl group of the aryl boronic acid or the aryl boronic acid ester is substituted by hydrogen and a second impurity in which a molecular mass of 16 or 17 is added to the molecular mass of the first impurity. The concentration of an impurity other than the first impurity and the second impurity is 1% or lower. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323870 | ORGANIC COMPOUND, ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE, AND LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE - Objects of the present invention are to provide novel anthracene derivatives and novel organic compounds; a light-emitting element that has high emission efficiency; a light-emitting element that is capable of emitting blue light with high luminous efficiency; a light-emitting element that is capable of operation for a long time; and a light-emitting device and an electronic device that have lower power consumption. An anthracene derivative represented by a general formula (1) and an organic compound represented by a general formula (17) are provided. A light-emitting element that has high emission efficiency can be obtained by use of the anthracene derivative represented by the general formula (1). Further, a light-emitting element that has a long life can be obtained by use of the anthracene derivative represented by the general formula (1). | 2013-12-05 |
20130323871 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - A method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescent element including, in the following order, an anode, a light-emitting layer, an electron injection layer, and a cathode, the method including the steps of: (A) forming the anode; (B) forming the light-emitting layer; (C) forming the electron injection layer; and (D) forming the cathode, in which the step (C) includes (i) applying an application liquid containing an ionic polymer to form a thin film, (ii) heating the thin film formed, (iii) storing a partially finished organic electroluminescent element obtained in (ii), and thereafter, (iv) heating the thin film again. | 2013-12-05 |
20130323872 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING NANOCRYSTALLINE CORE AND NANOCRYSTALLINE SHELL - A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure involves forming an anisotropic nanocrystalline core from a first semiconductor material, the anisotropic nanocrystalline core having an aspect ratio between, but not including, 1.0 and 2.0, and forming a nanocrystalline shell from a second, different, semiconductor material to at least partially surround the anisotropic nanocrystalline core. | 2013-12-05 |