| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7610984 |
Device for increasing the degree of occupant protection in a vehicle during a side impact |
November 3, 2009 |
| A device is described for a motor vehicle for occupant protection during an energy impact acting laterally on the door area of the motor vehicle comprising a vehicle seat being located on the side of the motor vehicle door (2) facing away from the energy impact, which provides at least o |
| 7608224 |
Stack of supports, in particular for cryopreservation of biological samples |
October 27, 2009 |
| Substrates (100) are described for receiving a plurality of samples, especially for the preservation of biological samples at cryotemperatures comprising a plurality of substrate plates (11, 12, 13) arranged on top of one another as a stack (10) and comprising an anchoring axis (20) to |
| 7608197 |
Magnetorheological elastomers and use thereof |
October 27, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to magnetorheological elastomers comprising at least one non-magnetizable elastomeric carrier medium and magnetizable particles contained therein and also to the use thereof. In the case of MREs of this type, the mechanical properties, such as the rigidity |
| 7596957 |
Device and method for handling a probe |
October 6, 2009 |
| The invention relates to a device and method for handling a probe, in particular, for treating, examining, inserting or extracting a cryoprobe. According to the invention, said probe is surrounded by an ambient gas, during handling, and an air-conditioning device (33) cools, dries and/or |
| 7590381 |
Systems and methods for providing text-based messaging services in digital broadcasting systems |
September 15, 2009 |
| It is a finding of the present invention that a user of a broadcast receiver gets text information significantly more quickly if a reference to another text information object in the broadcasting signal is contained in a text information object included in the broadcasting signal, wh |
| 7579193 |
Method and device for characterizing osi material |
August 25, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus for characterising OSI-materials provide for: introducing the material into a measurement cell; subjecting the material to a gas mixture containing oxygen; permitting a certain time or at certain time interval or intervals to elapse; measuring a defined volume p |
| 7576162 |
Chemical process |
August 18, 2009 |
| The invention relates to a process for the production of a nitrogen containing epihalohydrin polymer involving reaction of a nitrogen-containing precursor selected from the group consisting of amines, poly-amines, polyaminoamides, polyurethanes and mixtures thereof with epihalohydrin |
| 7575894 |
Human recombinant beta-interferon with improved solubility |
August 18, 2009 |
| The invention relates to variants of recombinant human beta interferon and to a method for the production thereof, wherein at least one of the following amino acids Leu(5), Phe(8), Phe(15), Leu(47), Phe(50), Leu(106), Phe(111), Leu(116), Leu(120) and Phe(156) is exchanged with hydrop |
| 7573634 |
Micromechanical mirrors with a high-reflection coating, method for production thereof and use th |
August 11, 2009 |
| The invention relates to micromechanical mirrors with a high-reflection coating for the deep-ultraviolet (DUV) and vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) spectral range, based on a substrate which is coated with an aluminum layer and a transparent blooming coating. Likewise the invention relates t |
| 7547062 |
Device for a motor vehicle that affords occupant protection during the impact of energy directed |
June 16, 2009 |
| A device for a motor vehicle provides occupant protection during the impact of energy directed laterally against a motor vehicle door (6) as a result of a collision. The device has a connecting structure (7) including a first part (T1) and a second part (T2). The first part is firmly |
| 7531522 |
Antibodies, recombinant antibodies, recombinant antibody fragments and fusions mediated plant di |
May 12, 2009 |
| A method for the production of fungus resistant transgenic plants, plant cells or plant tissue comprising the introduction of an Ab, rAb, rAb fragment or fusion or vector of the invention or the vectors of the composition of the invention into the genome of a plant, plant cell or pla |
| 7525664 |
Device and method for optical detecting substances contained in waste gases of chemical processe |
April 28, 2009 |
| The invention relates to a device and a method for the optical detection of substances contained in exhaust gases of chemical processes, wherein exhaust gases are conducted all the way through a channel element that forms an optical measuring section; at the channel element there are two |
| 7519343 |
Receiver for receiving a data stream having first and second reference entries and method for op |
April 14, 2009 |
| A receiver includes a receiver clock oscillator controllable with regard to its receiver oscillator frequency, means for detecting a number of clock periods that the receiver clock oscillator performs in a specifiable period of time, means for extracting a first and a temporally foll |
| 7518361 |
NMR imaging method and device focusing magnetic flux to a focal point in the imaging volume regi |
April 14, 2009 |
| The invention relates to an imaging NMR device and method in which an object is exposed to a stationary polarization field B.sub.0 and an electromagnetic alternating field. Nuclear resonant processes are induced in said object detected as test signals, and are visually represented. T |
| 7494092 |
Lightweight structural component in particular for aircraft and method for its production |
February 24, 2009 |
| Lightweight structural component including at least one panel and at least one stiffening element oriented one of lengthwise and crosswise. The at least one stiffening element includes two side pieces. Each of the two side pieces is at least partially connected to the panel in a mate |
| 7489412 |
Method and device for determining the spatial geometry of a curved extruded profile |
February 10, 2009 |
| Devices and methods for bending an extruded section of material held in a feed and fixing unit to yield a material with one or more bends and yielding a three-dimensional shape. In addition, devices and methods for further determining the three-dimensional geometry of the bent extruded |
| 7482249 |
Method and device for machining a wafer, in addition to a wafer comprising a separation layer an |
January 27, 2009 |
| A process and an apparatus are described for the treatment of wafers, in particular for the thinning of wafers. A wafer with a carrier layer and an interlayer arranged between the carrier layer and the wafer is also described, in which the interlayer is a plasmapolymeric layer that a |
| 7470761 |
Proton-conductive membranes and layers and methods for their production |
December 30, 2008 |
| This invention relates to a silane-resin composition that can be obtained by at least partial hydrolytic condensation of at least the following components: (1) one or more sulfonic acid group-containing silane(s) with at least one group that can be cleaved under hydrolytic conditions, (2 |
| 7443555 |
Laser scanner |
October 28, 2008 |
| A laser scanner is provided with a transmission optic (20) whose laser pencil beam (18) is oriented coaxially with the axis of rotation (28) of a deflecting mirror (22, 24) and coaxially with the optical axis of the associated detector optic (58). The arrangement is such that light r |
| 7435582 |
Sample carrier for cryoconservation of biological samples |
October 14, 2008 |
| The invention relates to sample supports and methods for cryoconservation, especially the cryoconservation of biological materials, comprising at least one sample reservoir used to receive a biological sample. A support body is disposed in the sample reservoir, made of a material having |
| 7428684 |
Device and method for concealing an error |
September 23, 2008 |
| A device for concealing an error in an erroneous or potentially erroneous information unit generates output values of a forward decoder and a backward decoder which differ and thus indicate an error-concealment area. The different values for one and the same information unit are exam |
| 7423423 |
Method for quantitatively determining the width of a soft zone area of a partially hardened work |
September 9, 2008 |
| Disclosed is a method for quantitatively determining the width of a soft zone area of a partially hardened metallic workpiece, which has at least one hardened and one unhardened area, by means of at least one multifrequency eddy current sensor. A single workpiece being individually i |
| 7416961 |
Method for structuring a flat substrate consisting of a glass-type material |
August 26, 2008 |
| Disclosed is a method for structuring a flat substrate consisting of a glass-type material. The invented method is distinguished by a combination of the following steps:providing a semiconductor flat substrate consisting of a semiconductor material, structuring at least one surface o |
| 7413710 |
Pipette system and pipette array |
August 19, 2008 |
| A pipette system including a pipette capillary tube and an actuator, with the actuator serving to set the position of a phase boundary between a system medium and a second medium in the pipette capillary is described. A sensor element is also provided for measuring the position of the ph |
| 7410669 |
Process and apparatus for the coating or modification of surfaces |
August 12, 2008 |
| In a process according to the invention and an apparatus according to the invention for the coating or modification of a surface a flow of a first gaseous phase or of a first aerosol comprising one or more precursor compounds is guided along a heated filament so that the precursor co |
| 7406856 |
Chromium/titanium oxide semiconductor gas sensor and method for production thereof |
August 5, 2008 |
| A metal oxide semiconductor gas sensor and a method for production thereof. The sensor comprises a sensor-active metal oxide thin layer applied to a substrate, in contact with at least one electrode. The sensor-active metal oxide thin layer comprises a chromium/titanium oxide (CTO) l |
| 7402910 |
Solder, microelectromechanical component and device, and a process for producing a component or |
July 22, 2008 |
| A solder, in particular a thin-film solder, for joining microelectromechanical components, wherein the solder is a eutectic mixture of gold and bismuth. Components and devices joined by a solder of this type are also disclosed, in addition to processes for producing such components o |
| 7396792 |
Transparent polycrystalline aluminium oxide |
July 8, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to highly dense translucent and transparent aluminium oxide components for applications, e.g. in the lighting industry, where a fine crystal size has to be obtained and stabilized for use at temperatures of 800.degree. C. or more. Disclosed are high-stre |
| 7396464 |
Filter comprising rotatable, disk-shaped filter elements |
July 8, 2008 |
| The invention concerns a device for the separation of substances, in particular of solid substances, liquid phases of varied density and/or of gases, from a liquid, by rotation with several filtering elements, which permit the filtered liquid to pass through and which are rotatably s |
| 7395715 |
Electromagnetic ultrasound probe |
July 8, 2008 |
| Disclosed is an electromagnetic ultrasonic probe for coupling-media-free generation and reception of ultrasonic waves in the form of linearly polarized transverse waves in a workpiece (5), and from a workpiece (5), having a unit which generates the ultrasonic waves inside the workpiece |
| 7394903 |
Apparatus and method for constructing a multi-channel output signal or for generating a downmix |
July 1, 2008 |
| The apparatus for constructing a multi-channel output signal using an input signal and parametric side information, the input signal including the first input channel and the second input channel derived from an original multi-channel signal, and the parametric side information descr |
| 7393629 |
Method and devices for transferring biological cells between a carrier and a probe |
July 1, 2008 |
| A cell transfer method is described, in which transfer of at least one biological cell (21) describing a natural cell locomotion between a carrier (80) and a probe (10) is provided, and whereby positioning the probe (10) and the carrier (80) relative to one another in a transfer arra |
| 7390531 |
Method for producing a tool which can be used to create surface structures in the sub-.mu.m rang |
June 24, 2008 |
| The invention is a method for producing a tool which can be used to create optically active surface structures in the sub-.mu.m range, having a support surface onto which relief surface structures are applied over the support surface by means of material deposition. The invention is |
| 7382523 |
Beam-guiding and/or frequency-converting optical system and method for producing the same |
June 3, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to a beam-guiding and/or frequency-converting optical system as well as to a method of manufacturing same, wherein a beam-emitting optoelectronic component (1), which comprises at least one beam-emerging surface (2) for the emergence of a beam, is provid |
| 7374928 |
Bio-reactor for the cultivation of micro-organisms and method for the production thereof |
May 20, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a bioreactor for cultivating microorganisms, as well as a method for its production. The invention is characterized in that the bioreactor (1) comprises two identically constructed base elements (2,3) that are constructed in trough shape and consist of a bott |
| 7373822 |
Method for evaluating a weld joint formed during a welding process |
May 20, 2008 |
| A method for evaluating, during a welding process, a welded joint as it is forming between at least two parts of a joint using at least one ultrasonic transmitter sound penetrating the region of the forming welded joint with ultrasonic waves and at least one ultrasonic receiver, which |
| 7372563 |
Method and device for carrying out emission spectrometry |
May 13, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a method and a device for carrying out emission spectroscopy, in particular laser emission spectroscopy. According to said method, a pulsed laser beam is automatically focussed on a workpiece to generate a laser-induced plasma, the radiation emitted from the plas |
| 7367221 |
Sensor for detection of liquid ingredients, particularly for biological materials and the detect |
May 6, 2008 |
| This invention relates to a sensor for the detection of liquid ingredients with a carrier element (10), a sensor element (1) on the carrier element (10) and a sensor array, which is disposed on the surface of the sensor element and contains one or more electrodes (2), which are in electr |
| 7364930 |
Method for producing micromechanical and micro-optic components consisting of glass-type materia |
April 29, 2008 |
| What is proposed here is a method of structuring surfaces of glass-type materials and variants of this method, comprising the following steps of operation: providing a semiconductor substrate, structuring, with the formation of recesses, of at least one surface of the semiconductor s |
| 7359685 |
Transmitting stage |
April 15, 2008 |
| A transmission stage in polar loop technology includes an amplitude regulation means, a phase regulation means, a VCO and a feedback path. In the feedback path a variable amplifier is provided. The amplitude regulation means is further implemented in order to be controlled by a contr |
| 7350419 |
Control device for non-positive connections |
April 1, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a control device for non-positive connections, especially screw connections. The device includes two force application elements and a measuring element arranged therebetween. The measuring element is at least partially provided with a layer having a force sen |
| 7348393 |
Silane-based resins that can be photochemically and/or thermally structured single-step method f |
March 25, 2008 |
| A silane resin that can be structured photochemically and/or thermally is obtained by at least partial condensation of a mixture of a) at least one silane compound R.sub.aR.sup.2.sub.bSiX.sub.4-a-b wherein R is a group polymerizable photochemically and/or thermally via an organic rest by |
| 7345233 |
Apparatus and method for grouping temporal segments of a piece of music |
March 18, 2008 |
| For grouping temporal segments of an audio piece, which is structured into main parts repeatedly occurring in the audio piece, into various segment classes, at first a similarity representation for the segments is provided, wherein the similarity representation for each segment compr |
| 7343287 |
Method and apparatus for scalable encoding and method and apparatus for scalable decoding |
March 11, 2008 |
| An apparatus for scalable encoding a spectrum of a signal including audio and/or video information, with the spectrum comprising binary spectral values, includes a means for generating a first sub-scaling layer and a second sub-scaling layer in addition to a means for forming the encoded |
| 7342167 |
Apparatus and method for generating an encoded rhythmic pattern |
March 11, 2008 |
| An encoded rhythmic pattern has several groups of velocity values, wherein the velocity values are sorted, such that the groups are included in sequence in an encoded rhythmic pattern. Now, the velocity values concentrated at the beginning of the encoded rhythmic pattern have a highe |
| 7321367 |
Arrangement and method for spatial visualization |
January 22, 2008 |
| An apparatus for image data computation and for synchronous data output. An arrangement for producing and reproducing two partial light images which together can be perceived as a light image having a three-dimensional effect. A method of synchronous reproduction of time image sequen |
| 7304231 |
Apparatus and method for designating various segment classes |
December 4, 2007 |
| For the segment class designation the temporal position of segments in two candidate segment classes is used for the stanza/refrain selection by means of a segment class designation means, wherein the highest-order segment class is designated as refrain segment class only when it has a |
| 7303885 |
Screening method for candidate drugs |
December 4, 2007 |
| The present invention relates to methods for screening molecules and methods to detect protein-protein interactions and means used therein. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods for screening candidate drugs for treating or detecting MIF (macrophage migration in |
| 7300681 |
Method for the production of protein preparations with essentially constant properties |
November 27, 2007 |
| Shown is a method for producing protein preparations having essentially constant functional properties for technical applications within a broad pH range from about pH 3 to pH 10 by means of extraction from a starting product which contains protein, notably legumes, grains or oilseed. Th |
| 7286294 |
Beam-shaping element for optical radiation and a method for producing said element |
October 23, 2007 |
| A beam-shaping element comprises a carrier substrate (1) bearing a thin-layer metallization which is structured for shaping the beam of optical radiation. The thin-layer metallization includes at least two metallic layers (2, 3), which, upon impingement of the optical radiation (4), |
