Radiant energy inventions 08/08

20080203273 - System and method for controlling a led luminary: The present invention relates to a control system (10; 30; 50) for a LED luminary (12) including a plurality of LED light sources of multiple colors for producing a mixed color light. The control system comprises means (22) for controlling the LED light sources in accordance with a difference between... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080203274 - Solar sensor: Solar sensors are used, e.g., for generating a signal for controlling air conditioning systems in motor vehicles. To accomplish this, it is necessary that the signal is representative of the so-called solar load independent of angle of incidence of sunbeams. For this purpose, the sunbeams striking the solar sensor must... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080203275 - Luminaire and light sensor for said luminaire: The luminaire accommodates a light-sensor unit (10) adjacent plane P of its light-emission window (2). The light-sensor unit (10) has a light sensor (11) in a box (13) facing an opening (12) therein. The opening (12) is surrounded by a shade (20) which narrows towards the light sensor (11). In... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080203277 - Light sensitive system and method for attenuating the effect of ambient light: There is provided a light-sensitive system responsive to light supplied by the system and less responsive to other light. The system includes a light source operable to supply time-modulated illumination, and a light sensor having greater response to the time-modulated illumination than to light from sources not so modulated. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080203276 - Low height imaging system and associated methods: In an embodiment, a low height imaging system has: one or more optical channels and a detector array, each of the optical channels (a) associated with at least one detector of the array, (b) having one or more optical components and a restrictive ray corrector, and (c) configured to direct... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080203278 - Solid state imaging device and imaging apparatus: A solid state imaging device having an image area in which a plurality of light receiving pixels is arranged on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type is disclosed. The device includes: a plurality of photosensor parts formed by providing on the semiconductor substrate a light receiving area and... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080203279 - Electro-optical device, semiconductor device, display device, and electronic apparatus having the display device: An electro-optical device includes a panel formed so that an electro-optical material is held between a first substrate and a second substrate, a lighting unit that irradiates light to a surface of the first substrate or the second substrate of the panel, a light detecting portion that detects an illuminance... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080203280 - Target-close electromagnetic energy emitting device: An apparatus having an excitation source that includes at least one laser diode and also having a handpiece with a disposable, bendable tip cannula is disclosed.... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20080203281 - Apparatus and method for biological sensing: A biological agent detector for detecting predetermined biological agents. The biological agent detector includes an optical fiber, a cladding that clads a length of the optical fiber and a bioindicator disposed within the cladding. The biological agent detector also includes a coherent light source that excites the optical fiber and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080203282 - Sensing absolute position of an encoded object: In one aspect of the present invention, a device for sensing an absolute position of an encoded object, comprising: a position tracking module comprising: a track illumination module configured to illuminate the encoded object with one more light beams, and to detect one or more light beams resulting from said... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20080203283 - Optical encoder with detector lens: An optical encoder of a transmissive optical encoding system is disclosed. The optical encoder includes an emitter, a detector, and a detector lens. The emitter includes a light source and a collimating lens. The detector includes a plurality of photosensors to detect light from the emitter. The detector lens is... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080203285 - Charged particle beam measurement equipment, size correction and standard sample for correction: Correction of widths obtained by measurement of a sample with the use of a scanning electron microscope is executed with greater precision. Use is made of a standard sample 40 for correction comprising a plurality of correction mark members 42a, 42b, . . . , the respective correction mark members... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080203284 - Method for simultaneous calibration of mass spectra and identification of peptides in proteomic analysis: The invention relates to a mass spectrometry calibration system that may be performed in real-time using the information contained within a sample without the addition of specific calibrants. When applied to a sample, such as a proteomic sample, the calibration system may identify the exact masses of peptides in the... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/los Angeles

20080203286 - Apparatus and method for cooling ions: An apparatus for secondary ion mass spectrometry is provided having a target surface for supporting a sample on the target surface and an ion source configured to direct a beam of primary ions toward the sample to sputter secondary ions and neutral particles from the sample, A first chamber having... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080203291 - Ion detection using a pillar chip: Methods and assemblies for ion detection in samples using a chip with elevated sample zones, also known as a “pillar chip.” Methods include analyzing such a sample by desorbing a sample from a chip, producing a described ion sample and detecting the same. The chip comprises a base having a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080203292 - Mass spectrometer: An object of the present invention is to provide a mass spectrometer that uses a time-of-flight mass spectrometer for performing mass spectrometry on the basis of the difference in flight time based on mass of desired ions, and that is suitable for improving the sensitivity and analysis precision of the... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080203290 - Method and apparatus to accurately discriminate gas phase ions with several filtering devices in tandem: A method for fast and accurate recognition of species contained in trace amounts in complex mixtures such as ambient air or biological fluids is taught based on the use in tandem of one or several differential mobility analyzers (DMAs) and possibly also a mass spectrometer (MS), all arranged in series.... Agent: Juan Fernandez De La Mora

20080203288 - Multiple ion injection in mass spectrometry: This invention relates to mass spectrometry that includes ion trapping in at least one of the stages of mass analysis. In particular, although not exclusively, this invention relates to tandem mass spectrometry where precursor ions and fragment ions are analysed. A method of mass spectrometry is provided comprising the sequential... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20080203287 - Multipole devices and methods: The present invention provides, inter alia, a multipole ion guide for moving and guiding ions, particularly in a mass spectrometer. The multipole ion guide comprises multiple rods with a resistive coating, and radio frequency (RF) and direct current (DC) voltages applying to the resistive coating of each rod. Devices and... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080203289 - Use of ionic matrices for maldi mass spectrometry analysis of tissue sections: The invention concerns improved methods for studying peptides/proteins expression in a tissue section or for determining at least one compound, in particular a protein, expression map in a tissue section, using ionic MALDI matrices.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080203293 - Multi-electrode ion trap: This invention relates generally to multi-reflection electrostatic systems, and more particularly to improvements in and relating to the Orbitrap electrostatic ion trap. A method of operating an electrostatic ion trapping device having an array of electrodes operable to mimic a single electrode is proposed, the method comprising determining three or... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20080203294 - System and method for implementing balanced rf fields in an ion trap device: A system and method are disclosed for effectively compensating for an unbalanced or non-zero centerline radio-frequency potential in a quadrupolar ion trap, the unbalanced centerline potential created by a compensation feature that minimizes non-linear field components created by one or more ejection slots in the ion trap. The ion trap... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20080203295 - Deformation method of nanometer scale material using particle beam and nano tool thereby: The present invention relates to a deformation method of nanometer-scale material using a particle beam and a nano-tool thereby. The deformation method of the nanometer-scale material using the particle beam according to the present invention is characterized in that the nanometer-scale material is bent toward a direction of the particle... Agent: Alfred A. Stadnicki

20080203298 - Electrostatic charge measurement method, focus adjustment method, and scanning electron microscope: In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, an electrostatic charge measurement method, a focus adjustment method, or a scanning electron microscope for measuring an electrostatic charge amount or controlling an application voltage to the sample by changing the application voltage to the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080203297 - Specimen inspection equipment and how to make the electron beam absorbed current images: In the present invention, a plurality of probes are brought in contact with a specimen. While irradiating the specimen with an electron beam, currents flowing in the probes are measured. Signals from at least two probes are input to a differential amplifier. An output of the differential amplifier is amplified.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080203296 - Transmission electron microscope provided with electronic spectroscope: In order to correct measurement magnification and measurement position of a spectral image with high efficiency and with high accuracy using an electronic spectroscope and a transmission electron microscope regarding the spectral image formed in two orthogonal axes which are an amount of energy loss axis and a measurement position... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080203299 - Charged particle beam apparatus: It is an object of this invention to improve contact precision and probe operability. This invention controls sample stage movement and probe movement on an observation image using a single coordinate system, thereby allowing positioning using a sample stage stop error as a probe control movement amount. This invention also... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080203301 - Electron microscope: To achieve the above object, an electron microscope in which, when a sample to be measured is moved away from below an objective lens, an exciting current to the objective lens of a scanning electron microscope is turned off or excitation thereof is made weaker than before the sample to... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080203302 - Sample transfer unit and sample transferring method: There is provided a mini environment type transfer unit which can efficiently transfer a sample to a critical dimension scanning electron microscope (CD-SEM) even in the case of use of a SMIF pod which can store only one photomask. In addition to a load port, a stocker which can store... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080203300 - Scanning electron microscope: Disclosed is a scanning electron microscope capable of checking an abrupt change of probe current due to changes in intensities of the respective condenser lenses when the probe current is intended to be changed by changing the intensities of the respective condenser lenses. The scanning electron microscope includes: an electron... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080203303 - Single electrode corona discharge electrochemical/electrospray ionization: A single electrode electrochemical/electrospray ionization source using a corona discharge and a method of analyzing a sample using a corona discharge single electrode electrochemical/electrospray ionization source are provided. In the corona discharge single electrode electrochemical/electrospray ionization technique electrons are removed from the metal tip of the device through gases present... Agent: Kauth , Pomeroy , Peck & Bailey ,llp

20080203304 - Multichannel instrumentation for large detector arrays: A multi-channel spectroscopy system that reads the radiation energy information deposited into a radiation detector, processes it and properly transfers it to a computer embedded to ancillary data (conditions, GPD information etc.). The implementation method chosen is a highly parallel structure of identical channels interfaced to the digital world through... Agent: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

20080203305 - Image pickup apparatus including image pickup devices having sensitivity in infrared region: A plurality of first pixels receive both visible light and infrared light. A plurality of second pixels receive infrared light. A ratio calculation unit calculates the ratio of an output signal of another first pixel different from saturated first pixel and an output signal of a second pixel corresponding to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080203306 - Method and system for plasma-induced terahertz spectroscopy: A method of analyzing a remotely-located object includes the step of illuminating at least a portion of a targeted object with electromagnetic radiation to induce a phase transformation in the targeted object, wherein the phase transformation produces an emitter plasma, which emits terahertz radiation. The method also includes the step... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080203307 - Encoded binary liveness detector: A device for detecting the presence of human skin including an illuminator source for providing a first encoded IR band and a second encoded IR band. The first encoded IR band is capable of being reflected from skin and the second encoded IR band is capable of being absorbed by... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick Patent Services

20080203308 - Car side mirror equipped with thermal infrared camera: Disclosed herein is a car side mirror equipped with a thermal infrared camera. The car side mirror includes a thermal infrared camera device, a video signal transmission device, a power unit. Associated with the side mirror device is a display device inside the car. The thermal infrared camera device includes... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080203309 - Digital silicon photomultiplier for tof-pet: A radiation detector includes an array of detector pixels each including an array of detector cells. Each detector cell includes a photodiode biased in a breakdown region and digital circuitry coupled with the photodiode and configured to output a first digital value in a quiescent state and a second digital... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080203311 - Imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system: An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of pixels disposed on an insulation substrate. Each of the pixels includes a plurality of thin-film transistors, a conversion element disposed above the TFTs, and a plurality of insulating layers disposed between the conversion element and the plurality of TFTs. The plurality of TFTs... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080203310 - Radiation image detector: Generation of residual images due to charge leakage is suppressed. A radiation image detector is constituted by: an upper planar electrode that transmits electromagnetic waves bearing radiation image information; a charge generating layer that generates electric charges when irradiated by the electromagnetic waves which are transmitted through the upper planar... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080203312 - Scintillator panel and flat-panel radiation detector: A scintillator panel comprising a scintillator plate containing a substrate having thereon a reflective layer, a sublayer and a scintillator layer in that order, wherein the scintillator plate is sealed with: a first protective film provided on a side of the scintillator layer; and a second protective film provided on... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080203313 - Depth sensing in cdznte pixel detectors: Interaction depth of photons in a CdZnTe pixel detector is measured by configuring an ASIC connected to the detector to measure both positive polarity and negative polarity signal amplitudes and then measuring a core pixel having positive signal amplitude and hallow pixels having negative signal amplitude and surrounding the core... Agent: Steinfl & Bruno

20080203315 - Apparatus having an input device and a display, method of controlling apparatus and computer-readable recording medium: According to an aspect of an embodiment, an apparatus having an input device for inputting information and a display for displaying information comprises, a storage for storing information corresponding to an ultra violet ray intensity in association with location information and time information and a processor for obtaining information of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080203314 - Prism spectrometer: An optical spectroscopy tool is provided. In one embodiment a highly efficient means by which moderate resolution spectroscopy may be performed in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) is described. In one embodiment the techniques can be used as a high throughput spectrometer to spatially disperse wavelengths in and around the VUV... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20080203316 - Dual-sided coded-aperture imager: In a vehicle, a single detector plane simultaneously measures radiation coming through two coded-aperture masks, one on either side of the detector. To determine which side of the vehicle a source is, the two shadow masks are inverses of each other, i.e., one is a mask and the other is... Agent: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

20080203317 - Multi-beam deflector array device for maskless particle-beam processing: The invention relates to a multi-beam deflector array device for use in a particle-beam exposure apparatus employing a beam of charged particles, the multi-beam deflector array device having a plate-like shape with a membrane region, the membrane region including a first side facing towards the incoming beam of particles, an... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080203318 - Alignment adapter for use with a radioisotope generator and methods of using the same: The invention, in one characterization, may be said to be directed to an alignment adapter that may be utilized in radioisotope elution procedures. In some embodiments, the alignment adaptor may be utilized to at least assist in aligning various components of an elution system. For example, in some embodiments, the... Agent: Mallinckrodt Inc.

20080203319 - Multicapillary multilaser detection system: A system for detecting electromagnetic radiation from samples comprising: a plurality of sample volumes, each of said sample volumes confined within a portion of a capillary column; a plurality of electromagnetic radiation sources; a mirror for receiving electromagnetic radiation from the electromagnetic radiation sources and for reflecting the electromagnetic radiation... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson

20080203320 - Method and configuration for examining a measurement object by way of invasive radiation: A method and an arrangement for investigation of an object to be measured (1), the object to be measured (1) being subjected to invasive radiation. An interaction of the invasive radiation from a radiation source (3) is detected by way of a radiation-sensitive sensor device (6). An anticipated detection result... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080203321 - Radiation source for irradiating the interior walls of elongated cavities: A radiation source apparatus for irradiating the inner walls of elongated cavities, especially for hardening of artificial resin laminates that can be radiation hardened by ultraviolet or infrared radiation, has a base body with at least one light source and multiple wheels by which the apparatus is guided inside the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080203322 - Resist collapse prevention using immersed hardening: A method, tool, and machine for hardening a photoresist image while the photoresist image is immersed in a liquid.... Agent: Randy W. Tung Tung & Associates

20080203324 - Method and system for improvement of dose correction for particle beam writers: A method and system for dose correction of a particle beam writer is disclosed. The method and system includes reading a file of writing objects that includes dose intensity, calculating a rate of dose intensity change between adjacent writing objects, selecting a writing object that may need accuracy improvement of... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20080203323 - Irradiation device: Irradiation device (1) for proton and/or ion beam therapy, said device comprising a radiation source (3), a beam guiding device (5), and at least one therapy room (7) comprising at least one treatment site (9) and at least one access (17), into which a treatment beam (13) is directed, wherein... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080203325 - Method of protecting a radiation source producing euv-radiation and/or soft x-rays against short circuits: The present invention relates to a method of protecting a radiation source producing extreme ultraviolet radiation (EUV) and/or soft X-rays against short circuits. The method applies to radiation sources producing said EUV-radiation and/or soft X-rays by means of an electrically operated discharge, which is ignited in a vapor between at... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080203326 - Method of reducing radiation-induced damage in fused silica and articles having such reduction: A method of repairing radiation-induced damage and reducing accumulated laser-induced wavefront distortion and polarization-induced birefringence in a fused silica article, such as a lens in a DUV optical system, prisms, filters, photomasks, reflectors, etalon plates, and windows. The distortion is reduced by irradiating the fused silica article with an irradiation... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080203327 - Unirradiated nuclear fuel component transport system: An unirradiated nuclear fuel assembly component transport system that includes a clamshell-type inner liner that opens either along its axial dimension or from the top to load and unload the fuel assembly being transported. The exterior dimensions of the liner conform to a generic overpack tubular container that protects the... Agent: Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

20080203329 - Method and devices to control global warming: A method and devices to control global warming of the earth's environs are described. The method places devices in the form of particles, between the sun and the earth to block a portion of the solar radiation impinging on the earth. The devices comprise dispersed high effective surface area to... Agent: Charles A. Cody

20080203328 - Outer space sun screen for reducing global warming: A large number of bubbles or other thin-walled hollow objects are deployed in outer space to form a sun screen. Portions of the solar radiation incident on the sun screen are reflected or absorbed. Since those portions will not reach the earth, deploying the sun screen over very large areas... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP Patent Department

20080203330 - Shielding assembly for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and method of using the same: A shielding assembly for use in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, such as an ion implantation apparatus, includes one or more removable shielding members configured to cover inner surfaces of a mass analyzing chamber. The shielding assembly reduces process by-products from accumulating on the inner surfaces. In one embodiment, a shielding... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080203331 - Mobile radiation treatment facility: A mobile radiation treatment facility includes a patient treatment trailer having a treatment area configured to contain a radiation-emitting device. The patient treatment trailer includes a plurality of wheels such that it is configured to be towed by a vehicle to a desired location. The facility further includes radiation barriers... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080203332 - Fluorometer: A fluorometer comprising an excitation system including an excitation source for producing excitation light capable of causing fluorescence in fluorescent material; and a detection system for detecting said fluorescence. The excitation source comprises one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) associated with means for causing said excitation light to form... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080203333 - Sheet discrimination apparatus and image forming apparatus: Light is irradiated from obliquely below to an end of a sheet conveyed. The light is received by plural light receiving elements arranged at predetermined intervals above the sheet to discriminate the thickness of the sheet. Image forming conditions of an image forming apparatus are changed according to a result... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080203334 - Position detecting apparatus and position detecting method: A position detecting apparatus includes a first illuminating unit that radiates light onto a substrate in a direction substantially parallel to the front and the rear surfaces of the substrate from the direction of a lateral face of the substrate; a second illuminating unit that radiates light onto the front... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080203335 - Self calibrating media edge sensor: Various edge detection arrangements are disclosed, including an edge detection method and arrangement that utilizes outputs of commonly illuminated reference and edge sensors as the inputs for a comparator. The reference sensor is configured to have a wide field of view and the edge sensor is configured to have a... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080203336 - Radiation image detector: A radiation image detector is constituted by: a first electrode layer, to which negative voltage is applied, and that transmits recording electromagnetic waves bearing radiation image information; a photoconductive layer that generates charges when irradiated by the recording electromagnetic waves transmitted through the first electrode layer; a second electrode layer... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080197267 - Photo detector apparatus: The present invention relates to a photodetector having a structure capable of increasing the dynamic range and of improving the S/N ratio for light detection. The photodetector includes a pixel including a photodiode, an integrating circuit, a CDS circuit, a selecting circuit, and a switching circuit. Charges generated by the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080197269 - Solid-state imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: an image section with units arranged into a matrix each having an electric charge generation means for generating signal charges corresponding to the amount of an incident electromagnetic wave, an electric charge accumulation means for accumulating signal charges generated at the electric charge generation means,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080197268 - Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus: There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: a plurality of aperture pixels configured to be used for capturing of an image; a plurality of first light-shielded pixels configured to be shielded from light for detection of an optical black level, a temperature dependence of a dark current in the... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080197270 - Configurable photo detector circuit: A configurable photo detector circuit includes a photo detector array having a plurality of photo detectors. A switching matrix includes a first plurality of inputs coupled to outputs of the plurality of photo detector, a second plurality of inputs, and a plurality of matrix outputs. A controller is coupled to... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20080197271 - Temperature-compensated high dynamic range optical receiver: A light sensor having a photocurrent subsection and an interface circuit is disclosed. The photocurrent subsection includes a photodetector, an amplifier, a diode and an impedance element. The first photodetector generates a current between a first node and a power rail in response to being illuminated with light. The interface... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080197272 - Sensing photons from object in channels: A fluidic structure includes a channel and along the channel is a series of sensing components to obtain information about objects traveling within the channel, such as droplets or other objects carried by fluid. At least one sensing component includes a set of cells of a photosensor array. The set... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20080197273 - Light detection apparatus: A light detection apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a photomultiplier tube having a window for receiving light incident thereon. A photocathode is affixed to an inner surface of the window in a known manner. The apparatus further includes an optical fiber and a means for coupling the optical fiber... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080197274 - Temperature controlled photodetector: This disclosure describes a temperature controlled photodetector. The disclosed detector can reach a temperature at which responsivity is maximized within a short time and with little wasted power. Furthermore, the photodetector prevents thermal gradients from developing across the detector so that the whole detector region has equivalent responsivity.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080197275 - Ion sampling apparatuses in fast polarity-switching ion sources: The present invention provides ion sampling apparatuses that can be used in a fast polarity-switching electric field. In some embodiments, the ion sampling apparatus comprises a capillary made with an insulator, with a resistive inner or outer surface. Devices and systems comprising the ion sampling apparatuses, as well as methods... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080197276 - Mass spectrometer: An ion optical system to form a loop orbit is provided to sufficiently ensure required performance such as ion transmission efficiency while making it easy to design the system by alleviating a space-focusing condition. The loop orbit of the ion optical system is realized so as to satisfy (t|x)=(t|α)=(t|δ)=0 as... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080197277 - Method and instrument for chemical defect characterization in high vacuum: A method and the instrument for characterization of the defects on a surface with Auger electron spectroscopy in a high vacuum environment are disclosed. Defects on the surface of a sample may be characterized with Auger electron spectroscopy in a high vacuum environment at a pressure of about 10−7 Torr... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20080197278 - Device for detecting position of steel bar in structure and method thereof: Gamma rays, X-rays or ionizing irradiations from two radiation sources penetrate through a steel bar in a reinforced concrete structure. Images of the steel bar are thus projected on two films. Through geometric relationships between the images and the steel bar itself, thicknesses between the steel bar and surfaces of... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080197280 - Method and apparatus for measuring pattern dimensions: It is difficult for a material having low resistance to electron beam irradiation to obtain an electron microscopic image having a high S/N ratio. A conventional image smoothing process can improve stability of measurement, but this process has a problem of measurement errors for absolute values, reduction of sensitivity, deterioration... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080197279 - Radiation inspection system: Disclosed is an inspection system for inspecting a cargo by using radiation, comprising: a main plate conveyor; a radiation scanning unit that spans said main plate conveyor and is provided above said main plate conveyor, for scanning the cargo provided on the main plate conveyor; auxiliary conveyors that are provided... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080197281 - Electron microscopic method and electron microscope using same: There is provided an electron microscopic method capable of realizing a high resolution based on the principle of the phase retrieval method. An electron microscope (10) using the method is a device dedicated to the phase retrieval method in which hardware (incident system (100), a sample system (200), a detection... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080197282 - Scanning transmission charged particle beam device: A deflecting coil is provided below a sample, and a charged particle detector for a dark-field image with an opening is provided below the deflecting coil. A charged particle detector for a bright-field image is provided below the above opening. By the deflecting coil below the sample, a charged particle... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080197283 - Emulsion aggregation toner compositions and developers: Disclosed herein are toner compositions and developers particularly suitable for use in xerographic devices having oil-less fuser systems. The disclosed toner composition is substantially free of crystalline resin.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080197284 - Method and system for detecting objects using far infrared images: An object detection system is disclosed in at least one embodiment. The system includes a far IR sensor operable to sense thermal radiation of objects and surroundings in a field of view and to generate a far IR image in response thereto, and an image processing device operable to receive... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080197285 - Ultrasensitive optical detector having a large temporal resolution and using a waveguide, and methods for producing said detector: This detector, designed to detect at least one photon, comprises a dielectric substrate (2) and at least one detection element on this substrate, designed to generate an electrical signal starting from the energy of the photon(s) received, and a guide element to guide this or these photons the energy of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080197286 - Deflection device and imaging apparatus: A deflection device includes a tabular object for transmitting or reflecting an electromagnetic wave, a drive unit for driving the tabular object so as to rotate or perform a translation motion, and an electromagnetic wave irradiation unit for irradiating the tabular object with an electromagnetic wave so that an irradiation... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080197287 - System and method for super resolution of a sample in a fiber array spectral translator system: The disclosure relates generally to methods and apparatus for obtaining a super resolution image of a sample using a fiber array spectral translator system. In one embodiment includes collecting photons from a sample at a first end of a fiber array spectral translator; delivering the photons from a second end... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20080197288 - Separation of geometric system response matrix for three-dimensional image reconstruction: An image-reconstruction method in which interactions with particular crystal pairs are detected and a trans-axial component of a geometric system response matrix is retrieved from a storage medium. This component provides an estimate of an axial component of the geometric system response matrix. At least in part on the basis... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080197289 - Measuring arrangement and measuring system: A measuring arrangement comprises a radiation device (SE), having at least one first surface emitting semiconductor component (1) with a vertical emission direction, a detection device (DE) for detecting reflected radiation, and an evaluation circuit (AS), set up for controlling the radiation device (SE) and the detection device (DE) and... Agent: Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080197290 - Camera-based x-ray digital image detector: Disclosed herein are camera-based x-ray digital image detectors that contain an assembly of a scintillator screen, a wide-angle optical lens or fisheye lens, and a digital image sensor. Images formed by x-ray radiation on the scintillator screen are projected onto a much smaller area image sensor through a fisheye or... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080197291 - Optical radiation sensor system: There is disclosed an optical radiation sensor system for detecting radiation from a radiation source. The system comprises: a housing having a distal portion for receiving radiation from the radiation source and a proximal portion; a sensor element in communication with the proximal portion, the sensor element configured to detect... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080197292 - Luminescence sensor using multi-layer substrate structure: The present invention provides a luminescence sensor (2), such as e.g. a luminescence biosensor, comprising a multi-layer structure. The multi-layer structure comprises at least a first layer (2a) formed of a first material and a second layer (2b) formed of a second material. The first material has a first binding... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080197293 - Direction correcting apparatus, method thereof and movable radiation inspecting system: The present invention discloses direction correcting apparatus and method thereof for a movable radiation inspecting system having a moving device. The direction correcting apparatus comprises: a direction detecting device for detecting a moving direction of the moving device and generating a detecting signal indicating the moving direction; a direction control... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080197294 - Manufacturing method of circuit board: An exposure method includes: (a) providing a substrate coated with a photosensitive material on a stage; and (b) applying a spot light beam emitted from a light source to the photosensitive material while moving the stage in accordance with a previously programmed exposure pattern for wiring formation, thereby performing pattern... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080197295 - Device and method for producing resist profiled elements: The invention relates to a device and a method for producing resist profiled elements. According to the invention, an electron beam lithography system is used to produce an electron beam, the axis of the beam being essentially perpendicular to a resist layer in which the resist profiled element is to... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080197296 - Particle beam irradiation system: A particle beam irradiation system includes a particle beam irradiation apparatus, which is free of a gantry structure, having a particle beam irradiator for irradiating an affected area of a patient with a particle beam, the particle beam irradiator being housed in a chamber, a CT scanner installed in the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080197298 - Extreme ultra violet light source apparatus: In an extreme ultra violet light source apparatus having a comparatively large output power for exposing, a solid target is supplied fast and continuously while heat dissipation for irradiation of a driver laser light is performed successfully. The extreme ultra violet light source apparatus includes: a chamber in which extreme... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080197299 - Extreme ultra violet light source apparatus: An extreme ultra violet light source apparatus by which EUV light can be efficiently obtained by using a driver laser which can realize a desired pulse width with substantially homogeneous intensity. The apparatus generates extreme ultra violet light by applying a laser beam to a target, and includes a chamber... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080197297 - High repetition rate laser produced plasma euv light source: An EUV light source apparatus and method are disclosed, which may comprise a pulsed laser providing laser pulses at a selected pulse repetition rate focused at a desired target ignition site; a target formation system providing discrete targets at a selected interval coordinated with the laser pulse repetition rate; a... Agent: Cymer Inc Legal Department

20080197300 - Method of calibrating light delivery systems, light delivery systems and radiometer for use therewith: In a method of calibrating a light delivery device (10) having a solid state light source (12), for example comprising LEDs of an LED array, and an intensity control unit (16) comprising LED array driver and a dimmer module for generating a control signal for controlling at least the intensity... Agent: Adams Patent & Trademark Agency

20080197301 - Detector shield: An improved photodiode detector shielding apparatus and method are provided which shield a photodiode detector from electromagnetic interference and ambient light, without affecting the wavelengths of light that reach the photodiode. The improved photodiode detector shield has two layers. A bottom layer is substantially made from an electrically conducting material... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080197302 - Radiation-shielding assemblies and methods of using the same: In one characterization, the present invention relates to a radiation-shielding assembly for holding a container having a radioactive material disposed therein. The assembly may, at least in one regard, be referred to as an elution shield and/or a dispensing shield. The assembly includes a body at least partially defining a... Agent: Mallinckrodt Inc.

20080197303 - Medical device: An object is to provide a medical device which can rotate a radiation emitter or the like with high positional precision over an extended period of time. Provided are a support frame installed such that a central axis thereof is positioned substantially horizontally; circular tracks respectively disposed on both side... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080197304 - Medical device: An object of the invention is to provide a medical device which can perform treatment and diagnosis without causing a sense of unease to the patient. The invention includes a substantially ring-shaped support frame provided in such a manner that a central axis through which an isocenter passes is disposed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080197305 - Solid-state radiation image detector: A solid-state radiation detector with increased pixel density. The solid-state radiation detector includes multitudes of linear signal wires for detecting recorded image information as image signals, and a signal detection means disposed on an opposing side of the detector substantially orthogonal to the linear signal wires, and connected to the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080191121 - Focused laser beam processing: Methods and systems for processing semiconductor materials with a focused laser beam. Laser light may be focused on a sample to alter material properties at the sample surface. The laser beam has a peak power, a pulse width and is modulated to a selected duty cycle to provide a selected... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080191122 - Optical near-field generating apparatus and method and information recording and reproducing apparatus: An optical near-field generating apparatus includes a conductive scatterer causing an optical near-field based on a surface plasmon to be generated by being illuminated by incident light, and a conductive body arranged in a vicinity of the scatterer and generating a surface plasmon by being illuminated by the incident light... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080191124 - Heat radiating structure for solid-state image sensor, and solid-state image pickup device: In a heat radiating member which has a contact portion to be put into contact with a solid-state image sensor fixed to a prism member, and a fin-like heat radiating portion for radiating heat, which has been transferred through the contact portion, into its surrounding gas, the contact portion and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080191123 - Radiation detector for detecting low-intensity radiation by means of avalanche amplification: The invention relates to a radiation detector (1) for detecting low-intensity radiation, especially for detecting individual photons. The radiation detector includes a plurality of rows of image cells (5) with respective pluralities of image cells (5) disposed one after the other and respective signal outputs (6). The radiation to be... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080191125 - Counting apparatus and method for a poultry processing plant: Additionally, the sensors are recessed in steel tubing on mounting plates which support their own cover plates. The sensors can thereby be adjusted for alignment while the cover plates move with the sensors. The cover plates are easily removed for cleaning and put back into position without blocking the sensors.... Agent: Robert R. Waters, Esq. Waters Law Office, Pllc

20080191126 - Apparatus and method for using a counter-propagating signal method for locating events: An apparatus and method for using a counter-propagating signal method for locating events is disclosed. The apparatus and method uses a Mach Zehnder interferometer through which counter-propagating signals can be launched. If the sensing zone of the Mach Zehnder interferometer is disturbed, modified counter-propagating signals are produced and the time... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080191127 - System and method for wide angle optical surveillance: An imaging system (30, 30′) and corresponding method has a two-dimensional imaging sensor array (32) and an associated optical system. The optical system includes at least one optical arrangement (34, 36α, 36b) defining a field of view (38a, 38b) of given angular dimensions and an optical switching mechanism (40) for... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080191128 - Method of identifying the energy range of radiation from radioactive material and system for detecting the same: The invention relates to the field of developing and manufacturing a counting-type radiation detection instrument, in particular to a method of identifying the energy range of radiation from radioactive material and a system for detecting the same in a detection system. First, a digital dual energy window is provided on... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080191129 - Mass spectrometry: This invention relates to a mass spectrometer including a reaction cell and to a method of using such a mass spectrometer. In particular, although not exclusively, this invention relates to a tandem mass spectrometer and to tandem mass spectrometry. The invention provides a method of mass spectrometry using a mass... Agent: Thermo Finnigan Llc

20080191130 - Mass spectrometer: A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a segmented linear ion guide or ion trap. Ions are confined radially within the ion guide or ion trap by the application of an AC or RF voltage to the electrodes forming the ion guide or ion trap. A quadratic DC potential is applied... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20080191131 - Method and apparatus for adjusting a sample-ion source electrode distance in a tof mass spectrometer: In a time-of-flight mass spectrometer having an ion source with a first accelerating electrode, a distance between the surface of a sample and the first accelerating electrode is maintained at a predetermined distance which is critical for determining the mass and quantity of ions generated by the ion source. A... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20080191132 - Ion mobility spectrometer: An ion mobility spectrometer is described having an ion filter in the form of at least one ion channel having a plurality of electrodes. A time-varying electric potential applied to the conductive layers allows the filler to selectively admit ion species. The electric potential has a drive and a transverse... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080191134 - Charged particle detector assembly, charged particle beam apparatus and method for generating an image: A charged particle detector assembly comprises a particle detector, which has at least one particle sensitive region for detecting at least a portion of the spatial distribution of charged particles and for generating a two-dimensional optical signal which correlates to the detected spatial distribution. Further, an image conduit has an... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.l.p.

20080191133 - Radiation portal monitor system and method: A portal monitoring system has a cosmic ray charged particle tracker with a plurality of drift cells. The drift cells, which can be for example aluminum drift tubes, can be arranged at least above and below a volume to be scanned to thereby track incoming and outgoing charged particles, such... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, Pllc

20080191135 - Scanning electron microscope: An object of the present invention is to provide a scanning electron microscope including decelerating-electric-field forming means for decreasing the energy of a beam of electrons reaching a sample, and being capable of selectively detecting BSEs with high efficiency. To this end, the scanning electron microscope including the decelerating-electric-field forming... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080191136 - Method and system for forming temporary images: The presently described embodiments comprise a system that includes a color changing medium, an erasing device using heat or long wavelength infrared light as the erasing source, a writing device that can imagewise apply a UV light to write the image on the media, and a transport to transport the... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Parc

20080191137 - Methods and apparatus for molecular species detection, inspection and classification using ultraviolet to near infrared enhanced photoemission spectroscopy: The invention relates generally to the field of substance and material detection, inspection, and classification at wavelengths between approximately 200 nm and approximately 1800 nm. In particular, a handheld Enhanced Photoemission Spectroscopy (“EPS”) detection system with a high degree of specificity and accuracy, capable of use at small and substantial... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP Ip Group, Columbia Square

20080191138 - High-energy radiation scintillation detector comprising multiple semiconductor slabs: A multilayer semiconductor scintillator is disclosed for detection, energy quantification, and determination to source of high-energy radiation, such as gamma or X-ray photons or other particles that produce ionizing interaction in semiconductors. The basic embodiment of the inventive detector comprises a multiplicity of stacked direct-gap compound semiconductor wafers, such as... Agent: Alexander Kastalsky

20080191139 - X- or gamma-ray detector: The invention relates to detectors for radiological imaging, and more particularly the X-ray matrix detectors, produced in the form of a CMOS technology pixel matrix, associated with a structure for converting X-rays into electrons. Each pixel comprises a reading circuit comprising on the one hand a comparator (COMP1) switching over... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080191140 - Dual modality detection system of nuclear materials concealed in containers: Dual modality detection devices and methods are provided for detecting nuclear material, the devices include a neutron detector including multiple neutron detection modules; and a gamma detector including multiple gamma detection modules, where the multiple neutron detection modules and the multiple gamma detection modules are integrated together in a single... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080191141 - Apparatus for performing in vivo dosimetry: The present invention relates to a device enabling quantification of dose delivery in radiotherapy treatment during patient-specific treatment of the patient utilising measurements in predefined time-intervals with information means positioned in the radiation beam, between the patient and the source and converting the readings to corresponding measures in a phantom.... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080191143 - Laser irradiated hollow cylinder serving as a lens for ion beams: The present invention concerns a system for the focusing and/or a collimation of an ion beam, in particular a beam of accelerated protons, wherein the system has a lens with a lens body that is permeable to the ion beam, wherein means for the generation of an in particular electrostatic... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.c.

20080191144 - Non-axisymmetric charged-particle beam system: The charged-particle beam system includes a non-axisymmetric diode forms a non-axisymmetric beam having an elliptic cross-section. A focusing element utilizes a magnetic field for focusing and transporting the non-axisymmetric beam, wherein the non-axisymmetric beam is approximately matched with the channel of the focusing element.... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080191142 - System for taking wide-field beam-eye-view (bev) x-ray-images simultaneously to the proton therapy delivery: A system for an intensity-modulated proton therapy of a predetermined target volume within an object includes a proton source to generate a proton beam, a number of proton beam forming units and a beam nozzle having an outlet for the proton beam to penetrate the predetermined target volume of the... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20080191145 - Alternating current negative ion and silver ion generator: Disclosed herein is an AC negative ion generator. The AC negative ion generator includes an AC power supply unit, an oscillation unit, a switching unit, a boosting unit, and an output unit. The AC power supply unit supplies an AC voltage required to operate the ion generator. The oscillation unit... Agent: Lexyoume Ip Group, Llc

20080191146 - Ion generator and neutralizer: The present invention is relating to an ion generator and an ionizer, in which the ion generator can obtain stable ion generation even if the electrode and the power supply slightly change, satisfies voltage and frequency conditions for realizing an ozone concentration less than 50 ppb as an allowable concentration.... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080191147 - High throughput detecting system and method thereof: The present invention discloses a high throughput screening method and system, which can be used to screen a plurality of fluid samples to ascertain their corresponding information. For example, a polymer solution sample is screened to ascertain information about its micro structure character such as including its crystallinity property. The... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080191148 - Radioisotope generation system having partial elution capability: In a radioisotope generation system (101) and method for dispensing a radioactive eluate, a radioisotope generator (103) is operable to dispense the eluate. During dispensing, a monitoring system (151) may monitor the dispensed amount of eluate and may generate a signal indicative of the amount of eluate dispensed. In particular... Agent: Mallinckrodt Inc.

20080191150 - Multidirectional electromagnetic wave irradiation system of workpiece and laser material processing system employing it: A system 100 for multidirectional electromagnetic wave irradiation of an object to be processed in accordance with the present invention has at least one of a side face irradiation prism system 145A and soon capable of irradiating a top face and one, two or more side faces of an object... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080191149 - Universal multidetection system for microplates: An apparatus and a method for optically analyzing a sample are provided. The apparatus includes a first optical device that transmits a narrow waveband of light and has a first filter and a first monochromator that provide different paths for the narrow waveband of the light. The apparatus may also... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080191154 - Ion implanting apparatus and method for implanting ions: In an ion implanting apparatus and a method for implanting ions are provided. The ion implanting apparatus includes an ion source part, a substrate holding part, a beam current adjusting part, a doping quantity measuring part, and an ion beam control part. The ion source part generates an ion beam.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080191153 - System for delivery of reagents from solid sources thereof: A system (10) for delivery of reagent from a solid source thereof, comprising a structure (16, 22, 24) arranged to retain a solid source material (30) in confinement by at least a portion of the structure, for heating and generation of vapor from the solid source material by volatilization thereof,... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20080191151 - Method and apparatus for specimen fabrication: A sample fabricating method of irradiating a sample with a focused ion beam at an incident angle less than 90 degrees with respect to the surface of the sample, eliminating the peripheral area of a micro sample as a target, turning a specimen stage around a line segment perpendicular to... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith Hazel & Thomas LLP

20080191152 - Treatment station for particle therapy: A treatment station for particle bombardment of a patient is provided. The treatment station includes an apparatus for adaptation of at least one particle beam parameter of a particle beam of a particle therapy installation. The treatment station operates in at least two operating modes, with the treatment station being... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080185498 - Crystalline colloidal arrays responsive to an activator: A method of producing a radiation diffractive sensor that diffracts radiation according to Bragg's law is disclosed. The sensor is produced by forming an ordered periodic array of particles on a substrate, coating the array of particles with a polymeric matrix, curing the matrix to fix the array of particles... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080185499 - Lighting system: A lighting arrangement (100) provides light (117) of a desired color. The arrangement comprises a plurality of light sources (101, 102, 103) that each emit light of a respective color that, when mixed, is perceivable as the desired color. A light detector (197) is configured to receive light (116) reflected... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080185500 - Solid-state imaging device and method thereof: A solid-state imaging device and the like are provided. The solid-state imaging device includes a light-collecting element capable of efficiently collecting incident light by improving reproducibility of refractive index distribution at the borders of pixels. Each of the pixels (a square size of 5.6 μm) includes: a light-collecting element (distributed... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080185501 - Display device: With the related art, the choice of locations for disposition of ambient light photosensors is narrow, and consequently it is difficult to respond flexibly to user specifications for differing structures of the case. With a display device of the invention however, ambient light photosensors can be disposed laterally and longitudinally,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080185502 - Amplifying-type solid-state imaging device: An amplification type solid-state image pickup device of the invention includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections 10 each having an embedded photodiode 1 and a transfer transistor 2, a switched capacitor amplifier section 20 whose input side is connected to a charge detection node 8 to which output terminals... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080185503 - Reconfigurable imaging system: An image analysis and enhancement system is provided with an image processor, imaging metrics, an image storage depository, and a reconfigurable sensor device that can be present at the same location. A remote reconfigurable sensor device is connected to the image processor via a communication link. Both the reconfigurable sensor... Agent: Department Of The Army Legal Office

20080185504 - Spectroscopic instruments and methods employing array detector and variable filtering: Disclosed are pharmaceutical dosage unit manufacturing process control apparatus and methods. These can include acquiring a plurality of multi-pixel images of a flow of pharmaceutical dosage units at different wavelengths along an axis that is perpendicular to a direction of the flow of pharmaceutical dosage units, processing the images acquired... Agent: Kristofer E. Elbing

20080185506 - Encoder: An illumination light to be used for position measurement of a movable scale is spatially (or physically) split into a first illumination light and a second illumination light using a triangle prism, and the first and second illumination lights are made to be incident on the same position on the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080185505 - Encoder and light receiving device for encoder: In the encoder 1, by passing light to be detected through a straight-line light transmitting portion 17, a bright portion 19 to which the light to be detected is irradiated is formed in an area of a scale plate 11 containing mutually separate parts of arranged lines L1 and L2... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080185507 - Photosensor with customizable angular-response characteristics: A photosensor with customizable angular-response characteristics is presented. This photosensor includes a light-modifier located between the photosensor and a target area to be monitored by the photosensor, wherein the light-modifier provides a customizable angular response for light received at the photosensor from the target area.... Agent: Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080185508 - packaging module of optical sensor: An improved packaging module of an optical sensor includes a circuit board and an optical sensor module. The optical sensor module comprises a linear optical sensor, and an illuminating unit respectively electronically connected with the circuit board, and a second protective body packaging the linear optical sensor and the illuminating... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080185509 - Particle-optical apparatus for simultaneous observing a sample with particles and photons: A particle-optical apparatus, such as an ESEM®, for simultaneous observing a sample with particles and photons. A pressure limiting aperture (PLA) is placed in a diaphragm between the objective lens of the ESEM® and the sample position. The distance between the sample position and the aperture is sufficiently small to... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20080185510 - Systems and methods for reducing noise from mass spectra: Systems and methods for reducing background noise in a mass spectrum. The method includes the following steps of: (a) obtaining an original mass spectrum; (b) determining a noise mass spectrum corresponding to background noise in the original mass spectrum; and (c) determining a corrected mass spectrum by subtracting the noise... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080185511 - Tandem mass spectrometer: A tandem mass spectrometer includes a two-dimensional ion trap that has an elongated ion-trapping region extending along a continuously curving path between first and second opposite ends thereof. The elongated trapping region has a central axis that is defined substantially parallel to the curved path and that extends between the... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20080185512 - Method and apparatus for enhanced ion mobility based sample analysis using various analyzer configurations: A ion mobility-based analyzer system including a first ion mobility-based filter for passing selected ions through a time-varying field where the time-varying field being compensated by an adjustable compensation setting. The analyzer also includes a second ion mobility-based filter for receiving a first portion of ions from the first ion... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080185514 - Achromatic mass separator: An ion beam device is described. The ion beam device includes an ion beam source for generating an ion beam, the ion beam being emitted along a first axis, an aperture unit adapted to shape the ion beam, and an achromatic deflection unit adapted to deflect ions of the ion... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080185516 - Mass spectrometer: The present invention provides a mass spectrometry capable of high-efficiency and high-throughput ECD. An electron source and a two-dimensional combined ion trap in which a magnetic field along and generally parallel to a central axis is applied are used, thereby to achieve the foregoing object. First, precursor ions are trapped.... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080185513 - Method of multiplexed analysis using ion mobility spectrometer: A method for analyzing analytes from a sample introduced into a Spectrometer by generating a pseudo random sequence of a modulation bins, organizing each modulation bin as a series of submodulation bins, thereby forming an extended pseudo random sequence of submodulation bins, releasing the analytes in a series of analyte... Agent: Douglas E. Mckinley, Jr.

20080185515 - Polymer based electrospray nozzle for mass spectrometry: A MEMS device with an overhanging ‘polymer’ capillary provides vital and significant improvements in interfacing a MEMS electrospray nozzle to an MS inlet or other macroscopic instrumentation. The fabrication methodology associated therewith is easily expanded to include built-in micro particle filters and centimeter long serpentine micro channels provided on-chip and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080185517 - Method and apparatus for in-situ sample preparation: An apparatus for in-situ specimen preparation is described. The apparatus includes an ion beam column 21 including at least: an liquid metal alloy ion source 56 including a first element for providing a light ion species with a mass of 10 g/mol to 60 g/mol and a second element for... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080185518 - High performance micro-fabricated electrostatic quadrupole lens: A method of aligning sets of cylindrical electrodes in the geometry of a miniature quadrupole electrostatic lens, which can act as a mass filter in a quadrupole mass spectrometer is provided. The electrodes are mounted in pairs on microfabricated supports, which are formed from conducting parts on an insulating substrate.... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20080185519 - Charged particle beam apparatus: A technology whereby removal of magnetic hysteresis is enabled in short time in parallel with a process for stage transfer, and so forth. There is executed a magnetic hysteresis removal sequence whereby current for exciting an electromagnetic coil prior to acquisition of an image is always set to a predetermined... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080185520 - Photothermal inspection camera having an offset adjusting device: t

20080185521 - Plasmon coupling apparatus and method: Systems and apparatus enhance transmission of electromagnetic energy through a sub-wavelength aperture. A metal film has an input surface and an output surface and forms the sub-wavelength aperture between the input and output surfaces, a first plurality of grooves on the input surface, and a cavity around the sub-wavelength aperture.... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080185523 - Infrared detector and method: An apparatus and method are provided for sensing infrared radiation. The apparatus includes a sensor element that is positioned in a magnetic field during operation to ensure a λ shaped relationship between specific heat and temperature adjacent the Curie temperature of the ferroelectric material comprising the sensor element. The apparatus... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080185522 - Infrared sensors and methods for manufacturing the infrared sensors: Infrared sensors and methods for manufacturing the infrared sensors are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes A method for manufacturing an infrared sensor in accordance with another exemplary embodiment is proved. The method includes depositing a germanium layer on a silicon substrate. The method further includes depositing a... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080185524 - Method and sensor for infrared measurement of gas: Method and sensor for infrared measurement of gas comprising one infrared radiation source which illuminates two detectors at different distances from the radiation source, a spectrally selective element for infrared radiation adapted to be absorbed in a gas a to be measured arranged between the IR source and each of... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080185525 - Non-invasive method to identify hidden foreign objects near a human subject: A method and device are revealed to non-invasively identify hidden foreign objects in proximity of living tissue. More specifically to a method and device find a foreign object hidden under the clothes of a person by measuring an anomaly in an infrared radiation signal emitted by the human subject; the... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080185526 - Apparatus and method for providing pointing capability for a fixed camera: Reflective movable mirrors are used to reflect an image from a desired direction into the lens of a camera. This apparatus is preferably used with infrared (IR) cameras. To capture images from different directions, the orientations of the mirrors are modified. The mirrors are light, requiring only miniature motors and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080185527 - Equipment for imaging by spect and / or pet: The invention relates to an equipment for imaging a target organ in a small animal by SPECT, by using the LOrA technique, wherein each gamma detector of the imaging system comprises a plurality of sensitive crystals, curved to a segment of an essentially annular body, and a rake collimator with... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080185528 - Optoconductive compound and method of producing the same: Conventional optoconductive compounds, such as CIS or CdTe include scarce indium or environmentally-unfriendly cadmium. On the other hand, an optoconductive compound according to the present invention has high optoconductive efficiency without inclusion of indium and cadmium, wherein the optoconductive compound according to the present invention is represented by AXYY′ where... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080185529 - Digital flat x-ray detector: In a flat X-ray detector, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) is reduced by either opening a pickup loop between the common lines (28) and the reference plane (29) of the PCB, or by reducing the size of a pickup loop by providing a permanent connection (33) between the common supply line and... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080185530 - Methods and apparatuses for checking the authenticity of sheet material: Ultraviolet light is used for checking the authenticity of sheet material, in particular bank notes, whereby the ultraviolet light transmitted, i.e., pervading the sheet material to be checked, is used for checking authenticity.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080185531 - Multi-stage waveform detector: A waveform detector may include multiple stages.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080185532 - Radiation-shielding assembly having container location feature: A radiation-shielding assembly can contain any of multiple containers of different sizes in a predetermined, fixed location within the assembly. A clamping system in of the assembly is able to clamp any of the containers so that they are held in the same fixed location within the assembly. The containers,... Agent: Mallinckrodt Inc.

20080185533 - Scanning laser microscope: Provided is a scanning laser microscope including a first laser light source for emitting ultrashort pulsed laser light; a scanning unit for two-dimensionally scanning the ultrashort pulsed laser light on a specimen; a second laser light source for emitting continuous laser light; an irradiation-position adjusting unit for performing two-dimensional adjustment... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080185534 - Ultraviolet radiation monitoring device and a method of using the same: A disposable device for monitoring exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) over a single period of time and a cumulative period of time. The device includes a base upon which is applied a UVR sensitive material that irreversibly changes after exposure to UVR. A protective covering is applied over the UVR... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20080185535 - Method for registering a storage phosphor screen: A computed radiography (CR) system for imaging an object is provided. The system includes a radiation source, a storage phosphor screen, an illumination source and a two dimensional imager. The radiation source is configured to irradiate the storage phosphor screen, and the storage phosphor screen is configured to store the... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080185536 - Treatment system comprising a dielectric barrier discharge lamp: A treatment system or treatment reactor (1) comprising at least one dielectric barrier discharge lamp (2) with a first electrode (20) and a housing (10) for containing a medium (3) like a fluid and/or a gas and/or a solid material which is to be treated by means of the radiation... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080185537 - In situ surface contamination removal for ion implanting: Methods and apparatus that introduce, within the ion implant chamber or an isolated chamber in communication therewith, the capability to remove contaminants and oxide surface layers on a wafer surface prior to ion implantation, are disclosed. The mechanisms for removal of contaminants include conducting: a low energy plasma etch, heating... Agent: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Assc., Inc.

20080185538 - Pattern forming method, charged particle beam writing apparatus, and recording medium on which program is recorded: A pattern forming method includes performing a first resist development during a first time period to a substrate obtained by coating a resist film having a predetermined thickness onto a predetermined film to be etched, measuring the film thickness of the resist film after the first resist development, writing a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080185539 - Electronic lamp identification system: An identification system for a light radiation source (103) having a control circuit (107) for communicating with an identification circuit (108) associated with the light radiation source, wherein the identification circuit is arranged for storing data relating to the light radiation source. During operation, the control circuit communicates with the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080185540 - Rfid transceiver sensitivity focusing system: Shielding of a particular material and geometry is interposed between a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) antenna transceiver and a zone to be monitored by the antenna. The shielding has an aperture therein that to some extent defines a degree of focusing of the radio frequency (“RF”) field associated with the... Agent: Bradley P. Heisler Heisler & Associates