Radiant energy inventions 11/08

20080290250 - Color lighting device: The invention relates to a color lighting device comprising at least one light-emitting source (1a, 1b, 1c) fixed on a common substrate (3), each light-emitting source (1a, 1b, 1c) comprising at least one light-emitting diode (LED) (1a, 1b, 1c), each light-emitting source (1a, 1b, 1c) comprising one photosensor (2a, 2b,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080290251 - Led lighting system and control method: The present invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) lighting system (10) comprising a plurality of LED light sources for generating a mixed color light, the plurality of LED light sources including at least one LED light source comprising at least one LED adapted to emit light of a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080290252 - Power matching method: A method of matching the power of a photovoltaic system producing electric energy by which a working point at which the system produces maximum power is set by changing the working point in an MPP matching process and by comparing the system power, which changes as a result thereof, is... Agent: Pyle & Piontek Attn: Thomas R. Vigil

20080290253 - Image sensor: An image sensor has a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a photodiode (12), a voltage amplifier (16) having gain magnitude greater than 1 and a sampling capacitor (18) charged by the voltage amplifier. In this arrangement, each pixel provides gain through voltage amplification. This enables the sampling capacitor to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080290254 - Imaging apparatus having electron source array: An imaging apparatus includes an electron emission array having electron sources arranged in matrix form and having a plurality of horizontal scan lines, a photoelectric conversion film opposed to the electron emission array, and a control and drive circuit configured to select one or more of the horizontal scan lines... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080290255 - True color image by modified microlens array: An image sensor array includes a substrate having at least three image sensors located therein. The image sensor array also includes a blue filter positioned proximate to the first image sensor; a green filter proximate to the second image sensor; and a red filter proximate to the third image sensor.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080290256 - Method and device for imaging an interior of a turbid medium: The invention relates to a method and device (1) for imaging an interior of a turbid medium (55). A turbid medium (55) inside a measurement volume (15) is irradiated from a plurality of source positions (25a) with light from a light source (5), and light emanating from the measurement volume... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080290259 - Photon counting apparatus: An apparatus for photon counting is disclosed that comprises a sensor element (5) comprising a photon detector (8) and a capacitance (2) for applying a potential difference across the detector (8). The apparatus also comprises switching circuitry (6) for connecting the sensor element (5) operatively to a voltage source (4)... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080290257 - Automatic gain control in photodetectors: The amount of gain applied to a photodetector such as a photomultiplier tube (PMT) is limited to an amount that does not cause the applied PMT bias voltage to overdrive, hence damage, the PMT. Techniques for limiting the PMT gain are implemented in a way that does not interfere with... Agent: Hancock Hughey LLP

20080290258 - Auxiliary input method for electronic device: An auxiliary input method for an electronic device displays a virtual keyboard input interface optionally on a screen of the electronic device according to an external ambient brightness state of the electronic device, so as to assist the users to input data. The method includes sensing current ambient brightness to... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080290260 - Night-vision system including field replaceable image intensifier tube: A night vision system has an image intensifier tube that may be installed or replaced without requiring realignment of the optics. A first locating feature may be coupled to the image intensifier tube to align the first locating feature with an input optical axis of the image intensifier tube. A... Agent: Insight Technology Incorporated Attn: Peter W. Murphy

20080290261 - Optical encoder: The present invention relates to an optical encoder for measuring movement. The optical encoder includes at least one light source for outputting light. Furthermore, the optical encoder includes a movable pattern. Furthermore, the optical encoder includes at least one photodetector for detecting the light reflected off the movable pattern, the... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080290262 - Scale for a position-measuring device and position-measuring device: A scale and a position-measuring device include the shifting of reference markings in graduation tracks, offset transversely with respect to the measuring direction, by fractions of the interval of the reference markings within a graduation track. It is thus possible to eliminate, or at least to markedly reduce, negative effects... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080290263 - Confocal imaging methods and apparatus: The invention provides imaging apparatus and methods useful for obtaining a high resolution image of a sample at rapid scan rates. A rectangular detector array having a horizontal dimension that is longer than the vertical dimension can be used along with imaging optics positioned to direct a rectangular image of... Agent: Illumina, Inc.

20080290264 - Corrector for the correction of chromatic aberrations in a particle-optical apparatus: The invention describes a corrector for the correction of chromatic aberrations in a particle lens, such as used in a SEM or a TEM. So as to reduce the stability demands on the power supplies of such a corrector, the energy with which the particle beam passes through the corrector... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20080290265 - System and method of calibrating a millimeter wave radiometer using an optical chopper: A system of calibrating a millimeter wave radiometer using an optical chopper is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the system includes a scanning mirror for reflecting millimeter wave energy from a scene and an optical chopper that is adapted to periodically interrupt the flow of the millimeter wave energy. The... Agent: Mckinney Law, LLC

20080290266 - Method and system for extracting ion beams composed of molecular ions (cluster ion beam extraction system): A new type of triode extraction system, a Cluster Ion Beam Extraction System, is disclosed for broad energy range cluster ion beam extraction applications while still being applicable to atomic and molecular ion species as well. The extraction aperture plate contours are set to minimize the beam cross over and... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20080290268 - Information obtaining method: An information obtaining method for obtaining information about a mass of a component of an analyte using a time of flight mass spectrometer and obtaining information about a distribution state of the component based on the obtained information about the mass includes the step of: (1) adding a self-reactive substance... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080290267 - Mcp unit, mcp detector and time of flight mass spectrometer: The present invention relates to an MCP unit or the like having a structure intended to achieve a desired time response characteristic, without depending on a limitation imposed by a channel diameter of MCP. The MCP unit comprises the MCP for releasing secondary electrons internally multiplied in response to incidence... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080290269 - Time-of-flight mass spectrometer: A time-of-flight mass spectrometer comprising an accelerating portion that includes a repeller electrode and an extractor electrode, in which an inner surface on the extractor electrode side of the repeller electrode has a curved shape, the extractor electrode is a flat plate with a hole in the center or a... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080290272 - Mass spectroscopy device and mass spectroscopy system: A mass spectroscopy device constituted by a first reflector which is partially transparent and partially reflective, a transparent body, and a second reflector which is reflective. The first reflector and the second reflector are arranged on opposite sides of the transparent body so as to form an optical resonator in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080290271 - Method for laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry, sample supporting substrate used therein, and substrate material testing method: There is disclosed a method of performing laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry based on ions generated by exposing a sample supported on a substrate to laser light, the sample being to be subjected to spectrum analysis. The method includes the steps of (a) causing a part of the ions to be... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080290270 - Structured carbon nanotube tray for maldi plates: An apparatus for producing analyte ions for detection by a mass spectrometer is described. The apparatus includes an ion source in which the surface of a target substrate for holding an analyte sample includes structured carbon nanotube material. The structured carbon nanotube material is structured in terms of being situated... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080290273 - Monochromator and radiation source with monochromator: A monochromator (1) for a charged particle optics, in particular, for electron microscopy, comprises at least one first deflection element (2, 3) with an electrostatic deflecting field (2′, 3′) for generating a dispersion (4) in the plane (5) of a selection aperture (6) to select charged particles of a desired... Agent: Kohler Schmid Moebus

20080290274 - Defect review method and device for semiconductor device: A defect review method and device of the invention solves the previous problem of a long inspection time that is caused by the increase of a process-margin-narrow pattern as a result of the size reduction of a semiconductor device. With the method and device of the invention, an SEM (Scanning... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

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20080290276 - Dicorotron having adjustable wire height: A corona generating device for charging a surface including, a housing; the housing including spaced generally parallel side panels; members for holding a corona generating electrode in an operable position within the housing; and system for adjusting the height spacing of the corona generating electrode relative to the surface the... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080290277 - Apparatus for generating corona discharges: The invention relates to an apparatus for generating corona discharges, comprising a first assembly, which first assembly is built up of at least one corona discharge space and at least one discharge electrode disposed in the corona discharge space, as well as a high voltage source, an output of which... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080290278 - Visible plus non-visible field sequential color: A circuit for implementing a registration-free, contiguous conductive plane. A circuit may include a plurality of conductive structures in a first plane. The circuit may further include a contiguous conductive equipotential surface in a second plane parallel to the first plane. The circuit may further include activation means configured to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080290279 - Method for standardising a spectrometer: The invention provides a method for standardising an infrared spectrometer based on spectral patterns of constituents of atmospheric air naturally occurring in the spectrometer. The invention also provides a spectrometer applying the method. The method selects a spectral pattern in a recorded spectrum and determines a wavelength dependent position value... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080290280 - Scintillator for an x-ray detector with a variable reflector: The invention concerns an X-ray detector with a photo-sensitive detector layer (10) above which a scintillation layer (30) for the conversion of X-rays (X) into photons (v) is disposed. Photons (v) are reflected back into the scintillation layer (30) by a reflector (40) that is provided on the scintillation layer... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080290281 - Method for data acquisition and/or data evaluation during a functional brains examination with the aid of a combined magnetic resonance/pet unit: A method is disclosed for data acquisition and/or data evaluation during a functional brain examination with the aid of a combined magnetic resonance/PET unit. In at least one embodiment, functional image data of the brain are acquired in at least two activity states with the aid of both modalities. Further,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080290282 - Concurrent dc-coupled anode and dynode readout scheme for pet block detectors: A scintillation detector including one or more photomultiplier tubes, a scintillation block optically attached to the photomultiplier tubes, and a DC-coupled bleeder circuit combining outputs of dynodes of the photomultipliers to provide a DC-coupled dynode output together with a DC-coupled anode output of the photomultiplier tubes. The DC-coupled bleeder circuit... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080290283 - Signal noise reduction for imaging in biological analysis: A system and method for characterizing contributions to signal noise associated with charge-coupled devices adapted for use in biological analysis. Dark current contribution, readout offset contribution, photo response non-uniformity, and spurious charge contribution can be determined by the methods of the present teachings and used for signal correction by systems... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20080290284 - Conversion apparatus, radiation detection apparatus, and radiation detection system: A conversion apparatus includes pixels including switching elements provided on an insulating substrate and conversion elements disposed over the switching elements and connected to the switching elements. Conductive lines are coupled to the pixels and have terminal elements for providing a connection to an external circuit. The terminal elements are... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080290285 - Scintillation panel and radiation detector: A scintillation panel has a support substrate to pass radiation, a light-reflecting material dispersed film which is formed flat on the support substrate, and provided with dispersed light-reflecting material particles to reflect visible light, and a scintillation layer which is formed on the light-reflecting material dispersed film, and converts an... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080290286 - Sensor and image pickup device: A sensor for detecting a received electromagnetic wave comprising a first electrode, a second electrode and an amorphous oxide layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080290287 - Multichannel energy analyzer for charged particles: The present invention provides charged particle energy deflectors, analyzers, devices, device components and methods for terminating charged particle systems and electrically isolating device components. One embodiment of the present invention provides a transparent field termination system for a cylindrical charged particle deflector that is capable of providing an electric field... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20080290288 - Measurement system and a method: The invention provides a method and a measurement system. The method includes: providing a measurement model that includes measurement image information; locating a measurement area image area by utilizing the measurement image information; and performing at least one measurement to provide measurement result information.... Agent: Patent Counsel Applied Materials , Inc.

20080290289 - Mass spectroscopic reaction-monitoring method: A mass spectroscopic reaction-monitoring method including: forcing charge-laden liquid drops to move along a traveling path; exposing to a laser beam a region to be formed of a liquid sample surface, the laser beam having an irradiation energy sufficient to cause analytes present behind the liquid sample surface to be... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080290290 - Heating stage for a micro-sample: The present invention achieves a heating stage for a micro-sample, capable of efficient heating and accurate observation of the micro-sample. A micro-sample mount is a heating portion in coil form and is fixed at both ends to a base for the heating stage for the micro-sample. The base can be... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080290291 - Charged particle beam processing apparatus: In view of the fact that in line processing, when processing is performed to a certain depth, the processing does not advance with the passage of a further processing time, a processing apparatus is provided which can appropriately control the depth of grooves in linear groove processing and perform the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080290293 - Fluorescence microscope apparatus: To observe and analyze intermolecular interactions such as diffusion and/or binding behaviors of molecules in a sample in a reacting state against optical stimulation, while applying the optical stimulation to a desired region in the sample by irradiating stimulus light. There is provided a fluorescence microscope apparatus comprising: a fluorescence... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080290292 - Fluorescence-based detection methods and apparatus: In apparatus for detecting the emission of fluorescent radiation from a sample in response to excitation by two or more different radiation sources (145, 160) over the same time period, each radiation source (145, 160) is imprinted with a modulation regime which can then be separately detected in the emitted... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20080290294 - System for synchronous detection of fluorescence in a drop: A method for producing a modulated optical signal from a droplet of a liquid medium. The method positions a droplet of liquid on a hydrophobic surface, in the path of an optical beam, and modulates the shape of the droplet on this surface, by electrowetting, to modulate the signal obtained... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080290295 - Method and apparatus for machine-reading markings on/in transparent marking substrates: The invention relates to a method for the machine-reading of markings on/in transparent, especially pane-type, marking carriers, especially glass panes, according to which the marking carrier (2) is illuminated with UV light at least during the period of a machine-reading process of a marking, especially by means of a reading... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080290296 - Radiation image phosphor or scintillator panel: In favor of adhesion between phosphor layer and support in a radiation image phosphor or scintillator panel comprising as an arrangement of layers, in consecutive order, a support, a precoat layer and a phosphor or scintillator layer having needle-shaped phosphor or scintillator crystals, said precoat layer comprises as a binder... Agent: Nexsen Pruet, LLC

20080290300 - Crystallization apparatus and crystallization method: A crystallization apparatus is provided. In the crystallization apparatus, a light intensity distribution formed by a light modulation device or a metal aperture and transferred to a processed substrate can be visualized. The crystallization apparatus has an ultraviolet (UV) irradiation system and a visible light irradiation system. The UV irradiation... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080290298 - Method and system for treating an interior surface of a workpiece using a charged particle beam: A method and system of treating an interior surface on an internal cavity of a workpiece using a charged particle beam. A beam deflector surface of a beam deflector is placed within the internal cavity of the workpiece and is used to redirect the charged particle beam toward the interior... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20080290297 - Particle accelerator for radiotherapy by means of ion beams: The invention relates to a particle accelerator for radiotherapy by means of ion beams (150). The particle accelerator comprises a sixfold synchrotron ring (100) having six rectilinear beam sections (1 to 6) and six curved beam sections (7 to 12). Injection means (43) for introducing a linearly accelerated ion beam... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080290299 - Particle therapy system: A particle therapy system is provided. The particle therapy system includes at least two acceleration units, with each of which acceleration units particles can be accelerated to at least an energy necessary for the irradiation; and a common energy selection system, connected downstream of the at least two acceleration units,... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080290301 - Portable wavelength transforming converter for uv leds: This invention provides a small form factor apparatus for selectively producing one or more of a plurality of wavelength distributions of radiation, comprising a UV Light Emitting Diode (LED) as the primary UV LED radiation source and one or more wavelength transforming (WT) materials separated from the primary UV LED... Agent: Matthew P. Schmehl

20080290302 - Suspension system and scanning method: A method and apparatus for performing a radiation scan of a structure involve arranging a source of penetrating radiation and a radiation detector at opposed ends of a radiation path through the structure, oriented in such a way that the source emits radiation along the path through the structure and... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080283722 - Autofocus device and microscope using the same: A microscope apparatus 1A is formed with a CCD camera 30 that acquires an image of a sample S, a light guiding optical system 20 that guides an optical image of the sample S to the camera 30, an optical system driving section 25 that drives the camera 30 and... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080283723 - Optical characteristic measuring apparatus using light reflected from object to be measured and focus adjusting method therefor: An observation light generated by an observation-purpose light source has a beam cross section where the light intensity (light quantity) is substantially uniform. A mask portion masks a part of the observation light so that the light intensity of a region corresponding to a reticle image at the beam cross... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080283724 - Focus detection optical system, and imaging apparatus incorporating the same: The invention relates to a focus detection optical system used with the so-called autofocus (AF) system mounted on single-lens reflex cameras (SLRs) or the like, and an imaging apparatus incorporating it. The focus detection optical system comprises at least n focus detection areas that are adjacent to or intersect each... Agent: Richard M. Rosati, Esq. Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080283725 - Apparatus for digital imaging photodetector using gas electron multiplier: The present invention provides a digital imaging photodetector with a gas electron multiplier. The digital imaging photodetector comprises a gas electron multiplier detector. The gas electron multiplier detector includes a photoelectric converter for converting incident light into photoelectrons or Compton electrons; a gas electron multiplier (GEM) for receiving the photoelectrons... Agent: The Rafferty Patent Law Firm

20080283729 - Apparatus and method for processing video signal, imaging device and computer program: A video signal processing apparatus includes an image sensor and an infrared component remover. The image sensor receives light through a color filter, the color filter including long-pass filters only or a combination of a long-pass filter and an all-transmissive filter. The long-pass filters in the color filter a visible-light... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080283726 - Backside illuminated imaging device, semiconductor substrate, imaging apparatus and method for manufacturing backside illuminated imaging device: A backside illuminated imaging device performs imaging by illuminating light from a back side of a p substrate to generate electric charges in the substrate based on the light and reading out the electric charges from a front side of the substrate. The device includes n layers located in the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080283730 - Cmos image sensor using gradient index chip scale lenses: A camera module includes a gradient index lens on a spacer plate attached over an array of pixel sensors and associated micro lenses. The spacer plate and gradient index lens can be formed at the wafer level during the manufacture of multiple camera modules. A process for manufacturing the camera... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080283728 - Solid-state image pickup device and a method of manufacturing the same, and image pickup apparatus: Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup device, including: a first pixel for receiving a visible light of an incident light to subject the visible light to photoelectric conversion; a second pixel for receiving the visible light and a near-infrared light of the incident light to subject each of the... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080283727 - Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus: There is provided a solid-state imaging device, including: a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of pixels, each having a photoelectric conversion portion, formed therein; and a laminated film formed on said semiconductor substrate; wherein said laminated film includes a hydrogen desorbing film for desorbing hydrogen, and a hydrogen blocking-off film... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080283731 - Position detection of an electromagnetic beam projection: The invention relates to the detection of the position of a projection of an electromagnetic beam on a surface such as a laser pointer projection on a display screen. It is suggested to measure intensities of the electromagnetic radiation from the beam projection at three or more different positions at... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080283732 - Optical potentiometer with temperature drift compensation: A potentiometer is disclosed which comprises an opaque screen element (10) and light emitters and collectors (92) for transmitting light through the screen and detecting the light transmitted through the screen. The screen has three sections (A, V and B). The sections (A, V and B) have bars which are... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080283733 - Contactless switches: Switch including a support control organ in motion relative to a fixed device, the organ and the support being in such a relationship that a plurality of distinct relative positions produce differentiatable data producing different effects. One of the organ or the support includes at least one laser diode emitting... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080283734 - Methods and apparatus for dispensing solid articles: According to embodiments of the present invention, a method for detecting solid articles using an apparatus including a sensor system is provided. The sensor system includes a radiation detector and a radiation emitter configured to direct radiation onto the radiation detector. The radiation detector is operative to generate detector signals... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080283735 - Apparatus and a method for preventing a photographic image from being taken clearly: An apparatus for preventing a photographic image from being taken clearly comprises a garment, optical sensors, strobes, a strobe controller and a battery. Each of the optical sensors is arranged on the garment so as to detect a flash from a camera in a different direction. Strobes are arranged on... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080283736 - Optical encoder and electronic equipment having the same: In the optical encoder, the DC signal to be subjected to comparison is one for the first AC signal outputted from the second current-voltage converting part and the second AC signal outputted from the fourth current-voltage converting part, so that the DC signal is used in common. Therefore, it becomes... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080283737 - Backlight module and calibration method thereof: A backlight module having a plurality of light emitting blocks is provided. The backlight module includes a plurality of light emitting devices and a plurality of photo-sensors. The light emitting devices are disposed in the light emitting blocks. Herein, the light emitting devices disposed in the same lighting block can... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080283738 - Device for examining rotor drilled holes: The invention relates lo a device for examining rotor drilled holes, which comprises a probe which comprises an optical detection device and which can be displaced in the drilled hole by means of a push rod. The rotor drilled hole probe (1) comprises a video head (10), which comprises a... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080283739 - Apparatus and methods for mass-spectrometric directed purification of biopolymers: A method for extracting at least one target compound from a sample includes injecting an overloaded amount of the sample into a chromatographic conduit (110), and flowing a solvent having a time-varying composition through the conduit (110). An apparatus for extracting at least one target compound from a sample includes... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20080283742 - Mass spectrometer: The present invention provides a mass spectrometer having an ion lens capable of transporting an ion having a large mass to charge ratio with a high level of ion-passing efficiency even under a low-vacuum atmosphere. In conventional atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometers or similar mass spectrometers, applying an excessively high... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080283740 - Mass spectrometry system and mass spectrometry method: When a liquid mixture of two samples such as biological samples labeled with stable isotopes is subjected to a relative quantitative analysis using a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry system, various constituents are simultaneously ionized. Accordingly, sufficient time required for second mass spectrometry is not ensured, whereby some ions remain unanalyzed... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080283741 - Sample introduction device for mass spectroscope: A sample solution introduction device for a mass spectroscope includes a container device including a container having an opening at a top portion thereof and a blocking plug for blocking the opening, a gas supply device for supplying predetermined gas into the container, a first inner container provided inside the... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080283743 - Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film: A method to determine a distribution profile of an element in a film. The method comprises exciting an electron energy of an element deposited in a first film, obtaining a first spectrum associating with the electron energy, and removing a background spectrum from the first spectrum. Removing the background value... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080283744 - Charged particle beam device: A charged particle beam device of the present invention, which can correct astigmatism, off-axis aberration and out-of-focus state simultaneously at high speed, is provided with an electrostatic lens between an objective lens and a sample, which lens generates an electric field on a trajectory of a charged particle beam. The... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080283745 - Emitter chamber, charged partical apparatus and method for operating same: An emitter chamber for a charged particle beam apparatus with a wall defining a vacuum enclosure is provided, the emitter chamber comprising a housing enclosing an emitter (and at least one pump and attachment means for attaching said emitter chamber to the wall of said charged particle apparatus so that... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080283746 - Micro-sample processing method, observation method and apparatus: As sample sizes have decreased to microscopic levels, it has become desirable to establish a method for thin film processing and observation with a high level of positional accuracy, especially for materials which are vulnerable to electron beam irradiation. The technological problem is to judge a point at which to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080283747 - Scanning electron microscope and three-dimensional shape measuring device that used it: In three-dimensional shape measurement, a backscattered electron detection signal and selection signal generator in a control section controls, by selection signal, a signal switching section and a frame memory so that: detection signals from respective semiconductor elements are sequentially switched in the signal switching section in synchronization with a scanning... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080283749 - Corrective for eliminating the third-order aperture aberration and the first-order, first-degree axial, chromatic aberration: A corrective for eliminating the third-order aperture aberration and the first-order, first-degree axial chromatic aberration includes two correction pieces, which are arranged one behind the other in the direction of the optical axis, in which each correction piece has a plurality of quadrupole fields (QP) and at least one octupole... Agent: Edwin D. Schindler

20080283748 - Electron microscope: An electron microscope for simultaneously adjusting the tilt, rotation and temperature of the specimen, and rapidly heating a desired localized section of the specimen. Specimen holders support the specimen on one side, and contain a space on the other side. A laser beam mechanism for heating the vicinity of the... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080283750 - Sample observation method and transmission electron microscope: There is provided a transmission electron microscope capable of a capturing continuous field-of-view image without having an influence of aberration. In order to obtain an electron beam image of the whole of a predetermined range of a sample, the transmission electron microscope specifies a region with little aberration in a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080283751 - Organic field effect transistor systems and methods: An OFET on a pyroelectric or piezoelectric substrate, such as PVDF, can provide highly adaptable and manufacturable radiation or acoustic sensing. Local charge amplification can be provided, such to construct an array of sensing pixels, which can be configured in an active or passive matrix. A susceptor or guide element... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080283752 - Electromagnetic wave sensor with terahertz bandwidth: The field of the invention is that of the detection of high frequency electromagnetic waves. The invention can be applied to a very wide range of bandwidths, but the preferred field of application is the terahertz frequency domain. The core of the detection device involves a so-called active material with... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080283753 - Ir sensor, especially a co2 sensor: An IR sensor (1), especially a CO2 sensor, is described, having a filter arrangement (6), downstream of which there is arranged a detector arrangement (7), and an evaluating device (8) which is connected to the detector arrangement (7), the filter arrangement (6) having a first filter (9) and a second... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080283754 - Device and method for multiparametric analysis of microscopic elements: The invention concerns a device (DA) for analyzing microscopic elements, comprising firstly a measuring space (CM) for microscopic elements to be analyzed, secondly at least one source (S) delivering conjugated rays at the measuring space (CM), having at least two different analyzing wavelengths and designed to interact with the microscopic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080283755 - High frequency deflection measurement of ir absorption: An AFM based technique has been demonstrated for performing highly localized IR spectroscopy on a sample surface. Such a technique implemented in a commercially viable analytical instrument would be extremely useful. Various aspects of the experimental set-up have to be changed to create a commercial version. The invention addresses many... Agent: Mark Rodgers

20080283756 - Development of disposable tips for spectroscopic probes: The present invention relates to a sealable cell for obtaining a reflectance spectrum of a liquid sample using a spectroscopic probe having a removable cap characterised in that the internal wall of the cap comprises at least one groove that allows air to escape from between the head of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080283757 - Method and system for measuring optical properties of scattering and absorbing materials: A system and method for determining a level of effective residual ink concentration (ERIC) in a piece of recycled paper. The piece of paper is illuminated with a beam of radiation and an amount of the beam of radiation reflected and transmitted by the piece of paper is measured. The... Agent: Janet I. Stockhausen Usda Forest Service

20080283758 - Prompt gamma correction for non-standard isotopes in a pet scanner: A method for correcting PET emission data for prompt gamma emission background components present in non-pure positron-emitting isotopes uses a two component fit of modeled scatter and modeled prompt gamma emission in the area of scatter tails in a normalized emission sinogram. The method allows a PET scan using non-standard... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080283759 - Positron emission tomography module: A positron emission tomography module is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the positron emission tomography module includes a gamma ray detector arrangement designed such that it can alternately be combined with a magnetic resonance tomograph and with a computed tomograph.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080283761 - Method and apparatus for inspection of materials: A method and apparatus for obtaining radiation transmission data including providing a radiation source, e.g., x-ray or gamma-ray source, and a radiation detector system, e.g., x-ray or gamma-ray detection system, spaced therefrom to define a scanning zone therebetween, the detector system capable of detecting and collecting spectroscopically resolvable information about... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080283760 - Radiation detector, radiation detector element, and radiation imaging apparatus: In a gamma camera, a plurality of radiation detector elements having a rod-shaped first electrode, a semiconductor device surrounds the first electrode to contact with it for entering a radiation, and a second electrode provided for the side surface of the semiconductor device are detachably attached to a holding member.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080283762 - Radiation detector employing amorphous material: A radiation detector is provided having an anode wire formed of an amorphous metal alloy. In one embodiment the radiation detector comprises a cathode assembly. The cathode assembly includes a main portion, a first end and a second end, where the first end opposes the second end. The cathode assembly... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20080283764 - Energy sensitive direct conversion radiation detector: An x-ray detector capable of directly converting x-ray radiation into electrical signals utilizes the radiation induced conductivity of various solid, electrically insulating materials. The detector is configured comprising one or more anodes and cathodes separated by various thicknesses of dielectric material wherein ionization occurs primarily in the electrodes of such... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20080283763 - Method of measuring exposed dose of ionizing radiation: A method of measuring an exposed dose of ionizing radiation, containing: (a) extracting proteins from a tissue or blood collected from a living body, and (b) determining the content of at least one of products of LyGDI protein degraded by caspase-1 and caspase-3 in the extracted proteins.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080283765 - Multi-stage waveform detector: A waveform detector may include multiple stages.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080283766 - Autofocus method for scanning charged-particle beam instrument: An autofocus method for bringing an electron beam into focus on a specimen. Characteristics of the brightness at plural kinds of focus values are found for sets of data. The characteristics are accumulated creating a focus function. The focus function is approximated by a quadratic curve. The focus value at... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080283767 - Pattern definition device having distinct counter-electrode array plate: A multi-beam pattern definition device for use in a particle-beam processing or inspection apparatus, which is set up to be irradiated with a beam of electrically charged particles and allow passage of the beam through a plurality of apertures thus forming beamlets, which are imaged onto a target. A deflection... Agent: Kauth , Pomeroy , Peck & Bailey ,llp

20080283768 - Transfer mechanism for transferring a specimen: The invention relates to a transfer mechanism for transferring a specimen (2) from a first position in a first holder (40) to a second position in a second holder (10) and/or vice versa, each holder (10, 40) equipped to detachably hold the specimen, the transfer of the specimen between the... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20080283769 - Medical imaging apparatus: The invention concerns a medical imaging apparatus comprising a frame (2) whereon is mounted at least one medical imaging data processing unit (4) connected at least to imaging sensor forming means (5, 7, 8, 9), and to image display forming means (6). The invention is characterized in that the frame... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080283770 - Illumination light detecting optical system and optical apparatus and endoscope apparatus provided with the same: An illumination light detecting optical system that is used for an optical apparatus comprises a light emitting element which emits excitation light; an insertion part of a long-narrow-shape; a fluorescence luminescence component arranged near a top of the insertion part; an excitation light guiding means which leads the excitation light... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080283772 - Methods and systems for analyzing fluorescent materials with reduced authofluorescence: Mitigative and remedial approaches to reduction of autofluorescence background noise are applied in analytical systems that rely upon sensitive measurement of fluorescent signals from arrays of fluorescent signal sources. Such systems are for particular use in fluorescence based sequencing by incorporation systems that rely upon small numbers or individual fluorescent... Agent: Quine Intellectual Property Law Group, P.C.

20080283773 - Particle or cell analyzer and method: A particle analyzer in which tagged particles to be analyzed are drawn through a suspended capillary tube where a predetermined volume in the capillary tube is illuminated. The illumination scattered by said particles is detected by a detector to count all particles. The fluorescent illumination emitted by tagged particles is... Agent: Guava Technologies, Inc.

20080283771 - System and method of combining ultrasound image acquisition with fluoroscopic image acquisition: A system and method to image an imaged subject is provided. The system comprises an ultrasound imaging system including an imaging probe operable to move internally and acquire ultrasound image data of the imaged subject, a fluoroscopic imaging system operable to acquire fluoroscopic image data of the imaged subject during... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080283774 - Electrically-controlled window tints: The present invention relates to a window-tinting device. The window-tinting device includes two sheets of glass. These sheets of glass form an airtight interchamber. Within the chamber there is mixture of chemicals. A variable inductor and a frequency oscillator are placed in series and are electrically connected to the interchamber.... Agent: Fredel Williamson

20080283776 - Method and apparatus for euv plasma source target delivery: An EUV plasma formation target delivery system and method is disclosed which may comprise: a target droplet formation mechanism comprising a magneto-restrictive or electro-restrictive material, a liquid plasma source material passageway terminating in an output orifice; a charging mechanism applying charge to a droplet forming jet stream or to individual... Agent: Matthew K. Hillman Cymer, Inc., Legal Dept.

20080283775 - Methods and devices for rapidly forming vitreous ice-jacketed particle droplets: The present invention provides methods and devices for rapidly forming vitreous ice-jacketed particle droplets.... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080283778 - Apparatus for ion beam fabrication: The apparatus for ion beam fabrication, which has been able to detect any anomalous condition of ion beams only by means of the current irradiated on the specimen, could not compensate the failure by investigating the cause and could not realize stable processing. To solve the problem described above, the... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080283777 - In-situ high-resolution light-optical channel for optical viewing and surface processing in parallel with charged particle (fib and sem) techniques: An apparatus for simultaneous parallel processing of a sample using light energy for optical viewing or surface processing in parallel with a charged particle beam. A charged particle beam transmits a focused ion beam or an electron beam along a path to a sample. An optical microscope transmits light along... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20080283779 - Device for the generation of a gas curtain for plasma-based euv radiation sources: The invention is directed to a device for generating flows of gas for filtering the radiation emitted in plasma-based radiation sources. It is the object of the invention to find a novel possibility for generating a gas curtain in the immediate vicinity of a radiating plasma so as to permit... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080283780 - Device having galvanic optocoupling: The present disclosure relates to an architecture of a device with galvanic optocoupling of the type having at least one optical source and one optical detector, optically connected by means of an insulation layer that functions to transmission optical signals, and having at least one input terminal and one output... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080283782 - Camera arrangement for a motor vehicle: A camera arrangement includes a camera, a light source, and a light-guide which are in an inside region separated from an outside region by a window. The camera and the light source are pointed at the window. The light-guide is between the camera and the window and between the light... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080283781 - Monitoring and control system for blood processing: The invention relates to an optical cell for a separation chamber of a density centrifuge blood processing system for separating fluid components comprising an extraction chamber having a first external optical surface for transmitting at least a portion of an incident optical beam; and an extraction port having an axial... Agent: Caridianbct, Inc. Mail Stop: 810 1f2

20080277562 - Information processing device: Light emitted from alight source (5) is reflected by the reflection film of a polarized beam-splitter (6), passes through collimating lens (7) and a mirror (8) to reach a convergence lens (9). The convergence lens (9) forms a light spot on an information medium (1) having a visual information layer... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20080277563 - Tracking a moving object from a camera on a moving platform: A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method. The method includes determining the transformation of an origin of an imaging device positioned in a vehicle and implementing exponentially stabilizing control laws based on the determined transformation and a distance to an imaged target. The method also includes generating... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080277564 - System and method of controlling the power of a radiation source: A system for controlling the power of a radiation source comprises a sensor FS, a feedback network FN and a radiation source power control circuit LPCC. The sensor receives a portion of a radiation beam LBP generated by a radiation source LS and provides an analogue signal AFS representative of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080277565 - Optical fiber for optical power transmission: An optical fiber adapted to carry optical power for powering an electrical device and also optionally adapted to carry optical data for signal processing. The optical fiber capable of carrying both optical data and optical power includes a central data waveguide region that carries data light and an annular power... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080277566 - Image forming state detection device: An image forming state detection device comprises a micro-lens array that is disposed at a position set apart from a predetermined focal plane of an image forming optical system by a specific distance and includes a plurality of micro-lenses arrayed with a predetermined pitch, a light-receiving portion array that includes... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080277568 - Traffic sensing and monitoring apparatus: Traffic sensing and monitoring apparatus (100) comprises a length of optical fibre (112), means (102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 109, 119) arranged to introduce a series of pulse pairs into an input end of the length, each of the pulse pairs comprising first and second pulses of radiation having a... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080277567 - Fast laser scanning optical ct apparatus: Disclosed are scanning devices which measure and quantify optical properties within an object such as the absorption of light, refractive index, light scattering, fluorescence, and phosphorescence. Through the use of two rotating plane mirrors and two paraboloid mirrors, a laser light beam is made to traverse the object to be... Agent: Richard D. Wood

20080277569 - Optical encoder: In an optical encoder comprising an optical scale in which a light transmission portion and a light non-transparent portion are arranged and an output pattern obtained by emitting an incident light functions as an optical code, a light source portion and a light detecting portion, the light non-transparent portion is... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080277570 - High precision compact rotation angle absolute encoder: An angle absolute encoder comprises a code rod encoded with code marks configured in segments, such that each successive segment has an increasing number of code marks, arranged at an angle to the rotation axis depending on the number of code marks in each segment. The angle of the code... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20080277571 - Optoelectronic component: Provided are optoelectronic components which include an optoelectronic device and a structure for self-aligning the optoelectronic device. Also provided are optoelectronic modules and methods of forming optoelectronic components.... Agent: Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials LLC

20080277572 - Ionizing radiations: An anthropometric phantom that can be subjected to ionizing radiations comprises a simulation of a part at least of a human body and which includes a number of cavities that contain a liquid that changes in colour when exposed to radiation.... Agent: Melvin I. Stoltz

20080277573 - Sensing tool: A sensor system includes a carrier configured for a specific application; an electronics module mountable in a number of individual carriers; a feedthrough mountable in a number of individual carriers and in operable communication with the interface; a sensor mounting mountable in a number of individual carriers and in operable... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080277574 - Apparatus and method for positioning a discharge tube with respect to an orifice: Embodiments of the present invention facilitate servicing or changing a discharge tube or modifying the position of a discharge tube with respect to a orifice of a detector and/or a nebulizing gas conduit. The apparatus features a discharge tube housing that slidably receives a discharge tube. A union coupling the... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20080277575 - Ion mobility spectrometer and ion-mobility-spectrometry/mass-spectrometry hybrid spectrometer: A low-cost and high-ion-transmission-ratio ion-mobility spectrometry filter, including an ion source, a first drift region in which a gas flow direction and a DC electric-field direction are opposite to each other, a second drift region in which a gas flow direction is provided, the gas flow direction being different from... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080277577 - Linear electronic field time-of-flight ion mass spectrometers: Time-of-flight mass spectrometer comprising a first drift region and a second drift region enclosed within an evacuation chamber; a means of introducing an analyte of interest into the first drift region; a pulsed ionization source which produces molecular ions from said analyte of interest; a first foil positioned between the... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20080277576 - Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer: A time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer comprises an ion source which generates cluster ions each comprised of two or more atoms, a pulsing mechanism which pulses the cluster ions, a selecting mechanism which selects ions having a specific mass number from the pulsed cluster ions and passes the selected ions... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080277579 - Mass analyzing apparatus: The present invention relates to a mass analyzing apparatus, comprising a first metal electrode plate, a second metal electrode plate, an RF power supply, a reactant gas and a mass spectrometry. The second metal electrode plate is grounded. There is a gap between the first metal electrode plate and the... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080277578 - Nanoporous substrates for the analytical methods: Nanoporous materials can be used to enrich samples for subsequent analysis of substances contained in the sample. The method is shown to enrich the yield of species in the low molecular weight proteome, allowing detection of small peptides in the low nanomolar range.... Agent: Smith Patent Consulting Consulting, LLC

20080277580 - Ion trap mass spectrometer: The number of times of repetition of mass spectrometry analysis for integrating mass profiles is reduced to facilitate reduction in measurement time-period and increase a signal intensity. In a state when ions are trapped by a high-frequency electric field formed within an ion trap, a rectangular-wave high-frequency voltage to be... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080277581 - In-situ bwr and pwr crud flake analysis method and tool: The invention provides a method and tool to perform an analysis of CRUD on a nuclear fuel rod. The method recites providing a nuclear fuel rod with a layer of CRUD on an exterior of the fuel rod, scraping the CRUD from the fuel rod with a CRUD scraping tool... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080277582 - Closed loop controller and method for fast scanning probe microscopy: A method of operating a metrology instrument includes generating relative motion between a probe and a sample at a scan frequency using an actuator. The method also includes detecting motion of the actuator using a position sensor that exhibits noise in the detected motion, and controlling the position of the... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080277583 - Charged particle beam apparatus: Electrification affected on a surface of a sample which is caused by irradiation of a primary charged particle beam is prevented when plural frames are integrated to obtain an image of a predetermined area of the sample in a charged particle beam apparatus. The predetermined area of the sample is... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080277584 - Method for changing energy of electron beam in electron column: The present invention relates to a method of effectively changing the energy of an electron beam in an electron column for generating an electron beam. This includes the step of additionally applying voltage to an electrode such that the electron beam finally has the desired energy so as to freely... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080277585 - Monitoring apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes a camera unit, a panorama-image generating section generating a panorama image of the entire area by combining a plurality of unit images obtained by the camera unit, a panorama-image storage/management section storing and managing the panorama image generated by the panorama-image generating section, an infrared camera... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080277586 - Low-power fast infrared gas sensor, hand held gas leak detector, and gas monitor utilizing absorptive-photo-acoustic detection: A gas sensor for sensing the presence of a gas includes an IR source, a microphone, a reference gas substantially similar to the gas to be detected, a reference body defining a reference chamber therein, the reference chamber having a pressure port coupled to the microphone, and a broad-band optical... Agent: Mayback & Hoffman, P.A.

20080277587 - Method and apparatus for correcting scattering in spect imaging: A method and apparatus for correcting scattering in SPECT I-123 imaging. The method generally includes: accessing list mode data for a plurality of pixels corresponding to a first SPECT I-123 image generated using a gamma camera; generating a raw energy spectrum for at least some of the pixels utilizing the... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20080277588 - X-ray detector with in-pixel processing circuits: The invention relates to an X-ray detector with an array of pixels (10) that are composed of a scintillation layer (11), a coupling layer (12), and a sensitive layer (13). The coupling layer (12) comprises light guiding units (17) and shielding units (16), wherein the shielding units (16) are disposed... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080277589 - Semiconductor radioactive ray detector, radioactive ray detection module, and nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus: The present invention provides a semiconductor radioactive ray detector having the excellent energy resolution or time precision, a radioactive detection module, and a nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus. The semiconductor radioactive ray detector has a structure in which plate-like elements made of cadmium telluride and conductive members are alternately laminated and... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080277590 - Photoelectric chemical sensor and sensing method utilizing interfacial photo-voltages: A device and method which comprises a sensing surface on a membrane, solid surface or electrode, where the sensing surface contains a photo-voltage active material chosen in relation to a particular target substance to be detected and quantified. The photo-voltage active material is of a type which produces an interfacial... Agent: Rogers Towers, P.A.

20080277591 - Directional radiation detector: A method for imaging a body, including scanning the body so as to generate a tomographic image thereof, and analyzing the tomographic image to determine a location of a region of interest (ROI) within the body. The method includes providing single photon counting detector modules, each of the modules being... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080277592 - Cold-cathode-based ion source element: An ion source element includes a cold cathode, a grid electrode, and an ion accelerator. The cold cathode, the grid electrode, and the ion accelerator are arranged in that order and are electrically separated from one another. A space between the cold cathode and the grid electrode is essentially smaller... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080277593 - Ion source: A cathode holder of a tubular shape is inserted into an opening for a cathode of a plasma generating chamber, the cathode holder positioned such that a surface thereof opposes or surrounds a side surface of a cathode. The cathode is held in the cathode holder so that a front... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080277594 - Radiopharmaceutical system and method utilizing radio-frequency identification tags: The invention, in one characterization, may be said to be directed to a radiopharmaceutical system. In some embodiments, the system may include a radioisotope elution component and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag coupled to the radioisotope elution component. Other embodiments may include a radiation shielded enclosure having an interior, an... Agent: Mallinckrodt Inc.

20080277595 - Highly multiplexed confocal detection systems and methods of using same: Systems and methods for analyzing highly multiplexed sample arrays using highly multiplexed, high density optical systems to illuminate high density sample arrays and/or provide detection and preferably confocal detection off signals emanating from such high density arrays. Systems and methods are applied in a variety of different analytical operations, including... Agent: Pacific Biosciences Of California, Inc.

20080277596 - Impact indicating microcapsules: The present disclosure is directed at an impact indictor that may be coated on a structure to detect impacts thereon. The indicator may be provided within microcapsules. Upon rupture of the microcapsules, the indicator may be exposed to a pH activator, wherein the indicator may then exhibit fluorescence upon exposure... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20080277597 - Removable liners for charged particle beam systems: An apparatus. The apparatus including: a chamber having an interior surface; a pump port for evacuating the chamber; a substrate holder within the chamber; a charged particle beam within the chamber, the charged beam generated by a source and the charged particle beam striking the substrate; and one or more... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080277598 - Electron beam exposure apparatus: An electron beam exposure apparatus includes: an electron gun for generating an electron beam; a deflector for deflecting the electron beam; a wafer stage; a stage position detector for detecting a position of the wafer stage; and a stage position computing unit for calculating a movement velocity of the wafer... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20080277599 - Radiation generating device, lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method and device manufactured thereby: A device constructed to generate radiation includes a liquid bath, and a pair of electrodes. At least a part of one of the electrodes is formed by a cable part moveable with respect to the liquid bath. The device also includes an actuator arranged to move the cable part from... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080277600 - Irradiation unit: The invention relates to an irradiation unit for the UV irradiation of particularly web-shaped substrates, comprising a housing (10), a tubular UV lamp (12), arranged therein and a reflector arrangement (14), running along the UV lamp (12). According to the invention, a simple exchangeability may be achieved, whereby the reflector... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080277601 - Eye-safe near infra-red imaging illumination method and system: A method and system for eye-safe near infra-red (NIR) optical imaging illumination. An eye of an intended subject are imaged with visible light or NIR light at an unconditionally eye-safe illumination level and the maximum permissible eye-safe NIR illumination that can be applied to the eye is determined from the... Agent: Attorney, Intellectual Property Honeywell International Inc.

20080277602 - Container for long-term storage of radioactive material, and method and apparatus for manufacturing the container: A long-term storage container (1) for storage of radioactive material to inhibit radioactive radiation therefrom to the outside of the container, the top of said container to be closed by a screw-on radioactive radiation inhibiting lid (7), said container having an integral inner container part (2; 34; 62; 62′) of... Agent: Rodman & Rodman

20080277603 - Shielded containment system and method of operating the same: A radiation containment system includes a vessel for storing a radioactive package, the vessel including an outer wall defining an interior area, and a shield formed of radiation shielding material. The shield is positioned adjacent the vessel for minimizing dispersal of radioactive material from the interior area of the vessel.... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080277604 - Biosensor using multiple light sources: Provided is a biosensor that uses multiple organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) as light sources. The biosensor includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of OLEDs which are disposed on a first surface of the transparent substrate and are electrically separated from each other, and a photo detector above the transparent... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080277605 - Radiographic imaging control apparatus and method for controlling the same: A radiographic imaging control apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a radiographic image from a sensor that detects radiant ray, and a control unit configured to cause a radiant ray generation apparatus to decrease the flux of radiant ray from a predetermined maximum value to a predetermined minimum... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080277606 - Microfluidic device: The invention relates to a microfluidic device comprising a zone for receiving a sample, an excitation source and a detector, wherein a portion of the zone allows transmission of energy at a required wavelength range and prevents transmission of energy at all other wavelengths and uses of the device in... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20080272272 - Remote control systems that can distinguish stray light sources: Remote control systems that can distinguish predetermined light sources from stray light sources, e.g., environmental light sources and/or reflections are provided. The predetermined light sources can be disposed in asymmetric substantially linear or two-dimensional patterns. The predetermined light sources also can output waveforms modulated in accordance with one or more... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080272273 - Apparatus and method for rapid microscope image focusing: A method of capturing a focused image of a continuously moving slide/objective arrangement is provided. A frame grabber device is triggered to capture an image of the slide through an objective at a first focus level as the slide continuously moves laterally relative to the objective. Alternatingly with triggering the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080272274 - Apparatus and method for rapid microscopic image focusing: A method of capturing a focused image of a continuously moving slide/objective arrangement is provided. A frame grabber device is triggered to capture an image of the slide through an objective at a first focus level as the slide continuously moves laterally relative to the objective. Alternatingly with triggering the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080272277 - Apparatus and method for controlling brightness of light source and displaying apparatus: The invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling brightness of illumination systems, illumination systems and display using the same. The apparatus includes a photo-sensor and a control circuit. The photo-sensor detects a luminous output of the illumination systems and correspondingly outputs a detection signal. The control circuit gets the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080272275 - Optical devices and related systems and methods: The disclosure relates to a light beam intensity non-uniformity correction device that includes an optical element having a light entrance face with an antireflective property. According to the invention the antireflective property is locally amended in order to enhance light beam intensity uniformity. The disclosure further relates to a method... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080272276 - Self-calibrated integration method of light intensity control in led backlighting: This invention is an LED lighting intensity control by subdivision of PWM intervals to resolve the wavelength and luminance shifting problems that are caused by increasing heat and junction temperatures.... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080272279 - Method and apparatus for producing an indication of solar panel condition: A method and apparatus for producing an indication of solar panel condition is disclosed. The method involves receiving operating condition signals including an irradiance signal representing electromagnetic radiation received by the solar panel, and an age signal representing age of the solar panel. The method also involves receiving a power... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20080272278 - Solar powered light: A solar lighting fixture and method thereof, is provided which comprises an outer cover lens containing a plurality of gripping protrusions that is coupled to a housing. The housing, and outer cover lens being made of hard, durable and resilient poly-carbonate like material which extends the longevity of the outer... Agent: John D. Tran Buus, Kim, Kuo, & Tran, LLP

20080272280 - Cascaded image intensifier: A cascaded image intensifier device is presented. In one embodiment the device comprises: at least two sections in cascade, each of a first section and a last section out of the at least two sections including a photocathode unit adapted to convert photons to electrons and a screen unit adapted... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080272281 - Detector and optical system: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a detector comprising first and second lenses for use with respective first and second sensing means; each lens comprising a plurality of Fresnel facets having respective fields of view adapted such that the fields of view of the first lens are alternately arranged... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080272282 - Optical element for free-space propagation between an optical waveguide and another optical waveguide, component, or device: An optical element comprises a substantially transparent material having opposing first and second transmission surfaces and a substantially flat mounting surface between them, an alignment mark, and an optical coating. The optical element is mounted self-supporting on a substrate with the mounting surface on a mating portion thereof. With the... Agent: David S Alavi

20080272283 - Sample collection and testing system: Methods and apparatus for evaluating the quality of a sample of a product, an ingredient, an environment or process by measuring multiple parameters thereof, including light emitted from a reacting sample containing ATP, ADP, alkaline phosphatase or other parameters such as pH, temperature, conductivity, reduction potential, dissolved gases, specific ions,... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080272284 - Calibrating a positron emission tomography scanner: A method for calibrating a positron emission tomography scanner of a radiation therapy device is provided. The method includes applying at least one defined radiation dose in a sample body; measuring the activity generated by the radiation dose using the positron emission tomography scanner; and calibrating the positron emission tomography... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080272285 - Ion mobility spectrometer comprising a corona discharge ionization element: An ion mobility spectrometer is disclosed wherein the ionization element is a corona discharge source (300) consisting of: a first chamber (308) provided with an inlet (309) for a gas to be analyzed and with at least one first opening (311) for communication between the internal space of the first... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080272287 - High performance low cost maldi ms-ms: The invention comprises apparatus and methods for rapidly and accurately determining mass-to-charge ratios of molecular ions produced by a pulsed ionization source, and for fragmenting all of the molecular ions produced and rapidly and accurately determining the intensities and mass-to-charge ratios of the fragments produced from each molecular ion.... Agent: Rauschenbach Patent Law Group, LLC

20080272286 - Vacuum housing system for maldi-tof mass spectrometry: The present invention is directed to ion source and vacuum housings for use in MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry which operates with any type of mass analyzer including linear, reflector, or tandem TOF-TOF instruments. By removing the requirement for the vacuum lock, the present invention allows operation of the ion source vacuum... Agent: Rauschenbach Patent Law Group, LLC

20080272288 - Method and apparatus for scaling intensity data in a mass spectrometer: A method includes: accumulating ions having a plurality of m/z values in an ion trap during a time interval; deriving from the accumulated ions a respective intensity value for each of the m/z values; and adjusting each of the intensity values as a function of the time needed by the... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20080272289 - Linear tof geometry for high sensitivity at high mass: The present invention provides a time-of-flight (TOF) mass analyzer. The system includes an analyzer vacuum housing isolated from the evacuated ion source vacuum housing by a gate valve maintained at ground potential. A pulsed ion source is located within the ion source housing, and the gate valve is located in... Agent: Rauschenbach Patent Law Group, LLC

20080272290 - Reflector tof with high resolution and mass accuracy for peptides and small molecules: Many applications in the study of metabolics and proteomics require measurements on peptides and small molecules with high resolving power and mass accuracy. These are often present in complex mixtures and sensitivity over a relatively broad mass range, speed of analysis, reliability, and ease of use are very important. The... Agent: Rauschenbach Patent Law Group, LLC

20080272291 - Tof-tof with high resolution precursor selection and multiplexed ms-ms: The present invention comprises apparatus and methods for rapidly and accurately determining mass-to-charge ratios of molecular ions produced by a pulsed ionization source, and for fragmenting substantially all of the molecular ions produced while rapidly and accurately determining the intensities and mass-to-charge ratios of the fragments produced from each molecular... Agent: Rauschenbach Patent Law Group, LLC

20080272294 - Laser desorption - electrospray ion (esi) source for mass spectrometers: An ion source is disclosed for forming multiply-charged analyte ions from a solid sample. A beam of pulsed radiation is directed onto a portion of the sample to desorb analyte molecules. A retaining structure holding a solvent volume is positioned proximate the sample. Desorbed analyte molecules contact a free surface... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20080272293 - Reversed geometry maldi tof: The TOF mass spectrometer disclosed places an even number of ion mirrors in close proximity to a MALDI ion source and a field-free drift space between the exit from the mirrors and an ion detector. This “reversed geometry” configuration may be distinguished from a conventional reflecting TOF analyzer employing a... Agent: Rauschenbach Patent Law Group, LLC

20080272292 - System and method for grouping precursor and fragment ions using selected ion chromatograms: LC/MS data generated by an LC/MS system is analyzed to determine groupings of ions associated with originating molecules. Ions arc grouped initially according to retention time, for example, using retention time or chromatographic peaks in mass chromatograms. After initial groupings are determined based on retention time, ion peak shapes are... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20080272295 - Multipole mass filter having improved mass resolution: A multipole mass filter having improved mass resolution. The multipole mass filer having a first electrode set coupled to at least a RF voltage source and a second electrode set interposed and parallel to the first electrode set. The second electrode set having a variable AC voltage coupled to two... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080272296 - Data processing device, tomography apparatus for examination of an object of interest, method of examining an object of interest, computer-readable medium and program element: A data processing device, comprising a plurality of emitter antennas (140) arranged on a movable data acquisition device and adapted to emit electromagnetic radiation including data acquired by the movable data acquisition device, a plurality of receiver antennas (150) each adapted to receive the electromagnetic radiation emitted by each of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080272297 - Scanning electron microscope and cd measurement calibration standard specimen: A calibration standard specimen is provided to have formed therein calibrating patterns of a lattice shape discontinuously arrayed, and particular alignment patterns respectively disposed near the calibrating patterns so that the positioning of the specimen can be made to match the calibrating patterns to the measurement points.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080272300 - Charged particle beam apparatus: When conditions for an electron gun mainly represented by extraction voltage V1 and accelerating voltage V0 are changed, a charged particle beam is once focused on a fixed position by means of a condenser lens and a virtual cathode position is calculated from a lens excitation of the condenser lens... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080272298 - Inspection equipment for fine pattern and morphology using microcolumn: Inspection equipment using a microcolumn is disclosed. The inspection equipment of the present invention can conduct inspection of a fine circuit, which could not be conducted using conventional optical inspection equipment. Furthermore, the present invention can rapidly inspect a display, having a relatively large area, and can have a precise... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080272299 - Probe system comprising an electric-field-aligned probe tip and method for fabricating the same: A mechanically stable and oriented scanning probe tip comprising a carbon nanotube having a base with gradually decreasing diameter, with a sharp tip at the probe tip. Such a tip or an array of tips is produced by depositing a catalyst metal film on a substrate (10 & 12 in... Agent: Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP

20080272301 - Micro-protruding structure: A micro-protruding structure which has a high positional precision and an angular (directional) precision, which is made of a linear material having a large aspect ratio, and which is provided for an analyzer, a display device, a machining device, a measuring device and an observation device. The micro-protruding structure is... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20080272302 - Ultra-sensitive optical detector with high time resolution: An ultra-sensitive optical detector with large time resolution, using a surface plasmon. The optical detector is configured to detect at least one photon, and including a dielectric substrate, and on the substrate, at least one bolometric detection component, that generates an electrical signal from the energy of received photon(s). Additionally,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080272303 - Mobile fuel analysis apparatus and method thereof: The invention provides a method for determining fuel quality and ethanol content. A mobile fuel analysis apparatus including a vehicle is provided. A database includes near-infrared spectra of standard fuel from a plurality of suppliers to establish correlation between quality parameter and the spectra of the oils. A near-infrared spectrometer... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080272304 - Tracking region-of-interest in nuclear medical imaging and automatic detector head position adjustment based thereon: A method and system for automatically identifying and tracking a ROI over all planar acquisition view angles of a nuclear imaging system, such as a gamma camera used for SPECT or planar imaging. Temporal intensity variation in emission projection imaging is measured to identify a region of interest (ROI) such... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080272305 - Radiation detected value forecasting method and forecast responsive radiation detector: In a radiation detector, a response is approximated as a primary delay system, and when a time constant T indicating the characteristic of the response is known, a final response value N0 is forecasted from dose rates or counting rates N1 and N2 of two points in the initial or... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080272306 - Pneumatic infrared detector: An infrared (IR) radiation detector adapted to detect IR radiation by measuring pneumatic expansion of a sense chamber that is caused by a temperature increase within that chamber due to the absorbed energy of the IR radiation. A reference chamber mechanically coupled to the sense chamber controls the pneumatic expansion... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.C.

20080272307 - Radiation detector: Devices and methods for detecting radiation are described. A detector for detecting radiation comprises a housing containing an ionisable gas, an array of anode wires extending substantially in a first plane, and arranged to be held at a first potential for attracting electrons, and at least one cathode wire spaced... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080272308 - Hemispherical radiation detector: A detector is provided that includes a plurality of layered hemispherically shaped elements. Each element is configured to sense the detection of an event. The detector further includes a lead for each element. Each lead is configured to pass a detection signal when its associate element detects an event.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080272309 - X-ray detector with correction for scattered radiation: The invention refers to X-ray devices, an X-ray detector and a method of correcting intensity signals. An X-ray detector then comprises for determining the intensity of X-rays, which comprise a proportion of primary radiation having an irradiation direction and a proportion of scattered radiation, at least a first sensor elements,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080272310 - Cold electron emitter device for display: An electron emitter for a display provides an electron source, an electron accelerator, an electron collector disposed between the electron source and the electron accelerator, and one or more electron deflectors to selectively deflect electrons in an electron beam or electron plane towards the electron collector phosphorous coating on a... Agent: Stephen R. Burri

20080272311 - Improved reversible, low cost, distributed optical fiber sensor with high spatial resolution: A spectroscopic based optical fiber sensor includes a sensitive optical fiber, a probing light source, a power supply, a detector means, a signal processing means, and a display means. The sensitive optical fiber is optically affected by the presence of at least one measurand. The probing light source, adjacent to... Agent: Claudio Oliveira Egalon

20080272312 - Hyperspectral fluorescence and absorption bioimaging: A system and method of hyperspectral chemical imaging (fluorescence or absorption based) to provide an automated approach for a more detailed analysis of disease status of a biological sample. When a biological sample is labeled with a fluorescent or light-absorbing contrast-enhancing agent, interactions between the contrast-enhancing agent and one or... Agent: Chemimage Corporation

20080272313 - Luminescence sensor operating in reflection mode: The present invention relates to a luminescence sensor (10), such as a luminescence biosensor or a luminescence chemical sensor, comprising at least one aperture (1) having a first lateral dimension larger than the diffraction limit of excitation radiation (3) in a medium the at least one aperture (1) is filled... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080272314 - Scintillator panel and radiation image sensor: An Ag film as a light-reflecting film is formed on one surface of an a-C substrate of a scintillator panel. The entire surface of the Ag film is covered with an SiN film for protecting the Ag film. A scintillator having a columnar structure, which converts an incident radiation into... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080272315 - Material activating device: A material activating device formed by superposing a plurality of polymer film 31 each having one surface coated with a metal film 32, and radioactive layer 33 of a radioactive means has a very small thickness and is very flexible. The metal films 32 are insulated from each other by... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080272316 - Path tracing apparatus and method: A low maintenance path tracing apparatus comprising at least one marker including an emitter of a tracer signal and a receiving medium for recording the path of the tracer signal. The apparatus further includes a power providing arrangement comprising a base unit which wirelessly provides power to the marker for... Agent: Robert G. Lev

20080272317 - Plasma-based euv light source: Various mechanisms are provided relating to plasma-based light source that may be used for lithography as well as other applications. For example, a device is disclosed for producing extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light based on a sheared plasma flow. The device can produce a plasma pinch that can last several orders... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080272318 - Radiation attenuating head cover: A radiation attenuating head cover configured to at least partially cover a head of a user is disclosed. The radiation attenuating head cover includes a radiation attenuating portion positionable across a forehead of the user and extending in a vertical direction between an upper edge and a lower edge. The... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080272319 - Light source utilizing light pipes for optical feedback: A light source having a first mixing chamber, a light pipe structure, and a controller is disclosed. The first mixing chamber includes a first plurality of LEDs, the first mixing chamber having a first transparent window through which light from the first plurality of LEDs exits the first mixing chamber.... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080272320 - Radiation image detector: An intermediate layer is located between a recording photoconductive layer and an electrode, which is either one of a bias electrode and a reference electrode, and which is located on the side at positive electric potential with respect to a charge accumulating section at the time of readout of electric... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC