Radiant energy inventions 02/09

20090050785 - Photocontrol devices and methods for forming the same: A photocontrol device includes a housing assembly and a flexible circuit board assembly. The housing assembly defines an enclosure cavity. The flexible circuit board assembly includes a flexible substrate and a photocontrol circuit mounted on the flexible substrate. The circuit board assembly is disposed in the enclosure cavity in a... Agent: Marguerite E. Gerstner Tyco Electronics Corporation

20090050786 - Fast and precise time-resolved spectroscopy with linear sensor array: Time-resolved analysis of a spectrum is performed by illuminating a one-dimensional array of charge-transfer device light-sensitive pixel cells and periodically non-destructively copying charges in the light-sensitive cells to respective storage cells (“row storage registers”) co-located with the light-sensitive cells in an integrated circuit. Information about the charges stored in at... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20090050787 - Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image pickup system using photoelectric conversion apparatus: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion area in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged to convert incident light into electric charges, a plurality of amplifying units are arranged to read and supply signals based on the electric charges of corresponding photoelectric conversion elements to output... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090050788 - System for sequentially measuring the output of a plurality of light sensors which generate current in response to incident light: A system for sequentially measuring the current generated by a plurality of individual current sources such as photodiodes monitoring the light output of individual LEDs representing discrete colors arranged in an array of pixels constituting an area illumination source such as an electronic billboard includes (1) a current measuring circuit... Agent: Harold L Jackson Jackson Law Corporation

20090050791 - Measurement of burst mode optical power over multiple bursts: A system, method, and computer readable medium for measurement of burst mode optical power over multiple bursts, comprises mirroring a photodiode current of an optical signal burst, converting the mirrored photodiode current to a capacitor voltage, comparing the capacitor voltage to a pre-determined threshold voltage, and accumulating a burst time... Agent: Rg & Associates

20090050790 - Multi-element optical detectors with sub-wavelength gaps: A multi-element optical detector includes a plurality of optical detector elements capable of producing an output signal having information about the state of an incident electromagnetic radiation as a function of time. An active region includes a photosensitive region of one of the optical detector elements separated in part or... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20090050789 - Optoelectronic package, camera including the same and related methods: A camera includes a first substrate having top and bottom surfaces, a second substrate having top and bottom surfaces, a spacer substrate between a substantially planar portion of the top surface of the second substrate and a substantially planar of the bottom surface of the first substrate, at least two... Agent: Digital Optics Corporation

20090050792 - Optically powered drive circuit and method for controlling a semiconductor switch: An optically powered drive circuit and a method for controlling a first semiconductor switch are provided. The optically powered drive circuit includes a photovoltaic cell configured to receive a first light signal from a fiber optic cable and to output a first voltage in response to the first light signal.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090050793 - Motion detection apparatus and entertainment system: There are provided an infrared light emitting diode 42 operable to emit light in a predetermined cycle; a phototransistor 44 operable to receive light which is emitted by the infrared light emitting diode 42 and reflected from a retroreflective sheet 40 of the operation article 3, and output a light... Agent: Jerome D. Jackson (jackson Patent Law Office)

20090050794 - Origin detection method for optical encoder: An optical encoder equipped with an origin detection apparatus has a scale provided with an optical grating, a plurality of light receiving elements that is provided in association with the pitch of the optical grating and movable relative to the scale and a light source that illuminates the light receiving... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090050795 - Imaging apparatus and photoelectric conversion element package retaining unit: A photoelectric conversion element package retaining unit includes a photoelectric conversion element package having electrodes formed on a rear surface of a light-receiving surface, a printed circuit board electrically connected to the electrodes, and a retaining member configured to retain the photoelectric conversion element package. The printed circuit board includes... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090050796 - Method for enhancing mass assignment accuracy: A method of operating an ion trap spectrometer system having an ion trap is provided. The method comprises a) providing a group of ions for analysis, wherein the group of ions includes a first analyte; b) providing a filtered first analyte having a first mass-to-charge ratio by filtering out ions... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20090050797 - Methods and devices for atom probe mass resolution enhancement: In an atom probe or other mass spectrometer wherein a specimen is subjected to ionizing pulses (voltage pulses, thermal pulses, etc.) which induce field evaporation of ions from the specimen, the evaporated ions are then subjected to corrective pulses which are synchronized with the ionizing pulses. These corrective pulses have... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090050798 - Method for sequencing peptides and proteins using metastable-activated dissociation mass spectrometry: Methods for fragmentation of large molecular ions, including proteins, nucleic acids, dendromers, and nanomaterials, compatible with several mass spectrometric techniques. The methods involve providing a gas-phase ion and allowing the gas phase ion to undergo collisions with metastable states of noble gases or nitrogen gas.... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20090050799 - Transition molding: An apparatus and method for measuring low or trace concentrations of compounds and mixture of gases. A method and apparatus of the invention permits separating ions of different mobilities by passing them through an abrupt change or step in electric field magnitude. By using the separation method, the compounds of... Agent: Novak, Druce & Quigg LLP

20090050800 - Electronic time-of-flight mass selector: A method of selecting ions includes generating a group of ions, accelerating the group of ions through a flight region towards an electronic mass selector grid, and selectively varying a voltage applied to the electronic mass selector grid, such that only a selected subset of the group of ions passes... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20090050801 - Confining/focusing vortex flow transmission structure, mass spectrometry systems, and methods of transmitting particles, droplets, and ions: Briefly described, embodiments of the present disclosure include: confining/focusing vortex flow transmission structures, mass spectrometry systems including a confining/focusing vortex flow transmission structure, methods of using the confining/focusing vortex flow transmission structure, methods of using mass spectrometry system, methods of transmitting droplets and ions, methods of evaporating droplets and desolvating... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090050802 - Method and apparatus for inspecting sample surface: Provided is a method for inspecting a sample surface by using an electron beam method sample surface inspection apparatus, in which an electron beam generated by an electron gun of the electron beam method sample surface inspection apparatus is irradiated onto the sample surface, and secondary electrons emanating from the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090050803 - Charged particle beam device: The charged particle beam device of this invention separately detects secondary signal particles emitted from the surface of a sample, dark field signal particles scattered within and transmitted through the sample, bright field signal particles transmitted through the sample without being scattered within the sample, and thereby allows the operator... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090050804 - Method of measuring dimension of film constituting element and apparatus therefor: A method of evaluating an element that includes the step of preparing a thin evaluation sample including a first portion in which a first layer containing a first material and a second layer containing a second material are laminated, a second portion containing the first material, and a third portion... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090050805 - Scanning electron microscope: A scanning electron microscope for digitally processing an image signal to secure the largest focal depth and the best resolution in accordance with the magnification for observation is disclosed. The angle of aperture of an optical system having a plurality of convergence lenses is changed by changing the convergence lenses... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090050806 - Visible light and ir combined image camera with a laser pointer: A visible light (VL) and infrared (IR) combined image camera with a laser pointer. The laser pointer may be used for marking a hot spot on an object or for focusing an IR lens of a camera on an object. The laser pointer may be adjacent to the VL optics... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20090050807 - Image pickup device and image pickup control method: An image in which a shade of a driver's face is certainly suppressed is to be obtained, while suppressing increases in a size and an electric power consumption of an illumination. An illumination pulse-lights an illumination light which is an infrared light whose peak wavelength is 940 nm, under a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090050808 - Infrared sensor and method for producing same: An infrared sensor includes a first substrate made of a thermoelectric conversion material and a second substrate. The first substrate is supported by posts made of an electrode material while being spaced apart from the second substrate. A sensing electrode and lead portions connected thereto are provided on the first... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090050809 - Fluid flow monitoring device: A device for use in monitoring optical markers present in a liquid flowing in a conduit comprises a transparent tube 7 connectable in the conduit by pipe couplers (not shown) contained in housings 8, 9, and two optical tranceivers 1, 2 mounted on a segmented printed circuit board 3, 4... Agent: Pyle & Piontek LLC

20090050810 - Znse scintillators: The present invention relates to a microcolumnar zinc selenide (ZnSe) scintillator and uses thereof, and methods of fabrication of microcolumnar scintillators using sublimation-based deposition techniques. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a scintillator including a microcolumnar scintillator material including zinc selenide (ZnSe) and a dopant. The microcolumnar scintillators of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090050811 - Gamma camera including a scintillator and an image intensifier: A gamma-ray or X-ray detection device including a scintillator configured to convert gamma rays or X-rays into optical radiation, an optical image intensifier configured to intensify the optical radiation to generate intensified optical radiation, an optical coupling system configured to guide the intensified optical radiation, and a solid state detector... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090050812 - Detection of ionising radiation: A detector for detecting ionising radiation comprises a scintillator 10 selected to emit light in response to incidence thereon of radiation to be detected, at least one detector 16 for detecting said emitted light, and at least one optical waveguide 12 for transmitting said emitted light to said detector 16.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090050813 - Radiation detector: In a radiation detector according to this invention, a portion of a semiconductor, located in a connection of a common electrode to a lead wire, is dented in a recess form from other portions of a semiconductor, in a range short of a radiation detection effective area. An insulating seat... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20090050814 - Passive solid state ionizing radiation sensor: A radiation sensor and a method for making the radiation sensor are described. An ionizing radiation sensitive area is formed in a radiation insensitive or hardened die. When the sensitive area is impacted by ionizing radiation, properties of the sensitive area change. For example, the changed property may be charge... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090050815 - Organic semiconductor radiation/light sensor and radiation/light detector: There is provided a high-sensitivity organic semiconductor radiation/light sensor and a radiation/light detector which can detect rays in real time. In the high-sensitivity organic semiconductor radiation/light sensor, a signal amplification wire 2 is embedded in an organic semiconductor 1. Carriers created by passage of radiation or light are avalanche-amplified by... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090050816 - Radiation detector and radiographic inspection apparatus: On a wiring board 21, first and second semiconductor detection device arrays 22a and 22b are arranged along a depth direction (Y-axial direction). Each of the first and the second semiconductor detection device arrays 22a and 22b is composed by arranging six semiconductor detection devices 231 through 236 in one... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20090050817 - Radial ray detector and method for manufacturing the same: A light receiving section and a substrate-side electrode pad of a photoelectric conversion substrate, a base-side electrode pad and an interconnect arranged on a surface side of a base are integrally coated with a protective layer. A scintillation layer is formed on a surface side of the protective layer. Corrosion... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090050818 - Method for determining individual quantum absorption events in a radiation converter for converting individual quanta of ionizing radiation incident on it, program code segment for carrying out the method, device for electronic data processing, radiation: A method is disclosed for determining individual quantum absorption events in a radiation converter which counts quanta. In at least one embodiment of the method, temporally continuous analog-to-digital conversion of electrical signals generated by a quantum absorption event to a digital signal is carried out first of all by the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090050820 - Ion implantation apparatus: Aimed at providing an ion implantation apparatus elongated in period over which failure of a target work, due to deposition and release of ion species typically to and from the inner surface of a through-hole shaping a beam shape of ion beam, may be avoidable, reduced in frequency of exchange... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090050819 - Laser-accelerated proton therapy units and superconducting electromagnet systems for same: Compact particle selection and collimation devices are disclosed for delivering beams of protons with desired energy spectra. These devices are useful with laser-accelerated proton therapy systems, in which the initial protons have broad energy and angular distributions. Superconducting magnet systems produce a desired magnetic field configuration to spread the protons... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090050821 - Apparatus for analyzing particles in urine and method thereof: An apparatus, intended for use in analyzing particles in urine is disclosed, that comprising: a sample distribution section for distributing urine samples to a first aliquot and a second aliquot; a first specimen preparing section for preparing a first specimen for measuring urinary particles, containing at least erythrocytes, by mixing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090050823 - Apparatus and methods for scattering-based semiconductor inspection and metrology: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for inspecting or measuring one or more semiconductor targets. An incident beam is directed towards a first target as the first target substantially, continuously moves such that the incident beam remains directed at such first target during a first time period in which the first... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve Sampson LLP - Kla Tencor Kla Tencor

20090050822 - Electron beam apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the apparatus: The present invention provides an electron beam apparatus for evaluating a sample surface, which has a primary electro-optical system for irradiating a sample with a primary electron beam, a detecting system, and a secondary electro-optical system for directing secondary electron beams emitted from the sample surface by the irradiation of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090050825 - Sealing between vacuum chambers: A sealing system is disclosed. One such sealing system includes a first vacuum chamber and a second vacuum chamber. The sealing system includes a first sealing unit having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the first sealing unit disposed on the first vacuum chamber. The... Agent: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Assc., Inc.

20090050824 - Method of fabricating a structure from diamond material or diamond-like carbon material: A method of fabricating a structure from diamond material or diamond-like carbon material, and a structure according to the method, the method comprising the steps of imposing a structural transformation on the crystallographic structure of the material in a first region located at a first depth below a surface of... Agent: Ganz Law, P.C.

20090050826 - Method and device for the contactless detection of flat objects: For this purpose the invention creates a very flexible solution usable over a very wide gram weight or weight per unit area range in that the sensor device, specifically the receiver-following evaluating device is supplied with at least one correction characteristic, by means of which the measuring signal input voltage... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090050827 - Lubricant deterioration detecting device and detecting device incorporated bearing assembly: To provide a lubricant deterioration detecting device having a high degree of freedom in arranging within the bearing assembly or the like and capable of stably detecting the status of deterioration of the lubricant without being affected by the thickness of the lubricant and a change in temperature and also... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090045317 - Optical cavity emitter arrangements with spectral alignment and methods therefor: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to optical microcavities and emitters that are spectrally aligned in an arrangement having an array of such microcavity-emitter combinations. The spectral alignment can be selective, in that a portion of the array of microcavity-emitter combinations, or a single microcavity-emitter combination, can be individually spectrally... Agent: Crawford Maunu PLLC

20090045318 - Method for reproducibly determining object characteristics: A method for reproducibly determining object characteristics is disclosed. Herein an object is imaged onto a detector by means of an imaging optics and detected thereon. A correction function k is applied to a brightness measuring result N originally detected by a detector in such a way, that a corrected... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090045323 - Automatic headlamp control system: A vehicular imaging system includes a forward facing photosensor array and a control responsive to the photosensor array. The control processes an image data set indicative of captured images, and the control processes a reduced image data set of the image data set to determine whether an object of interest... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20090045321 - Image sensor, method of manufacturing the same, and method of operating the same: An image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion section in a semiconductor substrate, the photoelectric conversion section having a capping layer of a first conductivity type and a photodiode of a second conductivity type below the capping layer, the photodiode having an upper surface deeper than about 1 μm, as measured... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20090045320 - Method, apparatus and system for a low power imager device: A method, apparatus and system providing an imaging device in which a bias current supplied to one or more imaging device circuits is adjusted in accordance with a frequency of a pixel clock signal.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090045319 - Optical sensor, solid-state imaging device, and operating method of solid-state imaging device: In an optical device such as an optical sensor or a solid-state imaging device having a photodiode for receiving light and producing photocharges and a transfer transistor (or an overflow gate) for transferring the photocharge, it is configured that photocharges overflowing from the photodiode in storage operation are stored into... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090045322 - Optimization of alignment between elements in an image sensor: An image sensor is formed with shifts among the optical parts of the sensor and the photosensitive parts of the sensor. The optical parts of the sensor may include a color filter array and/or microlenses. The photosensitive part may include any photoreceptors such as a CMOS image sensor. The shifts... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090045324 - Scanning optical system measuring device and scanning optical system measuring method: Measurement of a scanning optical system is to be carried out simply and easily. According to the invention, a scanning optical system measuring device for making adjustment of a scanning optical system which performs scanning with a light beam, includes: plural one-dimensional position detection devices provided at a distance from... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090045325 - Electron bombarded image sensor array device as well as such an image sensor array: The invention relates to an electron bombarded image sensor array device comprising a vacuum chamber having a photocathode capable of releasing electrons into said vacuum chamber when exposed to electromagnetic radiation impinging on said photocathode, electric field means for accelerating said released electrons from said photocathode towards an anode spaced... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090045326 - 3d measurement sensor: In a matrix of light detectors forming a part of a three-dimensional measurement sensor, outputs of light detectors belonging to a same row are connected to a common signal line. An output of each light detector is read, through scanning by the horizontal scan circuit, to the signal line from... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090045327 - Aerial-supported procedure for exploration of hydrocarbon deposits: The present invention refers to an aerial-supported procedure for the exploration of hydrocarbon deposits, especially crude oil and gas deposits, using fluorescence procedures, including aerial-supported geo-referencing of the detected locations by means of a digital terrain model, employing biosensors which are sensitive to hydrocarbons.... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20090045329 - Downhole tools having combined d-d and d-t neutron generators: A nuclear tool includes a tool housing; a d-D neutron generator disposed in the tool housing; a d-T neutron generator disposed in the tool housing; and, optionally, a control circuit for controlling pulsing of the d-D neutron generator and the d-T neutron generator. A method for well-logging using a nuclear... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20090045328 - Thermal neutron porosity from neutron slowing-down length, formation thermal neutron capture cross section, and bulk density: A method for determining at least one formation property calculated from neutron measurements acquired with a downhole tool includes emitting neutrons from a source in the tool into the formation, detecting neutrons with at least one detector in the downhole tool, calculating a first slowing-down length (L1) based on the... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20090045330 - Sample ionization at above-vacuum pressures: Sample material ionized in a sample receiving chamber is flowed into a sample conduit. Drying gas may also flow into the sample conduit and may be heated. The pressure and length of the sample conduit may be provided according to the product 50 or greater Torr-cm. The sample conduit may... Agent: Varian Inc. Legal Department

20090045331 - Solid-state flow generator and related systems, applications, and methods: The invention, in various embodiments, is directed to a method for analyzing a sample using a solid-state flow generator that provides a flow of effluent including the sample through an ion mobility based filter.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090045333 - Electrospray emitter and method of using same: The present invention relates to electrospray emitters that have a rigid substrate layer, a second layer, a channel formed in one of the rigid substrate layer and an exit orifice in flow communication with the channel. The second layer is attached to the first layer. The exit orifice is capable... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090045334 - Mass spectrometer using a dynamic pressure ion source: A mass spectrometer has a pulsed ion source, a first ion trap (10) for trapping ions generated by the pulsed ion source and for locating trapped ions for subsequent ejection from the first ion trap. A pulse of cooling gas is introduced into the first ion trap (10) at a... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090045332 - Substrate for mass spectrometry, mass spectrometry, and mass spectrometer: Provided is a substrate for mass spectrometry, which enables a detection of a high molecular weight compound to be conducted at a high sensitivity, and can avoid the fragmentation so that there is substantially no obstacle to the analysis of a low molecular weight region. The substrate is a substrate... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090045335 - Inspection method for semiconductor wafer for reviewing defects: An object of the present invention is to provide a suitable method of observing a wafer edge by using an electron microscope. The electron microscope includes a column which can take an image in being tilted, and thus allows a wafer edge to be observed from an oblique direction.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090045336 - Scanning probe microscopy cantilever, corresponding manufacturing method, scanning probe microscope, and scanning method: The present invention provides a scanning probe microscope cantilever comprising a support portion, a lever portion extended from the support portion, and a needle projecting out of a first surface of the cantilever in the vicinity of a free end of the lever portion. From a second surface of the... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20090045337 - Charged-particle beam instrument: A charged-particle beam instrument (such as a transmission electron microscope) which facilitates modifying the diameters of aperture stops installed above and below (on the beam entrance and exit sides) the specimen chamber and exchanging the aperture stops. The instrument has bottom and bottom polepieces forming the specimen chamber, aperture stops... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090045338 - Inspection method and apparatus using an electron beam: An inspection method and apparatus irradiates a sample on which a pattern is formed with an electron beam, so that an inspection image and a reference image can be generated on the basis of a secondary electron or a reflected electron emitted by the sample. An abnormal pattern is determined... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090045339 - Charged particle beam equipment: Charged particle beam equipment having a rotary mechanism in which shift of the observing/machining position incident to the rotary operation of the equipment having the rotary mechanism can be corrected conveniently with high precision in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical system of charged particle beam... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090045340 - Electron microscope with electron spectrometer: A lens adjustment method and a lens adjustment system which adjust a plurality of multi-pole lenses of an electron spectrometer attached to a transmission electron microscope, optimum conditions of the multi-pole lenses are determined through simulation based on a parameter design method using exciting currents of the multi-pole lenses as... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090045341 - Systems for observing reactions using infrared imaging: A system for monitoring the heats of reaction of an array of materials has an infrared transparent substrate containing the materials. A reaction chamber encloses the substrate. At least one reactant gas is coupled to the reaction chamber through a valve. An infrared camera images the array of materials. The... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP (smx)

20090045342 - Method and apparatus for determining an analyte concentration in a sample having interferents: A method and apparatus are described that permit an analyte concentration to be estimated from a measurement in the presence of compounds that interfere with the measurement. The method reduces the error in the analyte concentration in the presence of interferents. The method includes the use of a set of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090045343 - Terahertz detectors for use in terahertz inspection or imaging systems: A technique is provided for examining a subject. The technique includes illuminating at least a part of the subject with THz radiation and detecting THz radiation reflected and/or transmitted from the illuminated part and incident upon a detector array by measuring change in capacitance corresponding to the incident THz radiation.... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20090045344 - Radiation converter, detector module, methods for the production thereof, and a radiation detection device: A radiation converter is disclosed. In order to improve the detection of x-ray radiation or gamma radiation, at least one embodiment of the invention provides that, in the case of the radiation converter with a plurality of converter elements for converting x-ray radiation or gamma radiation to light, in each... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090045347 - Detector module, radiation detector and radiation recording device: A detector module is disclosed including a plurality of directly converting detector submodules, each with a back contact, and a scattered radiation collimator spanning the detector submodules. For contacting the back contacts, a contacting unit is provided in at least one embodiment and designed so that a contact connection is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090045345 - Electromagnetic and particle detector with reduced number of connections: A detecting device comprises at least one 2-dimensional set of elementary sensors of the semiconductor type for transforming energy of radiation to be detected into electric signals. Each elementary sensor is provided on one side with an anode and on the opposite side with a cathode adapted to be electrically... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20090045346 - X-ray imaging device and method for the manufacturing thereof: The present invention discloses an X-ray imaging device comprising an X-ray absorber that comprises a plurality of semiconductor layers. The plurality of semiconductor layers comprise a substrate having a backside; and at least one absorption layer adapted to absorb at least one X-ray photon impinging on the at least one... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090045348 - Intrinsically directional fast neutron detector: A directional fast neutron detector having superposed layers of a hydrogenous non-scintillating material for generating recoil protons, a non-hydrogenous scintillating material for generating scintillations, and a non-hydrogenous non-scintillating barrier material, in which the layers are placed in a specific order at regular intervals and the composition and thickness of the... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20090045349 - Sample enclosure for inspection and methods of use thereof: A sample container assembly for use in a microscope including a sample enclosure, an electron beam permeable, fluid impermeable, membrane sealing the sample enclosure from a volume outside the sample enclosure and a pressure controller assembly communicating between the sample enclosure and a volume outside the sample enclosure.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090045350 - Apparatus for sterilising containers: An apparatus (1) for sterilising containers (10), comprising a treatment head (5) which has an exit window (8) through which charge carriers can pass, comprising a charge carrier generation source which generates charge carriers, and comprising an acceleration device (6) which accelerates the charge carriers in the direction of the... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20090045351 - Sensor system with surface-plasmon-polariton (spp) enhanced selective fluorescence excitation and method: In a sensor system, an active sensor chip includes an array of periodically-patterned dielectric active sensor patches of different periodicities and geometries formed on a metal film. A specimen under study is positioned on each patch, and the active sensor chip is interrogated by illumination the patches in a predetermined... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090045352 - Radiation dosimeter for fluid very small substances, and method of measuring radiation dose: Provided are a radiation dosimeter for fluid very small substances, which, in a radiation irradiation device for applying a radiation to a fluid very small substance in a fluid in a treatment chamber, can easily and accurately determine a dose distribution and/or minimum dose of a radiation applied to individual... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090045353 - Fluorescent nanoscopy method: An analysis of an object dyed with fluorescent coloring agents carried out with the aid of a fluorescent microscope which is modified for improved resolving power and called a nanoscope. The method is carried out with a microscope having an optical system for visualizing and projecting a sample image to... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20090045354 - Method and device for handling objects: In relation with a laser-induced transport process of an object from a carrier to a collecting device, the invention provides a collecting medium in the collecting device in a liquid state. Prior to the laser-induced transport process, the object is separated from a mass on the carrier by laser irradiation.... Agent: Mayback & Hoffman, P.A.

20090045355 - Method for generating entangled electron, infrared-ray, visible-ray, ultraviolet-ray, x-ray and gamma-ray beams: The method for generating entangled beams of electrons, gamma-ray, X-ray, ultraviolet, visible or infrared photons comprises the following elements: an entangled photon beam generator using a BBO crystal, two branches each containing a photon-to-electron converter (photocathode), an electron amplifier (photomultiplier), an electron accelerator and a target that converts the kinetic... Agent: E-quantic Communications

20090045357 - Contamination barrier and lithographic apparatus comprising same: A rotatable contamination barrier is disclosed that has a plurality of closely packed blades configured to trap contaminant material coming from a radiation source. The blades are radially oriented relative to a central rotation axis of the contamination barrier. The blades comprise a metal compound having crystals oriented generally radially... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090045356 - Uv irradiator: An apparatus having one or more UV bulbs arranged around a structural element and within an outer conductive element. The apparatus also contains an inner conductive element which extends the length of the apparatus. The inner and outer conductive elements are coupled to a microwave source to enable the UV... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP

20090045358 - Radiation shield securing and covering system: A flexible ionizing radiation shield attached to an X-ray machine by a long retractable cable. An elongated opening adjacent to a top edge is used as a hand hold to manipulate the flexible shield during usage and as a means to hang the flexible shield onto two hooks on the... Agent: Donald W. Meeker Patent Agent

20090045359 - Spatial information detecting apparatus: In an apparatus using an intensity-modulated light for detection of spatial information based upon light intensity of light reflected from a target space, a timing synchronization circuit is provided to synchronize a phase of the intensity-modulated light from a light-emitting element with a timing of operating a light-receiving element receiving... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20090045360 - Quantum dot-based luminescent marking material: A luminescent marking material includes a luminescent material, which includes quantum dots, and a vehicle for delivering the luminescent material to an object. A method of embedding information on a substrate includes assigning information to luminescent material, which includes quantum dots, forming luminescent marking material by combining luminescent material and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20090039233 - Image data processing method and imaging apparatus: An image data processing method for sharpening a captured image; the method defines a first transformation equation to change the pixel values of a defocused image into a focused image using the coordinates of the defocused image and the focused image as arguments, calculates a DetailedFocus function from the optimal... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20090039234 - Light-emission control circuit: A light-emission control circuit may include n light-emitting devices, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2; a light guide plate which causes light emitted by the n light-emitting devices to reach the entirety of the back of a liquid crystal panel; a measuring unit for measuring... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090039235 - Method for determining location and movement of a moving object: The present invention discloses a method for determining location and movement of a moving object. One embodiment of the method tracks the movement of a target during medical imaging scanning and transmits the position shift to the medical imaging scanning device in real time. The method includes the steps of... Agent: George R. Schultz Schultz & Associates, P.C.

20090039236 - Active pixel sensor: Disclosed herein is an active pixel sensor. A first transistor amplifies voltage generated in response to light at an integration node N. A second transistor is a selecting transistor, and performs a function of selecting a specific pixel from a pixel array. A third transistor resets voltage of the integration... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20090039237 - High-speed single-photon detector in telecommunication wavelength band: In order to operate a single photon detector in communication wavelength band at a high speed, a DC bias voltage 2 lower than the breakdown voltage is applied to an InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode (APD) 1. A 500 MHz sine wave gating signal 3 is superimposed with the DC bias voltage... Agent: Patenttm.us

20090039238 - Portable container mounted counter for fishing, hunting, and other outdoor activities: A device for electronically and optically counting objects, such as fish, animals, vegetation or other materials, as they are placed into a container. The device surrounds a defined opening on a container. As objects are placed into the container, they fall through the frame of the opening. A light source,... Agent: Gehrke & Associates, S.c.

20090039239 - Tactile switch for a domestic appliance: A switch for a domestic appliance, such as a cooking range, that includes a radiation emitter, an auxiliary radiation emitter and a radiation receiver, the radiation receiver adapted to receive at least part of the radiation emitted from the radiation emitter and auxiliary radiation emitter and to generate one or... Agent: Berenbaum, Weinshienk & Eason, P.c

20090039240 - Optical light reflection method: The invention provides an optical light reflection method for measuring the actual thickness of a transparent oxide layer having a general thickness of less than 33 nm which layer is applied onto a glass container, in which method use is made of a light source for emitting UV-light to the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090039241 - Biometric device and information terminal: A compact biometric device includes a first light source for emitting light irradiated onto a subject; a first light guide unit whose surface is inputted with light radiated from the subject and whose ends output the light inputted from the subject; a photo sensor unit to detect light outputted from... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090039242 - Method of determining petro-physical information with high energy gamma rays: Methods for density logging utilizes gamma-rays above a pair-production threshold so as to determine lithology information of formations whereby to correct a measured density data.... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20090039243 - Detection systems and dopants: An ion mobility spectrometer has a drift chamber (1) with an inlet (2) at one end by which a gas or vapour being analysed is supplied to the chamber. After ionization, molecules are admitted through a gate 8 and flow along a drift region (9) to a collector plate (11).... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090039244 - Ion generating device, method for producing ion generating device, charging device, and image forming apparatus: A surface of a discharge electrode of an ion generating device of the present invention, other than a surface in contact with a dielectric body, is coated with a protective layer made of a metal that is gold or a combination of gold and nickel. This allows the ion generating... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090039245 - Mass spectrometer: A Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation ion source or ion imaging device is disclosed comprising a laser (1) and a zoom lens (3, 4, 5). The zoom lens (3, 4, 5) is arranged to be able to vary the magnification of a laser beam which is directed onto a target... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20090039246 - Method for generation and use of isotopic patterns in mass spectral data of simple organisms: A method for identifying a biological analyte that is affected by a stressor is disclosed in which two substantially identical biological samples are provided, with a first sample being a control sample and a second sample being an experimental sample. The control sample is grown with a nutrient having an... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090039247 - Method for generation and use of stable isotope patterns in mass spectral data: A composition adapted for mass spectral analysis is disclosed as are methods of its use in mass spectral analyses. A contemplated composition contains a mass spectrally-determinable amount of each of (i) at least one analyte to be assayed and (ii) a standard compound. Each of the molecules of the standard... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090039248 - Detection apparatus: An ion mobility spectrometer has a pair of electrodes (13A) and (13B) midway along the drift chamber (7). A high field is applied between the electrodes (13A) and (13B) sufficient to modify (e.g. fragment) ions in the region of the electrodes such that they move at a different rate towards... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090039249 - Size segregated aerosol mass concentration measurement device: An apparatus and method for estimating size segregated aerosol mass concentration in real time and using a single detector. A beam of electromagnetic radiation is passed through a particle stream made of a test or field aerosol. The single detector outputs an electrical signal proportional to the electromagnetic radiation scattered... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090039253 - Gas monitoring apparatus: A gas monitoring apparatus includes a sample introducing portion, a measurement portion, an ionization portion, a mass analysis portion, a data processing portion and a display. The sample introducing portion introduces a sample gas including an object material to be measured. The measurement portion measures a concentration of a predetermined... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20090039251 - Mass spectrometer: A side wall 35 that extends in the axial direction enclosing the plasma in such a way that expansion of plasma to the sides is prevented at the back surface of a skimmer cone 33 and a small collision chamber 36, which is positioned at the back side of this... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090039252 - Mass spectrometer: A filament 3 for generating thermions is remotely located from an ionization chamber 2 so that a thermion-accelerating electric field created by a potential difference between the filament 3 and the ionization chamber 2 is prevented from penetrating through an electron injection port 5 into the ionization chamber 2. This... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090039250 - Mass spectrometer and method of mass spectrometry: In a mass spectrometer having ion sources capable of switching between atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and electron impact ionization, a first gas chromatography device capable of separating a sample to meet a condition suitable for atmospheric pressure chemical ionization measurement is connected to upstream of an atmospheric pressure chemical ionization... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090039254 - 3-dimensional differential pumping system and method thereof: A differential pumping system in which a vacuum chamber is manufactured to have a plurality of vacuum pumps and conductance limit plates between the vacuum pumps. The differential pumping system in which an ion is implanted from an ionization source, passes through the vacuum chamber and is detected by a... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090039255 - Method and apparatus for oil spill detection: The invention relates to a method for detecting the presence of hydrocarbons near an unmanned offshore oil platform. The method steps include monitoring reflected atmospheric and thermal radiation, detecting the presence of hydrocarbons, and generating an alert based on the presence of hydrocarbons.... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation/osha Liang Mr. Bryan Galloway, ManagingIPCounsel

20090039256 - Charged particle irradiation system: A charged particle irradiation system that positions the beam at a target position to avoid irradiation of normal tissue includes an acceleration system 6 for extracting a charged particle beam, scanning magnets 24 and 25, and charged particle beam position monitors 26 and 27. On the basis of signals received... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090039257 - Electron beam device: An electron beam device has an electron gun for generating an electron beam, an objective lens for focusing the electron beam on an object and at least one detector for detecting electrons emitted by the object or electrons backscattered by the object. Detection of electrons emitted by or backscattered by... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20090039259 - Scanning electron microscope: To make it possible to observe the bottom of a contact hole and internal wires, in observation of the contact hole 102, by scanning it at a predetermined acceleration voltage, the positive charge 106 is formed on the surface of the insulator 101, and the secondary electrons 104 are attracted... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090039258 - Scanning electron microscope and method for detecting an image using the same: A scanning electron microscope includes an electron beam source which emits an electron beam, a beam current controller which controls a beam current of the electron beam, an electron beam converger which converges the electron beam on a surface of a sample, an electron beam scanner which scans the electron... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090039260 - Charged particle beam apparatus: When a sample includes repeated cells, a scale pattern corresponding to the repeated cells is generated. Next, the scale pattern generated is superimposed on the image of the repeated cells of the sample, thereby identifying a destination cell. Moreover, disposition of the repeated cells of the sample is determined based... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090039262 - Electron beam apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the apparatus: The present invention provides an electron beam apparatus for irradiating a sample with primary electron beams to detect secondary electron beams generated from a surface of the sample by the irradiation for evaluating the sample surface. In the electron beam apparatus, an electron gun has a cathode for emitting primary... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090039261 - Pattern inspection method and pattern inspection system: A pattern data examination method and system capable of accurately and speedily examining a circuit pattern without failing to extract pattern contour data are provided. While pattern comparison is ordinarily made by using a secondary electron image, a contour of a pattern element is extracted by using a backscattered electron... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090039264 - Electron microscope: Disclosed herein are a method for applying, while a charged particle beam is in a state being irradiated toward the sample, a voltage to the sample so that the charged particle beam does not reach the sample (hereafter such state may be referred to as a mirror state) and detecting... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090039263 - Pattern measurement apparatus: Mutual compatibility is established between the measurement with a high magnification and the measurement in a wide region. A pattern measurement apparatus is proposed which adds identification information to each of fragments that constitute a pattern within an image obtained by the SEM, and which stores the identification information in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090039265 - Method and apparatus for attenuating a light beam: Attenuators used to regulate optical signals are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an assembly including an IR source and an IR sensor is provided to sense blockage of optical signals transmitted between two collimators via a fixed common light blocker. The movement of the light blocker... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Agency

20090039266 - Monitoring system comprising infrared thermopile detector: The present invention relates to a semiconductor processing system that employs infrared-based thermopile detector for process control, by analyzing a material of interest, based on absorption of infrared light at a characteristic wavelength by such material. In one embodiment, an infrared light beam is transmitted through a linear transmission path... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20090039267 - Reflector module for a photometric gas sensor: e

20090039268 - Dual-modality imaging: The invention relates to a dual-modality imaging system and a method for dual-modality imaging, wherein a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner for acquiring PET imaging data and at least one optical imaging detector for acquiring optical imaging data are arranged to acquire the PET imaging data and the optical imaging... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090039269 - High light yield fast scintillator: The invention concerns a material comprising a compound of formula Pr(1-x-y)LnyCexX3 wherein—Ln is chosen from the elements or mixtures of at least two elements, of the group: La, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Y, —X is chosen from the halides or mixtures of at least two halides, of the group:... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090039270 - Large-area alpha-particle detector and method for use: A method and detector for detecting particle emissions from a test sample includes positioning a detector over the test sample, wherein the detector includes a plurality of detection units, wherein each detection unit includes a first silicon detector and a barrier layer removably disposed over the first silicon detector. The... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090039271 - Simultaneous beta and gamma spectroscopy: A phoswich radiation detector for simultaneous spectroscopy of beta rays and gamma rays includes three scintillators with different decay time characteristics. Two of the three scintillators are used for beta detection and the third scintillator is used for gamma detection. A pulse induced by an interaction of radiation with the... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm

20090039272 - Optoelectronic component: An optoelectronic component comprises a first electrode (3), a radiation-emitting layer sequence (1) having an active region (10) on the first electrode (3), which region has a main extension plane (E) with a surface normal (N) and emits an electromagnetic primary radiation having a non-Lambertian emission characteristic, a second electrode... Agent: Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090039273 - High dqe photon counting detector using statistical recovery of pile-up events: A photon-counting detector includes a direct conversion material constructed to directly convert an energy of at least one incident photon to an electrical signal indicative of the energy level of the at least one individual photon and a data acquisition system (DAS). The DAS includes a first comparator having a... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090039274 - Surface contamination analyzer for semiconductor wafers, method used therein and process for fabricating semiconductor device: A semiconductor wafer is radiated with an electron beam so that the inelastic scattering takes place in the narrow region, and current flows out from the narrow region; the amount of current is dependent on the substance or substances in the narrow region so that the analyst evaluates the degree... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090039275 - Processing method, manufacturing method of semiconductor device, and processing apparatus: A processing method for selectively reducing or removing the region to be exposed with energy ray in a film formed on a substrate, comprising relatively scanning a first exposure light whose shape on the substrate is smaller than the whole first region to be exposed against the whole first region... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090039276 - Radiation detecting cassette and radiation image capturing system: A radiation detecting cassette includes an IC card detector which detects insertion of an IC card in a slot, outputs a detection signal representing that the IC card is inserted in the slot, and reads ID information stored in the IC card. An ID checker of the radiation detecting cassette... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090039277 - Radiation image detector: A radiation image detector includes a radiation image detector main-body having radiation detection devices for detecting radiation that are at least linearly arranged, a switching output unit having a multiplicity of switch devices, and a dummy circuit unit connected to a switch device that is switched last among the multiplicity... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090039278 - Systems, methods and apparatus for correction of field-effect transistor leakage in a digital x-ray detector: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments field-effect-transistor (FET) leakage is estimated recursively from a pixel value obtained when the FET is off. The corrected pixel value is then obtained by subtracting the FET leakage estimate from the pixel value read when the FET is on.... Agent: Ramirez & Smith

20090039279 - Dosimeter for the detection of neutron radiation: Disclosed is a dosimeter (1) for the detection of neutron radiation within an energy range of 0.025 eV to several hundred GeV, comprising a substantially spherical base body (3) which is used as a moderation body and which comprises hydrogenous material, a detection element (5) which is arranged in the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090039281 - Aberration corrector and charged particle beam apparatus using the same: The present invention provides an aberration corrector giving excellent assembly accuracy but having fewer parts and fewer adjustment locations in number. In order to achieve it, a multistage multipole is formed by arranging plural combinations of electrodes around an optical axis using alignment blocks, each combination of electrodes being made... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090039280 - Magnetic lens assembly: A lens assembly having a magnetic lens assembly for a charged particle beam system is provided. The lens assembly includes: a first pole piece having a connecting portion of the first pole piece and a gap portion of the first pole piece, a second pole piece having a connecting portion... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090039282 - Matrix-assisted laser desorption with high ionization yield: Analyte ions are generated in an ion source by matrix-assisted laser desorption (MALDI) in which laser light pulses have significantly less than one nanosecond duration, focal diameters of less than twenty micrometers and energy densities such that only about one picogram of sample is desorbed per pulse of laser light... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20090039283 - Ionization of desorbed molecules: An ion source generates ions from analyte molecules which are desorbed from a sample on the surface of a sample support in a pressure range of approximately 30 to 300 pascal. Reactant ions are generated in a separate ion source and guided by ion guides to the point in front... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20090039284 - Exhaust gas analyzer: An exhaust gas analyzer capable of real-time analysis of the concentration, temperature, and the like of an exhaust gas component in a cross-section of an exhaust path in a spot-wise manner reduces analysis cost. An exhaust gas analyzer (10) comprises sensor units (11) to (14) disposed along the exhaust path,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090039285 - Method and device for controlling and monitoring a position of a holding element: A system for controlling and monitoring a position of a holding element, which is provided to hold a sample to be examined, is disclosed. The system may use a beam device, such as an electron microscope. The system provides for controlling and monitoring a position of a holding element taking... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20090039286 - System and method for attenuating the effect of ambient light on an optical sensor: The present invention provides systems and methods for attenuating the effect of ambient light on optical sensors and for measuring and compensating quantitatively for the ambient light.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090039287 - Rare earth activated alkaline earth metal fluorohalide stimulable phosphor and radiation image conversion panel employing the same: Provided are a rare earth activated alkaline earth metal fluorohalide stimulable phosphor exhibiting high image quality of radiation images and reduction of luminance degradation, and a radiation image conversion panel employing the stimulable phosphor represented by Formula (1) Ba(1-x)M2(x)FBr(y)I(1-y):aM1, bLn, cO, wherein M1 is at least an alkali metal selected... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090039288 - Single sided dual scanning for computed radiography: A radiation image formation read out method for a storage phosphor screen. A phosphor screen is exposed to a first stimulating radiation from a first side of the screen to release a first stimulated radiation in the pattern of the stored image. The first stimulating radiation is at a first... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Carestream Health, Inc

20090039289 - Positioning device for positioning an aperture plate in an ion beam: A positioning device for positioning an aperture plate in an ion beam of an ion implantation system has two fixture parts that can be moved relative to each other by means of at least one positioning drive, of which the one fixture part can be connected or is connected to... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090039290 - Device patterning using irradiation: In one embodiment, a method for creating a pattern in a layer of an organic electronic device that includes selectively irradiating a portion of the layer is provided, and devices and sub-assemblies made by the same.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090039291 - Mounting method, electric part-mounted substrate and an electric device: An electric device having high reliability is to be produced. An adhesive layer includes a thermosetting resin and a radiation-curable resin, and a portion of the adhesive layer is protruded outwardly from an edge of the electric part. Radiation rays do not pass through the electric part, and the radiation-curable... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090039293 - Apparatus for forming nano pattern and method for forming the nano pattern using the same: The present invention relates to an apparatus for forming a nano pattern capable of fabricating the uniform nano pattern at a low cost including a laser for generating a beam; a beam splitter for splitting the beam from the laser into two beams with the same intensity; variable mirrors for... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090039292 - Exposure device: The present invention presents an exposure device, which includes an optical source for emitting a UV ray, a first lighting system for shaping the UV ray into a collimated light beam, an aperture member for producing rectangular first and second light beams based on the light beam from first lighting... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20090039294 - Radiation emitting device: A radiation emitting device comprising a first electrode, which emits first charge carriers having a first charge during operation, a first charge carrier transporting layer, which comprises a fluorescent substance, a second charge carrier transporting layer, which contains a phosphorescent substance, and a second electrode, which emits second charge carriers... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090039295 - Detachable inner shield: A detachable inner shield suitable for an isolation bushing of an ion implanter is provided. The inner shield is mounted on an inside of the isolation bushing and completely fitting the inside of the isolation bushing.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090039296 - Sensor arrangement for detecting a liquid on a surface: The sensor arrangement comprises at least one transparent elevation, which is formed on the surface. The transparent elevation is made of a first transparent material. At least one first facet of the transparent elevation defines a first angle with the surface. This first angle is larger than an angle at... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20090039297 - Radiation image capturing system: The power consumption of a battery for supplying electric power to a cassette having a radiation detector for detecting radiation image information is greatly reduced. When a cassette transceiver of the cassette starts transmitting the radiation image information to a console transceiver of a console, the cassette transceiver changes the... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090039298 - Single sided dual scanning for computed radiography: A radiation image formation read out method for a storage phosphor screen. A phosphor screen is exposed to a first stimulating radiation from a first side of the screen to release a first stimulated radiation in the pattern of the stored image. The first stimulating radiation is at a first... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Carestream Health, Inc

20090032678 - Image-pickup apparatus: The image-pickup apparatus includes a focus detector generating focus detection information using light from an image-pickup optical system, a photometer generating photometry information using the light from the image-pickup optical system, a focus controller performing focus control, and an exposure controller performing exposure control. The photometer includes first and second... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090032679 - Multi-focal intraocular lens system and methods: The invention pertains to methods, components, and operations of multi-focal intraocular lens systems, including range finding for driving same and for discriminating between multiple objects and varying brightness conditions. The invention also pertains to intraocular photosensors and range-finding methods to be used with intra-ocular lens systems, and components, that provide... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090032681 - Detector and detecting method: A detector for detecting an image sensor is provided. The image sensor is electrically connected to a wafer via a contacting pad. The detector includes a parallel light source, a pin and a diffuser. The parallel light source radiates a parallel light. The pin is electrically connected to the contacting... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090032683 - Flexible bioelectronic photodetector and imaging arrays based on bacteriorhodopsin (br) thin films: The direct deposit of photoelectric materials onto low-cost prefabricated patterned flexible electrodes provided by the present invention introduces a new design approach that permits the development of innovative lightweight, durable and non-planar sensing systems. By extending single and multi-spectral bioelectronic sensing technology to flexible plastic substrates, the invention offers a... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090032680 - Radiation detecting apparatus and radiation detecting system: A radiation detecting apparatus includes plural pixels each provided with a switching element disposed on an insulating substrate and a conversion element disposed on the switching element, and plural signal wirings arranged in one direction and connected with the plural switching elements, wherein the conversion elements have electrodes separated respectively... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090032682 - Semiconductor device, module, and electronic device: The breakdown voltage between the potential of a terminal and the ground potential (or power supply potential) is improved by increasing the gate width of an MOS transistor included in a switch. Accordingly, another switch and the like are protected even when surge is applied to the terminal. By increasing... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090032684 - Optical device and production method thereof: An optical device includes a base and an optical element chip and translucent member attached to the base. A wiring is buried in the base. One end of the wiring is an internal terminal portion. The other end of the wiring is an external terminal portion. A semiconductor chip incorporating... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090032685 - Trench photosensor for a cmos imager: A trench photosensor for use in a CMOS imager having an improved charge capacity. The trench photosensor may be either a photogate or photodiode structure. The trench shape of the photosensor provides the photosensitive element with an increased surface area compared to a flat photosensor occupying a comparable area on... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090032686 - Substantially transparent object detection system and method: A system for detecting the presence of a substantially transparent object includes a radiation source producing radiation at a predetermined bandwidth, and a radiation receiver is positioned to receive radiation from the radiation source. An opening is formed between the radiation receiver and the radiation source sized to allow a... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20090032687 - Two dimensional contact image sensor with frontlighting: A two-dimensional image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes an array of photodetectors directed towards a first side. Emitters directed towards the first side are also provided, with the emitters emitting infrared light when illuminated by ultraviolet light. An ultraviolet light source is provided for illuminating the emitters, and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090032688 - Two dimensional contact image sensor with backlighting: A two-dimensional image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes an array of photodetectors formed within a silicon substrate. The array of photodetectors is arranged to detect reflections of light from a surface. Channels are etched through the silicon substrate, allowing light to pass from a light source through the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090032689 - Optical sensor device: An optical sensor device has a sensor unit, which includes a light transmitter, a light receiver and a lens plate, with which a beam of light emitted by the light transmitter is coupled into the window pane, coupled out of the window pane and directed onto the light receiver. On... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090032690 - Optical interrogation system and method for using same: An optical interrogation system and a method are described herein that enable the interrogation of one or more biosensors which can be located within the wells of a microplate. In one embodiment, the optical interrogation system has a tunable laser, N-fiber launches, N-lenses and N-detectors that are set-up to interrogate... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090032691 - Photoelectric encoder and electronic equipment using the same: In a photoelectric encoder, each of light receiving elements (33a-33d) has a parallelogram shape formed by adjoining two congruent triangular light receiving regions (B), which each have a height dx1 with a dy1-long base edge, where one light receiving region (B) is adjacent to another with their base edges being... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090032692 - Apparatus of generating an optical tweezers with momentum and method thereof and photo-image for guiding particles: An apparatus of generating an optical tweezers with momentum and method thereof and an optical tweezers photo-image for guiding particles are provided. The apparatus generates at least one optical tweezers on an examined object that carries at least one particle. The apparatus includes a laser source, a diffractive optical element... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090032693 - Scanning electron microscope alignment method and scanning electron microscope: The present invention aims to provide an axis alignment method, astigmatism correction method and SEM for implementing these methods, which can prevent an alignment or correction error attributable to conditions of a specimen. A first aspect is to obtain the difference between the optimal values acquired from an automatic axis... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090032694 - Radon test kit: A radon test kit includes a housing, a plurality of canisters stored within the housing, a quantity of activated charcoal stored within each of the canisters, a gauge for measuring and indicating humidity mounted within the housing, and a sensor for measuring and indicating ambient temperature mounted within the housing.... Agent: Norman E. Lehrer, P.C.

20090032695 - Miniaturized ion mobility spectrometer: By utilizing the combination of a unique electronic ion injection control circuit in conjunction with a particularly designed drift cell construction, the instantly disclosed ion mobility spectrometer achieves increased levels of sensitivity, while achieving significant reductions in size and weight. The instant IMS is of a much simpler and easy... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20090032701 - Detection of analytes using ion mobility spectrometry: Methods and systems are provided for detecting analytes in a gas phase sample. An ion mobility spectrometer is provided for detecting analytes having an excess amount of dopant in its separation region. In an embodiment, the dopant is added directly to the separation region, such as with a drift gas... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20090032699 - Ion mobility spectrometer and method for determining an analyte substance or an analyte substance mixture in the presence of a dopant mixture by means of an ion mobility spectrometer: The present invention pertains to a method for determining an analyte substance or analyte substance mixture of ammonia and/or N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone as a component of a gas in the presence of a dopant mixture by means of an ion mobility spectrometer and to a corresponding ion mobility spectrometer.... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20090032697 - Mass analyzer and mass analyzing method: A mass analyzer having an ion trap for ejecting ions in a specific mass range, a collisional dissociation part for causing ions ejected from the ion trap to be dissociated, a mass analyzing part for performing a mass analysis of ions ejected from the collisional dissociation part, and a control... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090032698 - Mass-analysis method and mass-analysis apparatus: Among various ions introduced into an ion trap 1, those ions which are within a predetermined mass range including the mass-to-charge ratio of an objective ion are selected. Then, the frequency of a capturing voltage is set so that the objective ion will be captured with a high q-value, and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090032696 - Method and apparatus for ion cyclotron spectrometry: An ion cyclotron spectrometer may include a vacuum chamber that extends at least along a z-axis and means for producing a magnetic field within the vacuum chamber so that a magnetic field vector is generally parallel to the z-axis. The spectrometer may also include means for producing a trapping electric... Agent: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC

20090032700 - Three-dimensional rf ion traps with high ion capture efficiency: In a three-dimensional Paul RF ion trap at least one of the ring electrode and end cap electrodes is structured to produce a high capture efficiency for analyte ions introduced into the trap. The electrode structuring may be produced by an electrode surface profile having edges or protrusions, resulting in... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20090032702 - Method and apparatus for selectively providing electrons in an ion source: An electron source can selectively provide a first stream of electrons that travels in a direction along an imaginary line to a location remote from the electron source, or a second stream of electrons that travels in the direction along the line to the location. The electron source includes a... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20090032703 - High-bandwidth actuator drive for scanning probe microscopy: An actuator subsystem for use in a scanning probe microscope (SPM) system having a probe for measuring a sample comprises and actuator and an actuator driving circuit. The actuator operates in the SPM system to generate relative motion between the probe and the sample while the SPM system collects data... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090032704 - Method of measuring thin layers using sims: A method for measuring the thickness of a layer is provided, comprising (a) providing a structure (101) comprising a first layer disposed on a second layer; (b) impinging (103) the structure with a first ion beam comprising a first isotope, thereby sputtering off a portion of the first layer which... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.C.

20090032705 - Fast tip scanning for scanning probe microscope: An atomic force microscope apparatus scans a sample disposed in an X-Y plane, the sample having a surface, the surface having features in a Z direction perpendicular to the X-Y plane. The apparatus comprises an elongated arm having a pivot point and being rotatable about the pivot point in the... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090032706 - Fast-scanning spm and method of operating same: A method and apparatus are provided that have the capability of rapidly scanning a large sample of arbitrary characteristics under force control feedback so has to obtain a high resolution image. The method includes generating relative scanning movement between a probe of the SPM and a sample to scan the... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090032707 - Pattern measurement method and pattern measurement system: A pattern measurement method of the present invention includes steps of obtaining both a standard pattern corresponding to a predetermined pattern and a measurement point specified in advance; setting a measurement area so that it includes two straight line segments on both sides of the measurement point among outlines of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090032708 - Inspection system by charged particle beam and method of manufacturing devices using the system: An inspection apparatus by an electron beam comprises: an electron-optical device 70 having an electron-optical system for irradiating the object with a primary electron beam from an electron beam source, and a detector for detecting the secondary electron image projected by the electron-optical system; a stage system 50 for holding... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090032709 - Aberration correction system: An aberration correction system for use in an electron microscope and which produces a negative spherical aberration and corrects a higher-order aberration. The aberration correction system has three stages of multipole elements which, respectively, produce fields of 3-fold symmetry with respect to the optical axis. Any two stages of multipole... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090032710 - Scanning electron microscope: Disclosed herein is a scanning electron microscope capable of determining quality of a semiconductor pattern, deformation of contact-holes, and inclination of the sidewall of the contact-holes, respectively. To that end, the scanning electron microscope includes image pickup means for picking up images of a circuit pattern formed on a semiconductor... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090032711 - Method of illumination for in-flight refueling: An illuminating system, device, and method are provided to illuminate an in-flight refueling operation involving a first aircraft, serving as a tanker aircraft and carrying the illuminating system of the present invention, and a second aircraft, entering an in-flight refueling position relative to the first aircraft. The system, device, and... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20090032712 - Method for detecting a spray of water at the rear of a vehicle: A method for detecting a phenomenon affecting visibility generated by an automotive vehicle, comprising the steps of emitting a first beam of light, which beam of light can be reflected by an obstacle; emitting a second reference beam of light using a second emitting source; receiving on a receiver the... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20090032713 - Controlled misalignment in wavelength-converted laser sources: Methods of controlling semiconductor lasers are provided where the semiconductor laser generates an output beam that is directed towards the input face of a wavelength conversion device. Particular aspects of the present invention relate to alignment and/or intentional misalignment of a beam spot of an output beam on an input... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090032714 - Optical imaging detector: The invention relates to an optical imaging detector for fluorescence and bioluminescence imaging of an imaged object that can be used for tomographic imaging. The optical imaging detector comprises at least one micro-lens array with a plurality of micro-lenses. A photo detector can be located either in the focal plane... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090032715 - Pileup rejection in an energy-dispersive radiation spectrometry system: A method of detecting edges of a preamplifier signal including identifying a first portion of the signal wherein each part thereof has an instantaneous slope having a first polarity, identifying a second portion immediately following the first portion wherein each part thereof has an instantaneous slope having a second opposite... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20090032716 - Nuclear medicine imaging system with high efficiency transmission measurement: A nuclear medicine imaging system that includes a plurality of detectors arranged about an imaging region. A transmission source can be provided opposite the detectors and rotating about the imaging region to obtain different imaging angles. The nuclear imaging system provides for the ability to acquire high sensitivity transmission data... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090032718 - Color scintillator and image sensor: A color scintillator 26 comprises: an optical substrate having bundled optical fibers; an acicular scintillator 50 provided with the optical substrate 30, the acicular scintillator having either of an acicular crystal structure and a columnar crystal structure, the acicular scintillator reacting with at least one of an electromagnetic wave and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090032717 - High-resolution depth-of-interaction pet detector: A depth of interaction-sensitive crystal scintillation detector features crystal types that alternate in three-dimensional checkerboard fashion, each type having a different crystal decay time. One or more photosensors are disposed on each of at least two orthogonal surfaces. The scintillation detector provides improved depth of interaction resolution. The different crystal... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090032719 - Image detection device: An image detection device includes a sensor panel and a light. The sensor panel includes a semiconductor layer, which is formed on a substrate formed of a member having a light transmitting property and generates charges in response to X-rays radiated thereto, two pairs of electrodes each pair disposed in... Agent: Taiyo Corporation

20090032720 - System with optical energy producing structure and electrical device comprising solar cell: A system comprises an optical energy producing structure that produces non-visible light and an electrical device comprising a solar cell that faces the structure when the electrical device rests on the structure. The solar cell converts non-visible light from the structure to electrical energy for use by the electrical device.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090032722 - Corrector for charged-particle beam aberration and charged-particle beam apparatus: In a charged-particle beam apparatus having a high-accuracy and high-resolution focusing optical system for charged-particle beam, a group of coils are arranged along a beam emission axis to extend through the contour of radial planes each radiating from the beam emission axis representing a rotary axis and each having a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090032721 - Particle-beam exposure apparatus and particle-beam therapeutic apparatus: A particle-beam exposure apparatus and a particle-beam therapeutic apparatus are obtained, in which, by reducing diameter increase, due to scattering in a range shifter, of a charged particle beam, the charged particle beam whose diameter is so narrow that spatially accurate exposure into the target is possible can be supplied,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090032723 - Charged particle beam irradiation system: A first scan is performed in a predetermined direction on scanning line and in a predetermined sequential direction of scanning lines and a second scan is performed in a scanning direction different from the predetermined scanning direction and in a sequential direction different from the predetermined sequential direction. An image... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090032724 - Focused negative ion beam field source: An apparatus for producing negative ions including an emitter coated with an ionic liquid room-temperature molten salt, an electrode positioned downstream relative to the emitter, a power supply that applies a voltage to the emitter with respect to the electrode. The power supply is sufficient to generate a stable high... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090032725 - Apparatus and methods for treating a workpiece using a gas cluster ion beam: Embodiments of an apparatus and methods of forming isolated islands of modified material with a gas cluster ion beam are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20090032726 - Ion implanter having combined hybrid and double mechanical scan architecture: A system and method are provided for implanting ions into a workpiece in a plurality of operating ranges. A desired dosage of ions is provided, and a spot ion beam is formed from an ion source and mass analyzed by a mass analyzer. Ions are implanted into the workpiece in... Agent: Thomas G. Eschweiler Eschweiler & Associates, LLC

20090032727 - Elevated temperature rf ion source: An elevated temperature RF ion source system, comprising an ion source body, an RF antenna coil external to the ion source body, a vacuum enclosure surrounding both the outside surface of the ion source body and the RF antenna coil, at least one power supply, a gas delivery system operatively... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20090032728 - Hybrid ion source/multimode ion source: A hybrid ion source, comprising a source body configured to create plasma therein, from a first material, wherein the first material comprises one of monatomic gases, small molecule gases, large molecule gases, reactive gases, and solids, a low power plasma generation component operably associated with the source body, a high... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20090032729 - Dosing machine for radioactive liquid: A dosing machine (1) for radioactive liquid substances comprises means for receiving a radioactive liquid, means for sending a quantity of liquid to a dose calibrator and means for feeding a calibrated dose of liquid into a vial or syringe; the dosing machine (1) comprises means for transferring the quantity... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090032730 - System and method for optically driven separations using fluid filled core optical fibers: An optical chromatography system employs fluid filled hollow core fibers, such as photonic crystal fibers (PCFs), which confine an incident optical beam from a laser, for example, in the core and cause separation of particles in the fluid along the length of the PCF. The incident optical beam is confined... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090032733 - Apparatus for measuring fluorescent material in a liquid: An apparatus (10) for measuring, in particular, the amount of oil present in a quantity of water. The apparatus comprises a measurement chamber (12) having an optical window (18) through which an excitation signal may be transmitted and fluorescent light may be detected. The apparatus further includes an ultrasonic transducer... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090032732 - Microscope objective and fluorescent observation apparatus therewith: An immersion type microscope objective is configured by, in order from the object side to an image side, a positive lens group Ga including a cemented lens obtained by cementing a plano-convex lens whose plane surface faces the object side to a meniscus lens whose concave surface faces the object... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, P.C.

20090032731 - Photodetector and measurement object reader: Provided is a photodetector 10 for detecting fluorescence 40 emitted from a sample 3 placed on a substrate of DNA chip 1 has an irradiation optical system 11 for guiding irradiation light 25 by a first optical waveguide 21, gathering the irradiation light by a first lens 22 and irradiating... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090032736 - Biochip reader and fluorometric imaging apparatus: The present invention provides a biochip reader for reading the image information of samples using a photodetector device, by irradiating a corresponding beam of excitation light at each site of a biochip on which a plurality of the samples are arranged at equal pitches, the biochip reader comprising: a microlens... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090032734 - Detection of microorganisms with a fluorescence-based device: A device and method for detecting by fluorescence microbial growth from sample substances are disclosed. For example, a method for the detection of visible-band fluorescence signals generated by at least one fluorescing compound excited by ultraviolet energy, comprising exciting said at least one fluorescing compound with ultraviolet energy emitted from... Agent: Ian C. Mcleod, P.C.

20090032735 - Sensing device, sensing apparatus, and sensing method: There are provided a sensing device, a sensing apparatus, and a sensing method capable of realizing effective multi-photon absorption and local plasmon enhancement function. The sensing device can realize a high multi-photon excitation efficiency and selectivity by accurately controlling the material, shape, size, interval, and direction of metal particles arranged... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090032737 - Radiation detecting cassette and medical system: An image capturing system includes a cassette having a radiation detector, an image memory, and a cassette controller, an image capturing apparatus, a display device, and a host computer. The cassette controller comprises a capacity value transmitter for transmitting a capacity value of the radiation image information to the host... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090032738 - Charged particle beam writing apparatus and method thereof: A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a dividing unit configured to virtually divide a writing region of a target workpiece into a plurality of small regions along a writing direction, a calculating unit configured to calculate a writing speed of each of the plurality of small regions by using... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090032739 - Method and system for charged-particle beam lithography: Charged-particle beam lithography method and system. The lithography system has a map creation unit and a lithographic data creation unit. The map creation unit creates a proximity effect correction amount map from pattern data supplied from a pattern data file, pattern layout information, a foggy error correction amount map, loading... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090032742 - Control device for controlling an irradiation procedure, particle therapy unit, and method for irradiating a target volume: The present embodiments relate to a control device for controlling an irradiation procedure, which is designed in such a way that a target volume is irradiated by at least two irradiation procedures. In each irradiation procedure, an energy of a particle beam is varied in such a way that the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090032740 - Laser-driven light source: An apparatus for producing light includes a chamber and an ignition source that ionizes a gas within the chamber. The apparatus also includes at least one laser that provides energy to the ionized gas within the chamber to produce a high brightness light. The laser can provide a substantially continuous... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090032741 - Systems and methods for controlling chirality of nanotubes: A system is provided that can be utilized to generate nanotubes with substantially similar chirality. The system provides a resonant frequency, keyed to a desired radial breathing mode linked to the desired chirality, that causes a template of catalysts particles or nanotubes to oscillate at the provided resonant frequency, so... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090032743 - Laboratory apparatus for simultaneously carrying out reactions in a plurality of samples: The invention relates to a laboratory apparatus for simultaneously carrying out reactions in a plurality of samples which are arranged in an array. The apparatus includes an illumination device, which emits illumination light onto the samples, a detection device, which generates a signal dependent on the light intensity of the... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090032744 - Radiation image capturing system: A signal detector detects signals transmitted from signal generators disposed in a radiation detecting cassette, and a distance calculator calculates the distance between a radiation source and a radiation detector based on the signals detected by the signal detector. A determining unit determines whether the detected distance matches a predetermined... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090032745 - Radiation image capturing system: A transceiver of a radiation detecting cassette sends cassette ID information stored in a cassette ID memory to a transceiver of a console via a transceiver of an image capturing apparatus by way of wireless communications. An ID determining unit determines whether cassette ID information which matches the cassette ID... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC