Superconductor technology: apparatus, material, process inventions 03/07

20070066490 - Video games on demand with anti-piracy security: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are described for the automated payment, download over a network, installation on a set-top box, and play of console and online video games by user interaction with a controller-adapted set-top box. Security measures inhibit video game piracy.... Agent: Matthew E. Burr Lake Austin Marina

20070060481 - Method of manufacturing superconducting wire: A method of manufacturing a superconducting wire includes the step of drawing a wire formed by coating raw material powder for a superconductor with a metal (S6), the step of first rolling (S8) rolling a multifilamentary wire after the step of drawing (S6), and the step of first sintering (S10)... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070054809 - Superconducting structure, apparatus for processing superconducting structure, and method for processing superconducting structure: A superconducting structure includes an NbN thin-film as a first superconducting thin-film layer on the upper surface of a substrate, an NbN thin-film as a second superconducting thin-film layer above the NbN thin-film, and a MgO thin-film as a protective thin-film provided between the NbN thin-film and the NbN thin-film.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070054810 - Mgb2 superconductor, its wire, and a manufacturing method thereof: By adding an aromatic hydrocarbon such as benzene to the powder mixture of magnesium (Mg) or magnesium hydride (MgH2) and boron (B) as raw materials of a superconductor MgB2, high superconducting critical current density (Jc) is obtained.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.