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Matsushita patent applications published on 20 November 2008

Administrator — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:26:42 +0000

30 US patent applications published on 20 November 2008 and assigned to Matsushita

1	20080289018	Security Device, Terminal Device, Gate Device, and Device
2	20080288885	Internet Terminal Device Using Window Frame Configuration Information, Frame Server, Information System, and Browser Execution Method
3	20080288801	Information Processing Apparatus and Power Supply Control Method for Information Processing Apparatus
4	20080288221	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ANALYSIS MESH
5	20080287280	OPTICAL GLASS COMPOSITION, PREFORM AND OPTICAL ELEMENT
6	20080286139	Photo-Shaping Method, Photo-Shaping System, And Photo-Shaping Program
7	20080285947	Reproduction Device
8	20080285941	REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, AV DATA SWITCHING METHOD, OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND INPUT APPARATUS
9	20080285750	DECRYPTION DEVICE
10	20080285554	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF
11	20080285410	MULTI-LAYERED INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND RECORDING METHOD
12	20080285408	Optical Disk Device and Optical Disk Semiconductor
13	20080285149	Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera
14	20080285148	Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera
15	20080285147	Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera
16	20080284913	AUDIO-VISUAL SYSTEM, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY DEVICE
17	20080284882	SOLID STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME AND CAMERA USING THE SAME
18	20080284862	Monitor Camera Device, Control Method for Monitor Camera Device, and Program for Monitor Camera Device
19	20080284544	Mems Filter Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof
20	20080284539	HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND HIGH FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFICATION DEVICE
21	20080284500	LOAD-DRIVE CONTROLLER
22	20080284046	Flip chip mounting method and bump forming method
23	20080284026	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
24	20080283985	CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, MOLDING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, TRAY AND INSPECTION SOCKET
25	20080283413	Method for manufacturing oxygen reduction electrode, oxygen reduction electrode and electrochemical element using same
26	20080283380	PRESSURE SENSITIVE CONDUCTIVE SHEET AND PANEL SWITCH USING SAME
27	20080283374	ELECTROMECHANICAL ELEMENT, DRIVING METHOD OF THE ELECTROMECHANICAL ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH THE SAME
28	20080283284	WIRING BOARD CONNECTION METHOD AND WIRING BOARD
29	20080283086	Substrate processing apparatus and cleaning method therefor
30	20080282576	Dryer for hair shaving device

Matsushita patents granted on 18 November 2008

Administrator — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:23:42 +0000

7 US patents granted on 18 November 2008 and assigned to Matsushita

1	7,454,688	Information recording disc, recording and/or reproducing device and method
2	7,454,575	Cache memory and its controlling method
3	7,453,827	IP telephone and IP adaptor
4	7,453,781	Method and an apparatus for recording information, and an information recording medium
5	7,453,106	Semiconductor device with stress reducing trench fill containing semiconductor microparticles in shallow trench isolation
6	7,452,118	Area light source
7	7,451,770	Cleaning device for an electrical hair removing apparatus

Matsushita patent applications published on 13 November 2008

Administrator — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:18:16 +0000

20 US patent applications published on 13 November 2008 and assigned to Matsushita

1	20080281589	Noise Suppression Device and Noise Suppression Method
2	20080281587	Audio Encoding Apparatus, Audio Decoding Apparatus, Communication Apparatus and Audio Encoding Method
3	20080279532	Recording and Reproducing Apparatus
4	20080279411	Earpiece, Electronic Device and Communication Device
5	20080279378	Transmitting Apparatus and Receiving Apparatus
6	20080279308	Method and Transmitter Structure Reducing Ambiguity By Repetition Rearrangement in the Symbol Domain
7	20080279305	RADIO TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, RADIO RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND M-ARY MODULATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
8	20080279303	Repetition-Dependent Mapping For Higher Order Modulation Schemes
9	20080279210	Communication Apparatus
10	20080279073	INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD AND INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCTION SYSTEM
11	20080279063	Drive Device
12	20080278981	SWITCHING CONTROL DEVICE
13	20080278885	Placement configuration of MIM type capacitance element
14	20080278629	IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD
15	20080278600	Camera Apparatus
16	20080278593	Camera Apparatus
17	20080278134	SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE
18	20080277771	Electronic Device Package Manufacturing Method and Electronic Device Package
19	20080277702	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA HAVING THE SAME
20	20080276460	INNER CUTTER FOR A RECIPROCATING ELECTRIC SHAVER

Matsushita patents granted on 11 November 2008

Administrator — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:54:49 +0000

13 US patents granted on 11 November 2008 and assigned to Matsushita

1	7,451,091	Method for determining time borders and frequency resolutions for spectral envelope coding
2	7,451,008	Management method and system for device requiring maintenance
3	7,450,461	Semiconductor memory device and transmission/reception system provided with the same
4	7,450,326	Method to determine temperature dependent write pre-compensation in a hard disk drive
5	7,450,105	Display device
6	7,450,058	Radar oscillator capable of preventing leak of oscillation output
7	7,450,046	Delta-sigma modulator and A/D converter
8	7,449,978	Printed substrate, and electronic component having shield structure
9	7,449,838	Backlight device and display unit provided with it
10	7,449,670	Amplifier circuit and optical pickup device
11	7,449,399	Method for fabricating a semiconductor device for reducing a surface potential
12	7,449,215	Method of manufacturing display device
13	7,448,805	Thrust dynamic pressure bearing, spindle motor using thereof, and information recording/reproducing device using the spindle motor

Matsushita patent applications published on 06 November 2008

Administrator — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:46:14 +0000

28 US patent applications published on 06 November 2008 and assigned to Matsushita

1	20080276300	Program Execution Device
2	20080276148	Interference Limitation for Uplink Retransmissions
3	20080276044	PROCESSING APPARATUS
4	20080275721	Information Terminal and Health Care Assisting System
5	20080275698	EXCITATION VECTOR GENERATOR, SPEECH CODER AND SPEECH DECODER
6	20080274709	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
7	20080274661	Method of Manufacturing Plasma Display Panel and Setter for Substrate Used Therein
8	20080274409	Separator for Battery and Alkaline Battery
9	20080274399	Secondary battery
10	20080274390	Anode electrodes for direct oxidation fuel cells and systems operating with concentrated liquid fuel
11	20080273836	ULTRAFAST LASER MACHINING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING DIFFRACTIVE STRUCTURES IN OPTICAL FIBERS
12	20080273740	Speaker
13	20080273609	RECEIVING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION METHOD
14	20080273581	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD USING DIGITAL WAVELET MULTI CARRIER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
15	20080273484	Wireless Communication System
16	20080273448	Drive Device
17	20080273360	Inverter Device and Vehicle Air Conditioner Using the Same
18	20080273358	Power Supply Device
19	20080273289	Film capacitor and method of manufacturing same
20	20080273123	Laser Picture Formation Device
21	20080272972	VARIABLE SLOT ANTENNA AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF
22	20080272971	WIDEBAND SLOT ANTENNA
23	20080272905	Attendance Management System
24	20080272859	Photonic crystal device
25	20080272762	Inverter
26	20080272473	OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
27	20080272454	Light-Collecting Device, Solid-State Imaging Apparatus and Method of Manufacturing Thereof
28	20080272115	High-Frequency Heating Apparatus

Matsushita patents granted on 04 November 2008

Administrator — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:34:28 +0000

32 US patents granted on 04 November 2008 and assigned to Matsushita

1	7,448,087	System for preventing unauthorized use of recording media
2	7,448,056	Disc cartridge
3	7,447,800	Mobile router device, mobile network system, and mobility management method of mobile router device
4	7,447,746	Terminal device and method for use in media access communication system
5	7,447,530	Portable radio communication apparatus provided with a boom portion and a part of housing operating as an antenna
6	7,447,504	HARQ process restriction and transmission of non-scheduled control data via uplink channels
7	7,447,418	Image reproducing device and image recording/reproducing device
8	7,447,328	Loudspeaker
9	7,447,126	Recording device, and related control method, computer program and system LSI
10	7,447,045	Board supporting mechanism, board supporting method, and component mounting apparatus and component mounting method using the same mechanism and method
11	7,446,908	Image reader
12	7,446,815	Image conversion device and image conversion method
13	7,446,759	Array substrate for flat display device
14	7,446,734	Method of driving plasma display panel
15	7,446,729	Loop antenna unit and radio communication medium processor
16	7,446,670	Load terminal for use in a remote controlled load management system
17	7,446,629	Antenna duplexer, and RF module and communication apparatus using the same
18	7,446,603	Differential input Class D amplifier
19	7,446,567	Signal transmission apparatus and interconnection structure
20	7,446,549	Semiconductor leakage current detector and leakage current measurement method, semiconductor leakage current detector with voltage trimming function and reference voltage trimming method, and semiconductor integrated circuit thereof
21	7,446,512	Resonant switching power supply device
22	7,446,455	Thin film elastic wave resonator
23	7,446,446	Rotary electronic component
24	7,446,423	Semiconductor device and method for assembling the same
25	7,446,413	Circuit apparatus and method for operating the same
26	7,446,391	Electro-resistance element and method of manufacturing the same
27	7,446,381	Semiconductor memory device and method for fabricating the same
28	7,446,287	Induction heating cooker with buoyancy reducing plate
29	7,446,256	Thermoelectric conversion device, and cooling method and power generation method using the same
30	7,446,252	Music information calculation apparatus and music reproduction apparatus
31	7,446,048	Dry etching apparatus and dry etching method
32	7,446,015	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

Matsushita patent applications published on 30 October 2008

Administrator — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:44:29 +0000

37 US patent applications published on 30 October 2008 and assigned to Matsushita

1	20080271107	IN-HOME RECEIVING TERMINAL SYSTEM
2	20080271093	RECORDING/REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL BROADCASTING
3	20080271075	Broadcasting System, Broadcasting Station Apparatus, Receiving Device, and Broadcasting Method
4	20080270658	PROCESSOR SYSTEM, BUS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
5	20080270472	Information Terminal and Information Providing Method
6	20080270045	FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT DEVICE
7	20080268923	Folding Rotary Portable Terminal
8	20080268921	Portable Terminal Apparatus
9	20080268906	Mobile Terminal
10	20080268886	Beacon Group Merging
11	20080268852	Delayed Base Station Relocation in Distributed Radio Access Networks
12	20080268814	Radio Communication Device and Radio Communication Method
13	20080268799	TRANSMISSION APPARATUS
14	20080268723	CONNECTOR
15	20080268711	CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR CONNECTING BODY
16	20080268368	Toner, method for producing toner, two-component developer, and image forming apparatus
17	20080267324	Impulse Radio Communication Device
18	20080267316	Method for Using a Symbol Mapper Using a Symbol Mapping Scheme to Generate Modulation Symbols According to a Different Symbol Mapping Scheme and a Method for Generating a Symbol Mapping Scheme
19	20080267286	Image Encoding Device and Method
20	20080267049	Optical Disc Drive
21	20080267046	OPTICAL HEAD DEVICE AND OPTICAL INFORMATION DEVICE USING THE SAME, COMPUTER, OPTICAL DISK PLAYER, CAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM, OPTICAL DISK RECORDER, AND OPTICAL DISK SERVER
22	20080267039	HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING APPARATUS, HOLOGRAPHIC REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS
23	20080267031	Optical Disc Drive
24	20080267020	OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND FOCUS CONTROL METHOD
25	20080266825	ELECTRONIC COMPONENT PACKAGE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTED APPARATUS, METHOD OF INSPECTING BONDING PORTION THEREIN, AND CIRCUIT BOARD
26	20080266690	Optical Filter and Lighting Apparatus
27	20080266211	Plasma Display Panel, Plasma Display Device, and Method for Driving Plasma Display Panel
28	20080266188	Radio Machine Antenna Device and Portable Radio Machine
29	20080266159	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AD CONVERTER, AND AD CONVERTING METHOD
30	20080266147	VARIABLE LENGTH CODE DECODING APPARATUS
31	20080265995	AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE
32	20080265994	VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFYING APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
33	20080265436	Semiconductor for Device and Its Manufacturing Method
34	20080265433	INTERPOSER, SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP MOUNTED SUB-BOARD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE
35	20080265380	METHOD FOR FABRICATING A HIGH-K DIELECTRIC LAYER
36	20080265283	Hetero-junction bipolar transistor
37	20080265252	Semiconductor device

Matsushita patents granted on 28 October 2008

Administrator — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:20:11 +0000

34 US patents granted on 28 October 2008 and assigned to Matsushita

1	7,444,520	Data conversion system for protecting software against analysis and tampering
2	7,444,475	Semiconductor integrated circuit
3	7,444,391	Data terminal, data distribution system, and internet telephone system
4	7,444,125	Communications signal amplifiers having independent power control and amplitude modulation
5	7,444,065	System control apparatus for moving picture data
6	7,444,029	Image predictive coding method
7	7,443,996	Loudspeaker
8	7,443,778	Optical head device and optical information device using the same, computer, optical disk player, car navigation system, optical disk recorder, and optical disk server
9	7,443,774	Optical head and data processing apparatus including the same
10	7,443,655	Capacitor
11	7,443,605	Zoom lens, imaging device, and camera having imaging device
12	7,443,468	Liquid crystal display device
13	7,443,467	Liquid crystal display device provided with pigmented layers in a pixel
14	7,443,440	Color separator and imager
15	7,443,436	Image pickup system for preventing image darkening due to the entrance of intense light
16	7,443,365	Display unit and display method
17	7,443,320	Decoding method and encoding method
18	7,443,261	Phase modulating apparatus, communication device, mobile wireless unit, and phase modulating method
19	7,443,242	AGC circuit
20	7,443,133	Fuel cell management system and audio system provided with the management system
21	7,443,115	Apparatus and method for robot handling control
22	7,443,059	Linear actuator for both vibrating and rolling movement and electric toothbrush using the same
23	7,443,058	Actuator capable of reciprocal linear driving and rolling driving and power toothbrush using the same
24	7,443,031	Multilayer wiring structure of semiconductor device, method of producing said multilayer wiring structure and semiconductor device to be used for reliability evaluation
25	7,443,028	Imaging module and method for forming the same
26	7,443,021	Electronic component packaging structure and method for producing the same
27	7,442,913	Photocurrent amplifier circuit and optical pick-up device
28	7,442,907	Induction heating cooking device
29	7,442,893	Switch device
30	7,442,628	Semiconductor laser manufacturing method
31	7,442,470	High power output non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
32	7,442,467	Sealed battery
33	7,442,074	Wiring board and method for producing the same
34	7,441,459	Tuning-fork type transducer for angular-speed sensor, angular-speed sensor using the same transducer, and automotive vehicle using the same angular-speed sensor

Matsushita patent applications published on 23 October 2008

Administrator — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:36:34 +0000

42 US patent applications published on 23 October 2008 and assigned to Matsushita

1	20080263494	Power supply wiring structure
2	20080263249	Access Arbiter and Arbitrable Condition Verification Device
3	20080262642	Component Mounting Order Deciding Method and Component Mounting Order Deciding Apparatus
4	20080261545	COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND BASE STATION APPARATUS
5	20080260951	PARTICLE ARRANGEMENT APPARATUS AND PARTICLE ARRANGEMENT METHOD
6	20080260515	Pump
7	20080260510	Manipulator-Type Robot
8	20080260401	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
9	20080260375	IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD
10	20080260334	Plug-socket connector apparatus for optical fiber termination
11	20080260213	FACE IMAGE DETECTION DEVICE, FACE IMAGE DETECTION METHOD AND IMAGING APPARATUS
12	20080260157	Recording Apparatus and Recording Medium
13	20080260069	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
14	20080260040	METHOD, DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND ENCODER FOR FILTERING VIDEO NOISE
15	20080260024	METHOD, DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND TRANSCODER FOR SELECTIVELY REDUCING QUANTIZATION LEVELS
16	20080259943	IP COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND NAT TYPE DETERMINATION METHOD BY THE SAME
17	20080259854	Communication Terminal Apparatus, Base Station Apparatus, and Resource Assigning Method
18	20080259848	Communication Node and Communication Control Method
19	20080259754	Recorder, Host Device, Recording Method, Instruction Method, Program, Integrated Circuit, Reproducing Device, Reproducing Method and Write-Once-Read-Many Recording Medium
20	20080259751	Recorder, Host Device, Drive Device, Recording Method, Instruction Method, Program, Integrated Circuit, Reproducing Device, Reproducing Method, and Write-Once-Read-Many Recording Medium
21	20080259750	Optical pick-up head, optical information apparatus, and optical information reproducing method
22	20080259744	Drive Device
23	20080259706	Semiconductor memory
24	20080259704	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE IN WHICH A PLURALITY OF MEMORY MACROS ARE MOUNTED, AND TESTING METHOD THEREOF
25	20080259678	Method for initializing resistance-variable material, memory device containing a resistance-variable material, and method for initializing nonvolatile memory circuit including variable resistor
26	20080259522	Metalized Film Capacitor and Inverter Smoothing Capacitor for Automobile
27	20080259214	VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND IMAGING APPARATUS
28	20080259201	Camera Module and Electronic Apparatus Provided with it
29	20080259193	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE
30	20080259162	Imaging Region Adjustment Device
31	20080259160	VEHICLE VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE
32	20080259133	PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, INK JET HEAD, AND INK JET RECORDING DEVICE
33	20080258944	DIGITAL DATA MODULATOR-DEMODULATOR
34	20080258739	Position Sensor
35	20080258690	Thermal switching element and method for manufacturing the same
36	20080258566	Actuator and electric toothbrush using the same
37	20080258110	PHOSPHOR COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME
38	20080257937	Electronic Component Mounting System, Electronic Component Mounting Device, and Electronic Component Mounting Method
39	20080257727	EXTRACELLULAR POTENTIAL SENSING ELEMENT, DEVICE FOR MEASURING EXTRACELLULAR POTENTIAL, APPARATUS FOR MEASURING EXTRACELLULAR POTENTIAL AND METHOD OF MEASURING EXTRACELLULAR POTENTIAL BY USING THE SAME
40	20080257726	EXTRACELLULAR POTENTIAL SENSING ELEMENT, DEVICE FOR MEASURING EXTRACELLULAR POTENTIAL, APPARATUS FOR MEASURING EXTRACELLULAR POTENTIAL AND METHOD OF MEASURING EXTRACELLULAR POTENTIAL BY USING THE SAME
41	20080257705	PUSH-SWITCH
42	20080257577	Power tool