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Panasonic patent applications published on 11 March 2010

Administrator — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:27:50 +0000

34 US patent applications published on 11 March 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20100063804	ADAPTIVE SOUND SOURCE VECTOR QUANTIZATION DEVICE AND ADAPTIVE SOUND SOURCE VECTOR QUANTIZATION METHOD
2	20100063391	ULTRASONOGRAPH
3	20100063369	OPTICAL BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING APPARATUS, OPTICAL BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING METHOD, BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DECISION APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM
4	20100062848	Vehicle entertainment system operable by a remote device and method for remotely operating a vehicle entertainment system
5	20100062776	COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND SEAMLESS HANDOVER METHOD
6	20100062414	SAMPLE LIQUID ANALYTICAL CHIP
7	20100061717	CAMERA BODY AND IMAGING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME
8	20100061716	CAMERA BODY AND IMAGING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME
9	20100061715	CAMERA SYSTEM AND CAMERA BODY
10	20100061702	REPRODUCING APPARATUS
11	20100061649	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING BLOCK NOISE
12	20100061475	RE-TRANSMISSION IN A MIMO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
13	20100061345	CONFIGURATION OF CONTROL CHANNELS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
14	20100061319	COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, HOME AGENT ALLOCATION SERVER, AND MOBILE NODE
15	20100061308	MANAGEMENT OF MOBILE TERMINALS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ALLOWING FOR MULTIPLE-TRACKING AREA REGISTRATION
16	20100061296	PACKET TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD, MOBILE TERMINAL AND HOME AGENT USED IN ITS METHOD
17	20100061211	OPTICAL PICKUP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
18	20100060995	LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE
19	20100060789	RECEPTION DEVICE AND RECEPTION METHOD
20	20100060781	LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE
21	20100060777	LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE
22	20100060775	CAMERA BODY AND IMAGING DEVICE
23	20100060771	CAMERA BODY AND IMAGING DEVICE
24	20100060760	IMAGING APPARATUS AND DUST REDUCTION APPARATUS
25	20100060627	PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL
26	20100060625	PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD
27	20100060177	LOAD DRIVING APPARATUS
28	20100060142	PLANE EMISSION DEVICE
29	20100060101	ELASTIC WAVE ELEMENT
30	20100059827	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
31	20100059590	READER/WRITER DEVICE FOR NONCONTACT IC CARD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND NONCONTACT COMMUNICATION METHOD
32	20100059509	MICROWAVE HEATING APPLIANCE
33	20100059309	DIAPHRAGM FOR SPEAKER, FRAME FOR SPEAKER, DUST CAP FOR SPEAKER, SPEAKER AND APPARATUS USING THEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENT FOR SPEAKER
34	20100058817	DRUM TYPE WASHING MACHINE

Panasonic patents granted on 09 March 2010

Administrator — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:28:26 +0000

50 US patents granted on 09 March 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	D611,666	Vacuum cleaner handle
2	D611,628	Lighting apparatus
3	D611,609	Hearing aid
4	D611,608	Hearing aid
5	D611,607	Hearing aid
6	D611,605	Blood pressure measuring apparatus
7	7,676,847	Application execution device, application execution method, integrated circuit, and computer-readable program
8	7,676,719	Transmitter apparatus and multiantenna transmitter apparatus
9	7,676,615	Contents data storage device and contents data update system
10	7,676,593	Method of bandwidth control by rewriting ACK number
11	7,676,527	Processor
12	7,676,141	Recording apparatus and recording method
13	7,676,055	Information-detecting apparatus and method
14	7,676,042	Terminal apparatus, server apparatus, and digital content distribution system
15	7,676,036	Input device and personal mobile terminal having the same
16	7,676,005	Wireless communication apparatus
17	7,675,997	Dynamic DC offset removal apparatus and dynamic DC offset removal method
18	7,675,995	Apparatus and method for conditioning a modulated signal in a communications device
19	7,675,993	Reduction of average-to-minimum power ratio in communications signals
20	7,675,950	Laser light source device and image display apparatus
21	7,675,914	Relay information setting method and device
22	7,675,907	IP telephone system, IP telephone apparatus and method for identifying destination user
23	7,675,849	System and method for routing communication signals via a data distribution network
24	7,675,769	Semiconductor integrated circuit
25	7,675,734	Electrolytic solution and electrolytic capacitor using the same
26	7,675,691	Zoom lens system and imaging optical device employing the same
27	7,675,689	Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera
28	7,675,566	Camera module
29	7,675,483	Dynamic false contour reducing method, dynamic false contour reducing circuit, display device, and program
30	7,675,389	Piezoelectric resonator, piezoelectric filter, and duplexer and communication device using the same
31	7,675,348	Semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus which is capable of controlling a substrate voltage under low source voltage driving a miniaturized MOSFET
32	7,675,327	Semiconductor device
33	7,675,314	Receiver circuit
34	7,675,214	Low profile motor
35	7,675,210	Hydrodynamic bearing and method for manufacturing the same, and spindle motor and method for manufacturing the same
36	7,675,184	Semiconductor device
37	7,675,140	Semiconductor circuit device and display data line driver
38	7,675,075	Semiconductor light emitting device, light emitting module, lighting apparatus, display element and manufacturing method of semiconductor light emitting device
39	7,675,004	Heating element and production method thereof
40	7,674,719	Via hole machining for microwave monolithic integrated circuits
41	7,674,638	Sensor device and production method therefor
42	7,674,556	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for charging the same
43	7,674,445	Method for purifying hydrogen in a reformed gas
44	7,674,114	Board-to-board connector
45	7,674,043	Hydrodynamic bearing rotary device
46	7,673,718	Leg-wheeled-traveling mechanism
47	7,673,529	Method for processing detection signal of vibratory inertial force sensor and vibratory inertial force sensor
48	7,673,488	Wire winding apparatus and method for producing magnetic excitation coil
49	7,673,369	Floor cleaning apparatus with filter cleaning system
50	7,673,368	Dust bag arrangement and filling indicator for floor care apparatus

Panasonic patent applications published on 04 March 2010

Administrator — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:07:48 +0000

31 US patent applications published on 04 March 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20100058237	TARGET ESTIMATION DEVICE AND TARGET ESTIMATION METHOD
2	20100057447	PARAMETER DECODING DEVICE, PARAMETER ENCODING DEVICE, AND PARAMETER DECODING METHOD
3	20100057446	ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD
4	20100057384	PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTION CIRCUIT AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR DEVICE
5	20100056175	MOBILITY MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
6	20100055875	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER
7	20100055626	METHOD FOR PATTERN FORMATION
8	20100054133	Loop Detection For Mobile IP Home Agents
9	20100054107	RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS
10	20100054097	RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, RECORDING/REPRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING POWER ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS
11	20100053888	GRIP DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT
12	20100053768	LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE
13	20100053134	PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD
14	20100053046	BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME
15	20100053020	ANTENNA UNIT AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
16	20100052972	MOVING OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM
17	20100052650	VOLTAGE DETECTOR FOR STORAGE ELEMENT
18	20100052608	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
19	20100052593	SERVO MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD
20	20100052572	LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVING APPARATUS
21	20100052571	Illumination System
22	20100052538	Discharge lamp lighting device, headlight device and vehicle having the same
23	20100052506	BLUE PHOSPHOR, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL
24	20100052489	COVER OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT
25	20100052476	PIEZOELECTRIC FILTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
26	20100052453	BRUSHLESS MOTOR AND ACTUATOR USING IT
27	20100051922	Organic Thin Film Transistors
28	20100051337	CIRCUIT BOARD
29	20100051250	HEAT EXCHANGER AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD
30	20100051249	HEAT EXCHANGER AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD
31	20100050704	ELECTROLYTIC MIST GENERATOR AND WASHING MACHINE USING THE SAME

Panasonic patents granted on 02 March 2010

Administrator — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:02:12 +0000

32 US patents granted on 02 March 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	D611,150	Blood pressure measuring apparatus
2	D611,039	Antenna
3	D611,038	Antenna
4	7,673,311	Disc cartridge for storage of a disc
5	7,673,205	Semiconductor IC and testing method thereof
6	7,672,777	Moving history conversion apparatus and moving history conversion method
7	7,672,574	Data broadcast playback control device, data broadcast playback control method data broadcast playback control program, and recording medium recording program thereon
8	7,672,572	Recording apparatus and recording method
9	7,672,571	Reproduction apparatus for selectively switching between first information and second information
10	7,672,570	Reproducing apparatus, program and reproducing method
11	7,672,394	Transmission apparatus and transmission method
12	7,672,366	Line quality report accuracy measurement device and accuracy measurement method
13	7,671,818	Antenna device with integrated connection cable, and radio apparatus
14	7,671,777	AD converter
15	7,671,775	Digital-to-analog converter
16	7,671,658	Mixer having frequency selection function
17	7,671,516	Ultrasonic actuator
18	7,671,464	Lighting device having a lighting unit with an optical semiconductor bare chip mounted on printed wiring board
19	7,671,438	Solid-state imaging device
20	7,671,409	Wide gap semiconductor power device with temperature independent resistivity due to channel region resistivity having negative temperature dependence
21	7,671,386	Solid-state imaging device, signal charge detection device, and camera
22	7,671,335	Infrared detector and process for fabricating the same
23	7,671,317	Physical quantity detecting apparatus and method for driving the same
24	7,670,854	Immunological assay and chip
25	7,670,744	Toner, method for producing toner, two component developer, and image forming apparatus
26	7,670,723	Positive electrode active material, production method thereof and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
27	7,670,717	Spirally-wound non-aqueous secondary battery and electrode plate used therefor
28	7,670,706	Fuel cartridge for fuel cell, and fuel cell
29	7,670,705	Fuel cell system with purifying apparatus
30	7,669,780	Fluid supply nozzle, substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method
31	7,669,317	Method for reversing a chip vertically
32	7,669,283	Method and apparatus for deep cleaning rug or carpet

Panasonic patent applications published on 25 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:25:07 +0000

69 US patent applications published on 25 February 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20100050126	RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM
2	20100050044	RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND TEMPORARY BIT INSERTION METHOD
3	20100049992	APPLICATION EXECUTING DEVICE, MANAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
4	20100049944	Processor integrated circuit and product development method using the processing integrated circuit
5	20100049512	ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD
6	20100049509	AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE AND AUDIO DECODING DEVICE
7	20100049508	AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE AND AUDIO ENCODING METHOD
8	20100049452	ULTRASONIC MEASURING DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC MEASURING METHOD
9	20100048264	SLIDING PORTABLE TERMINAL
10	20100048219	RADIO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION DEVICE AND CONTROL CHANNEL ARRANGEMENT METHOD
11	20100048209	Wireless Communication Terminal Apparatus and Wireless Communication Method
12	20100048017	BONDED STRUCTURE AND BONDING METHOD
13	20100047983	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME
14	20100047939	SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE
15	20100047684	BATTERY PACK MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND BATTERY PACK
16	20100047470	Method for producing a three-dimensionally shaped object
17	20100047093	COMPRESSOR
18	20100046932	RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM
19	20100046931	RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS
20	20100046930	RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS
21	20100046929	RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS
22	20100046926	RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
23	20100046924	REPRODUCTION DEVICE, OPTICAL DISC, RECORDING MEDIUM, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD
24	20100046923	REPRODUCTION DEVICE, OPTICAL DISC, RECORDING MEDIUM, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD
25	20100046921	REPRODUCER, PROGRAM, AND REPRODUCING METHOD
26	20100046920	REPRODUCTION DEVICE
27	20100046918	RECORDING AND PLAYBACK APPARATUS
28	20100046912	RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, REPRODUCTION METHOD
29	20100046906	Image Processing Method, Image Recording Method, Image Processing Device and Image File Format
30	20100046845	IMAGE CODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS
31	20100046794	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING MICROPOROUS FILM ON BATTERY ELECTRODE PLATE, COATER EQUIPPED WITH FILM MEASURING DEVICE, AND COATING METHOD USING FILM MEASURING METHOD
32	20100046747	PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND PLAYBACK METHOD
33	20100046658	MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, MULTI-ANTENNA RECEPTION DEVICE, MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMISSION METHOD, MULTI-ANTENNA RECEPTION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND BASE STATION DEVICE
34	20100046608	RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM
35	20100046558	HEADER REDUCTION OF DATA PACKETS BY ROUTE OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURE
36	20100046486	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
37	20100046459	CHANNEL ARRANGEMENT METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION DEVICE
38	20100046434	NETWORK-BASED AND HOST-BASED MOBILITY MANAGEMENT IN PACKET-BASED COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
39	20100046419	Overlay Network Node, Mobile Node, and Mobile Router
40	20100046346	OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
41	20100046341	ADDITIONALLY RECORDABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS
42	20100046336	INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD AND REPRODUCTION METHOD
43	20100046273	RESISTANCE CHANGE NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE
44	20100046166	INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT
45	20100046159	COVER OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT
46	20100046158	DRAINAGE STRUCTURE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT
47	20100046155	INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT
48	20100046154	INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT
49	20100046144	CAPACITOR
50	20100046085	LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE
51	20100045873	VSB DEMODULATING APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVER
52	20100045835	IMAGING DEVICE CHIP SET AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM
53	20100045831	Imaging Apparatus and Image Processing Program
54	20100045623	INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCHSCREEN
55	20100045590	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
56	20100045541	MOBILE RADIO APPARATUS
57	20100045431	INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT
58	20100045088	IMAGE DISPLAY
59	20100044922	Method and apparatus for producing a three-dimensionally shaped object
60	20100044866	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING VIA CONNECTING BETWEEN INTERCONNECTS
61	20100044547	Method and apparatus for producing a three-dimensionally shaped object, and three dimesionally shaped object
62	20100044476	ELECTROSTATICALLY ATOMIZING DEVICE
63	20100044475	ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZER
64	20100044091	ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING BUMP
65	20100044087	PREPREG, PRINTED WIRING BOARD, MULTILAYER CIRCUIT BOARD, AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD
66	20100043920	DISPENSER
67	20100043548	ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR
68	20100043547	ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
69	20100043481	TWO-STAGE ROTARY EXPANDER, EXPANDER-COMPRESSOR UNIT, AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS

Panasonic patents granted on 23 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:38:04 +0000

44 US patents granted on 23 February 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	RE41,146	Communication system
2	7,669,217	AV stream reproducing apparatus, decoder switching method, method program, program storage medium, and integrated circuit
3	7,669,046	Data processing apparatus and firmware update method
4	7,668,995	IIC bus communication system capable of suppressing freeze of IIC bus communication and method for controlling IIC bus communication
5	7,668,993	System and method for determining the connection state of devices connected to a bus
6	7,668,866	Method and apparatus for distributing AV content in a downloadable file format
7	7,668,842	Playlist structure for large playlists
8	7,668,711	Coding equipment
9	7,668,675	Semiconductor integrated circuit and information processing system
10	7,668,510	Transmitting/receiving apparatus and transmitting/receiving method
11	7,668,456	Digital camera
12	7,668,440	Recording medium, recording method, reproduction apparatus and method, and computer-readable program
13	7,668,381	Decoding apparatus and encoding apparatus with specific bit sequence deletion and insertion
14	7,668,077	Time-space block precoding method in multi-user down link
15	7,668,055	Recording power determination method and device
16	7,667,977	Mounting board, mounted body, and electronic equipment using the same
17	7,667,974	Module and mounted structure using the same
18	7,667,737	Video signal processing apparatus for generating a video signal from output of a solid-state imaging element and digital camera including the same
19	7,667,714	Patterned polygon rendering apparatus
20	7,667,670	Plasma display device
21	7,667,596	Method and system for scoring surveillance system footage
22	7,667,569	Chip resistor, and its manufacturing method
23	7,667,558	Thin film elastic wave resonator
24	7,667,541	Amplifier circuit and wireless communication device
25	7,667,536	Offset fixing operational amplifier circuit
26	7,667,520	Level shift device having reduced error in the duty ratio of the output signal
27	7,667,448	Reference voltage generation circuit
28	7,667,419	Motor driving apparatus, motor driving method and disk driving apparatus
29	7,667,415	Backlight control device and display apparatus
30	7,667,413	High pressure discharge lamp operation method, operation device, light source device, and projection type image display device
31	7,667,373	Drive unit
32	7,667,316	Semiconductor integrated circuit and method for manufacturing the same
33	7,667,313	Stacked semiconductor module
34	7,667,299	Circuit board and method for mounting chip component
35	7,667,286	Light-collecting device, solid-state imaging apparatus and method of manufacturing thereof
36	7,667,171	Solid-state imaging device
37	7,666,967	Ester compound, polymer, resist composition, and patterning process
38	7,666,770	Method of controlling impurity doping and impurity doping apparatus
39	7,666,736	Method for fabricating semiconductor device comprising P-type MISFET, including step of implanting fluorine
40	7,666,704	Solid-state image pickup element, method for manufacturing such solid-state image pickup element and optical waveguide forming device
41	7,666,551	Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, production method thereof, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same
42	7,666,549	Enclosed nickel-metal hydride storage battery
43	7,666,236	Hydrogen generator, method of shutting down operation of hydrogen generator, and fuel cell system
44	7,666,141	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus

Panasonic patent applications published on 18 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:30:55 +0000

33 US patent applications published on 18 February 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20100043016	APPLICATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND APPLICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD
2	20100042016	BLOOD SENSOR AND BLOOD INSPECTION DEVICE USING IT
3	20100041995	ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS
4	20100041432	MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE
5	20100041413	RADIO BASE STATION DEVICE, RADIO TERMINAL DEVICE, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
6	20100041229	METHOD AND FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
7	20100040946	BATTERY LID STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE
8	20100040940	ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF
9	20100040939	METHOD OF REUSING RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
10	20100040160	COMMUNICATION MEETHOD, AND TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING APPARATUS USING THAT COMMUNICATION METHOD
11	20100040153	DECODING APPARATUS AND DECODING METHOD
12	20100040021	COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE NODE, PROXY NODE, AND MANAGEMENT NODE
13	20100040003	RADIO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION DEVICE AND CONTROL SIGNAL MAPPING METHOD
14	20100039998	SEQUENCE ALLOCATING METHOD AND SEQUENCE ALLOCATING APPARATUS
15	20100039921	INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS
16	20100039686	HOLOGRAM PATTERN GENERATION METHOD AND MULTIPLE LIGHT POINTS GENERATION APPARATUS
17	20100039581	DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
18	20100039570	PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
19	20100039426	DATA SIGNAL LOADING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
20	20100039417	PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME
21	20100039415	PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL
22	20100039343	ANTENNA DEVICE
23	20100039187	UNEQUAL THREE-WAY DIVIDER
24	20100039163	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
25	20100039087	SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT
26	20100039041	Electrodeless discharge lamp, lighting fixture, and method for manufacturing electrodeless discharge lamp
27	20100039039	High pressure discharge lamp lighting device and luminaire
28	20100039001	ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ACTUATOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
29	20100038665	LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
30	20100038510	DEVICE MOUNTING BASE
31	20100038357	PTC RESISTOR
32	20100038356	SHEET HEATING ELEMENT
33	20100037662	ELECTROLYTIC MIST GENERATOR AND WASHING MACHINE USING IT

Panasonic patents granted on 16 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:54:44 +0000

48 US patents granted on 16 February 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	D610,309	Electric shaver
2	D610,308	Electric shaver
3	D610,307	Electric shaver
4	7,664,934	Data processor decoding instruction formats using operand data
5	7,664,890	System control device
6	7,664,824	System for transmission/reception of e-mail with attached files
7	7,664,811	Apparatus using sampling capacitors
8	7,664,697	Personal electronic settling system and a terminal and control apparatus therefor
9	7,664,598	Guiding device and guiding method
10	7,664,554	Line balance control method, line balance control apparatus, and component mounting machine
11	7,664,458	Wireless communication system that performs diversity combining of radio signals from mobile terminal received through plurality of relay stations
12	7,664,375	Information signal edition apparatus, information signal edition method, and information edition program
13	7,664,370	Recording medium, reproduction device, recording method, program, and reproduction method
14	7,664,367	Information processing device
15	7,664,295	Image processing method, image processor, photographic apparatus, image output unit and iris verify unit
16	7,664,272	Sound image control device and design tool therefor
17	7,664,260	Signature generation device, key generation device, and signature generation method
18	7,664,202	Transmission device and wireless communication apparatus
19	7,664,182	Picture coding and decoding apparatuses and methods performing variable length coding and decoding on a slice header stream and arithmetic coding and decoding on a slice data stream
20	7,664,180	Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method for performing inter picture prediction coding and inter picture predection decoding using previously processed pictures as reference pictures
21	7,664,179	Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method
22	7,664,178	Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method
23	7,664,160	Transmitting device, receiving device, and communication system
24	7,664,151	Nitride semiconductor laser diode
25	7,664,093	Wireless transmission system and wireless transmission method and wireless station for use therein
26	7,664,086	Partner node migration control unit and method
27	7,664,060	Information terminal and information terminal system
28	7,664,011	Wireless communications apparatus and wireless communication method
29	7,663,992	Multi-layered information recording medium, recording apparatus, and recording method
30	7,663,861	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device
31	7,663,650	Display device
32	7,663,520	A/D conversion apparatus
33	7,663,464	Inductance component
34	7,663,339	Battery pack having a communicator for communicating with electric device and electric device using the same
35	7,663,292	Ultrasonic actuator
36	7,663,280	Spindle motor and disk drive device using the same
37	7,663,239	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
38	7,663,200	Integrated circuit device packaging structure and packaging method
39	7,663,191	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof with rounded gate including a silicide on the top and at the corners
40	7,663,182	Vertical trench gate transistor semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
41	7,663,161	Transistor for preventing current collapse and having improved leakage current characteristics and method for fabricating the same
42	7,663,084	Solid-state imager and solid-state imaging apparatus having a modulated effective refractive index distribution and manufacturing method thereof
43	7,663,073	Optical processing apparatus
44	7,662,612	Chemical sensor device
45	7,662,516	Electrode plate of positive electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof
46	7,662,514	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for producing negative electrode material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
47	7,662,505	Porous electrode, and electrochemical element made using the same
48	7,662,009	Organic electronic device, method of producing the same, and method of operating the same

Panasonic patent applications published on 11 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:11:09 +0000

26 US patent applications published on 11 February 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20100037124	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM, INTERFERENCE DETECTING METHOD, AND INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE METHOD
2	20100037015	MEMORY CONTROL UNIT AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD
3	20100035618	COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, NETWORK SYSTEM AND HANDOVER METHOD
4	20100035570	RECEIVER AND RECEIVING SYSTEM USING THE SAME
5	20100034983	Method for producing a three-dimensionally shaped object
6	20100034982	MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONALLY SHAPED OBJECT
7	20100034521	IMAGING DEVICE
8	20100034518	INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR USE IN A PLAYBACK APPARATUS
9	20100034516	REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
10	20100034170	Network Node and Mobile Terminal
11	20100034072	FRESNEL MEMBER HAVING VARIABLE SAG FOR MULTIPLE WAVELENGTH OPTICAL SYSTEM
12	20100034062	TRACKING APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL INFORMATION REPRODUCTION APPARATUS
13	20100033992	SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USED FOR THE SAME
14	20100033900	CAPACITOR
15	20100033692	DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
16	20100033641	IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
17	20100033607	SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
18	20100033587	IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA
19	20100033509	IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
20	20100033459	PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL
21	20100033444	INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE
22	20100033018	ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND CHARGING CONTROLLING METHOD
23	20100032832	SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
24	20100032733	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
25	20100032189	LED PACKAGE AND ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF MOLDED CIRCUIT COMPONENT
26	20100031882	Apparatus for producing a laminated object

Panasonic patents granted on 09 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:30:24 +0000

37 US patents granted on 09 February 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	RE41,105	Wireless communications system with dynamic transmission band assignment
2	D609,860	Electric depilator
3	D609,859	Electric depilator
4	D609,741	Multi function printer
5	D609,731	Digital still camera
6	D609,730	Digital still camera
7	7,660,895	Communication terminal accommodation apparatus and scheduling method
8	7,660,722	Terminal apparatus, server, content data storage method, and program for executing the method
9	7,660,516	Recording medium, reproduction device, program, and reproduction method
10	7,660,511	Recording medium, playback device, recording method, playback program, and playback method designating cue-up position using playlist mark information
11	7,660,443	Artificial eye distinguishing method and device, artificial eye distinguishing program, iris recognition method, false printed matter distinguishing method, and image distinguishing method
12	7,660,367	Base station using a multicarrier communication band divided into a plurality of blocks
13	7,660,365	Communications device and communications method
14	7,660,222	Optical disk apparatus and information recording/reproduction method
15	7,660,214	Reproducing apparatus
16	7,660,209	Optical disk drive
17	7,660,099	Case molded capacitor
18	7,660,027	Optical modulator and modulation method
19	7,659,933	Imaging device and driving method for solid-state imaging device
20	7,659,929	Solid-state image sensor and method of manufacturing thereof
21	7,659,855	Foldable portable radio device
22	7,659,793	Antenna device including a high frequency circuit, a reactance circuit and first and second ground sections
23	7,659,786	Ring oscillator
24	7,659,692	Rechargeable battery pack for a power tool having an interruptor for prevention of overcharging
25	7,659,668	Plasma display device
26	7,659,634	Lead frame, method of manufacturing the same, semiconductor device using lead frame and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
27	7,659,626	Semiconductor device including a barrier metal film
28	7,659,604	Module component and method for manufacturing the same
29	7,659,148	Bonding method and apparatus
30	7,659,024	Fuel cell having a separator with water-retaining groove portions
31	7,658,885	Micropump, micropump unit including the micropump, sample processing chip for use with the unit, and sheet connector for use with the unit
32	7,658,860	Metal pattern and process for producing the same
33	7,658,774	Method of producing lattice body for lead storage battery, and lead storage battery
34	7,658,554	Camera installation device
35	7,658,118	Distortion detector
36	7,658,110	Ultrasonic diagnostic system
37	7,657,997	Reference position determining method

Panasonic patent applications published on 04 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:20:25 +0000

30 US patent applications published on 04 February 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20100031347	REPRODUCING APPARATUS, SYSTEM LSI, AND INITIALIZATION METHOD
2	20100031278	DISK DRIVE
3	20100031109	RECEIVING TERMINAL AND RECEIVING METHOD
4	20100030980	MEMORY CONTROL DEVICE, MEMORY DEVICE, AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD
5	20100030037	BLOOD INSPECTION DEVICE
6	20100029285	RELAY STATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RELAY TRANSMISSION CHANNEL SETTING METHOD
7	20100029224	POLAR MODULATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS
8	20100027879	IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM
9	20100027501	RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PILOT ARRANGEMENT METHOD
10	20100027484	RADIO TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD
11	20100027475	Apparatus and Method for Radio Communication
12	20100027474	Packet Communication Device
13	20100027121	LENS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
14	20100026967	POWDER DUST CAPTURE DEVICE AND PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
15	20100026965	PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS
16	20100026929	PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME
17	20100026733	PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE
18	20100026200	ELECTRODELESS DISCHARGE LAMP AND LIGHTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
19	20100025850	OHMIC ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT
20	20100025792	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND MOBILE TERMINAL
21	20100025789	IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE IMAGING DEVICE AND CELLULAR PHONE
22	20100025505	ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZER
23	20100025099	Circuit board and method of manufacturing the same
24	20100025094	EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION FOR PRINTED WIRING BOARD, RESIN COMPOSITION VARNISH, PREPREG, METAL CLAD LAMINATE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD
25	20100024462	REFRIGERATOR, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE
26	20100024182	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR
27	20100024165	Opening/Closing Device and Mobile Device Using the Same
28	20100024118	BATHROOM SAUNA DEVICE
29	20100024117	SAUNA DEVICE
30	20100024106	BATHROOM AIR-CONDITIONER

Panasonic patents granted on 02 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:54:28 +0000

46 US patents granted on 02 February 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	RE41,096	Distribution system, semiconductor memory card, receiving apparatus, computer-readable recording medium and receiving method
2	D609,344	Blood pressure measuring apparatus
3	D609,343	Operation monitor for blood pressure measuring apparatus
4	7,657,906	Program recommendation apparatus, method and program used in the program recommendation apparatus
5	7,657,847	Copy control information deciding apparatus
6	7,657,815	Time monitoring of packet retransmissions during soft handover
7	7,657,763	Systems and methods for selectively controlling electrical outlets using power profiling
8	7,657,739	Authentication system
9	7,657,687	Memory card controller, memory card drive device, and computer program
10	7,657,681	Arbitration circuit and function processing circuit provided therein
11	7,657,565	Data processor
12	7,657,562	Data processing apparatus and data processing method
13	7,657,429	Coding apparatus and coding method for coding with reference to a codebook
14	7,657,373	Vehicle-mounted information processing apparatus
15	7,657,372	Map matching method, map matching device, database for shape matching, and shape matching device
16	7,657,182	Liquid lens optical transmitter system
17	7,657,157	Still image producing apparatus
18	7,657,153	Data processing apparatus
19	7,657,152	Broadcast playback and/or recording apparatus
20	7,656,869	Data output control apparatus
21	7,656,844	Radio transmission apparatus and radio reception apparatus in a CDMA communication system
22	7,656,780	Optical recording medium having first and second wobble patterns
23	7,656,777	Optical recording medium, optical information processor, and optical recording/reproducing method
24	7,656,775	Optical head, and information recording-and-regeneration apparatus
25	7,656,769	Optical pickup and objective optical system for use in the same
26	7,656,732	Semiconductor storage device
27	7,656,589	Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera
28	7,656,455	Image pickup device having improved precision
29	7,656,453	Solid-state imaging device having characteristic color unit depending on color, manufacturing method thereof and camera
30	7,656,434	Analog front-end device and image pickup device
31	7,656,431	Video signal processing apparatus and video signal processing method
32	7,656,356	Non-contact communication antenna unit and mobile communication device using the same
33	7,656,197	Decoder circuit
34	7,656,116	Power supply system with function of short circuit detection
35	7,656,113	Device of pulse width modulation type for load drive
36	7,656,010	Semiconductor device
37	7,655,490	Manufacturing method for semiconductor device, semiconductor device and semiconductor wafer
38	7,655,483	Electronic device and manufacturing method thereof
39	7,655,385	Pattern formation method
40	7,655,355	Positive electrode binder for alkaline storage battery
41	7,655,348	Chip-type battery
42	7,655,108	Display panel assembly apparatus and assembly method
43	7,654,742	Hydrodynamic bearing device, motor, recording disc driving apparatus and assembly jig
44	7,654,595	Articulated driving mechanism, method of manufacturing the mechanism, and holding hand and robot using the mechanism
45	7,654,466	Semiconductor memory card, semiconductor memory control apparatus, and semiconductor memory control method
46	7,653,989	Substrate processing apparatus and mounter

Panasonic patent applications published on 28 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:15:06 +0000

41 US patent applications published on 28 January 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20100023836	OFDM Signal Collision Position Detection Apparatus and OFDM Reception Apparatus
2	20100023830	LINK ADAPTATION DEPENDENT CONTROL SIGNALING
3	20100023646	COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
4	20100023567	RECORDING DEVICE
5	20100023285	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CHARGED STATE OF ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE
6	20100022890	ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DEVICE
7	20100022879	ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE
8	20100022737	ORGANIC POLYMER CONTAINING TWO OR MORE ORGANIC RING STRUCTURES AND A CHAIN STRUCTURE THREADING THROUGH THE ORGANIC RING STRUCTURES, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF
9	20100022250	TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF SYSTEM INFORMATION UPON CHANGING CONNECTIVITY OR POINT OF ATTACHMENT IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
10	20100022239	PORTABLE TELEPHONE AND ACCESS CONTROL METHOD
11	20100022198	HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING THE SAME
12	20100022152	Method of recovering material and material recovering apparatus
13	20100022071	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP
14	20100022046	METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
15	20100021756	JUNCTION STRUCTURE OF SUBSTRATE AND JOINING METHOD THEREOF
16	20100021322	DIAPHRAGM PUMP
17	20100021145	RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PROGRAM
18	20100021142	MOVING PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, VIDEO DEVICE, AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD
19	20100021141	PLAY BACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR PLAYING BACK 3D VIDEO
20	20100021129	IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM
21	20100021076	METHOD, APPARATUS AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR IMPROVING IMAGE SHARPNESS
22	20100020893	RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RESENDING CONTROLLING METHOD
23	20100020883	TRANSCODER, TRANSCODING METHOD, DECODER, AND DECODING METHOD
24	20100020864	PULSE TRANSMITTING DEVICE, PULSE RECEIVING DEVICE, PULSE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PULSE COMMUNICATION METHOD
25	20100020567	LIGHT GUIDE SHEET AND MOVABLE CONTACT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME
26	20100020550	Illumination device including a detachable sensor
27	20100020534	HEATING COOKER
28	20100020291	2-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE AND EXPOSURE ILLUMINATION DEVICE
29	20100020268	BACKLIGHT APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS
30	20100020267	BACKLIGHT APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS
31	20100020217	SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA
32	20100020158	HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL DISK FOR RECORDING STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO, OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DISK RECORDING DEVICE
33	20100020104	DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM
34	20100020088	GRAPHICS RENDERING DEVICE AND GRAPHICS RENDERING METHOD
35	20100020008	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS
36	20100019838	SPIKE NOISE ELIMINATING CIRCUIT, DIGITAL SYSTEM USING THE SAME, AND IIC BUS
37	20100019704	Single-phase brushless DC motor drive circuit
38	20100019650	PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL
39	20100019629	BRUSHLESS MOTOR FOR WASHING MACHINE AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE BRUSHLESS MOTOR MOUNTED THEREIN
40	20100018048	CONNECTING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENT
41	20100017949	Toilet apparatus

Panasonic patents granted on 26 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:46:05 +0000

39 US patents granted on 26 January 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	D608,892	Glucose meter
2	D608,824	Print head for an ink jet printer
3	D608,780	Optical disc drive
4	D608,770	Antenna
5	D608,741	Substrate for electric circuit
6	D608,555	Electric swinging chair
7	D608,554	Electric swinging chair
8	7,653,917	Disk apparatus for limiting the vertical movement of a cam mechanism
9	7,653,866	Data recording method, recording medium and reproduction apparatus
10	7,653,796	Information recording medium and region management method for a plurality of recording regions each managed by independent file system
11	7,653,539	Communication device, signal encoding/decoding method
12	7,653,538	Playback apparatus and playback method
13	7,653,454	Electronic parts installation device and cassette control device
14	7,653,295	Collapsible lens barrel and optical instrument using the same
15	7,653,289	Stream converting method and apparatus thereof, and stream recording method and apparatus thereof
16	7,653,278	Refractive index distribution type optical member, and production method for refractive index distribution type optical member
17	7,653,266	Image pickup apparatus, solid-state imaging device, and image generating method
18	7,653,220	Face image creation device and method
19	7,653,162	Receiving apparatus and receiving method
20	7,653,141	Multi-band OFDM UWB communication systems having improved frequency diversity
21	7,653,104	Semiconductor laser device
22	7,653,099	Semiconductor laser device which is capable of stably emitting short-wavelength laser light
23	7,653,049	IP telephone system, IP telephone apparatus and calling method
24	7,652,970	Light information apparatus and control method of light information apparatus
25	7,652,963	Circuit for detecting recorded area
26	7,652,851	Head support device and disk device having the same
27	7,652,803	Driving device of light source
28	7,652,702	Solid state imaging device and imaging device
29	7,652,693	Portable telephone capable of recording a composite image
30	7,652,690	Front-end signal processing circuit and imaging device
31	7,652,643	Plasma display panel driving method and plasma display panel apparatus capable of displaying high-quality images with high luminous efficiency
32	7,652,434	Electronic flash unit and manufacturing method thereof
33	7,652,346	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
34	7,652,214	Electronic component package
35	7,651,927	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
36	7,651,816	Positive electrode active material, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing the same and method for evaluating positive electrode active material
37	7,651,634	Phosphor composition and method for producing the same, and light-emitting device using the same
38	7,650,760	Motor controlling device, compressor, air conditioner and refrigerator
39	7,650,691	Component supply head device and component mounting head device

Panasonic patent applications published on 21 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:20:08 +0000

46 US patent applications published on 21 January 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20100017729	METHOD FOR ACCESSING A PARENT PAGE WHILE BROWSING WEB PAGES
2	20100017674	RETRANSMISSION CONTROL TECHNIQUE
3	20100017560	MEMORY CONTROLLER, NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, ACCESS DEVICE, AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM
4	20100017557	MEMORY CONTROLLER, NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE,ACCESS DEVICE, AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM
5	20100017541	MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY DEVICE CONTROLLING APPARATUS
6	20100017411	APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION AND A METHOD FOR SETTING ENVIRONMENT THEREOF
7	20100017204	ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD
8	20100017200	ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREOF
9	20100017199	ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREOF
10	20100017198	ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREOF
11	20100017197	VOICE CODING DEVICE, VOICE DECODING DEVICE AND THEIR METHODS
12	20100017150	FLOW MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREOF, FLOW MEASUREMENT METHOD AND FLUID SUPPLY SYSTEM
13	20100016721	ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DEVICE
14	20100015938	RF RECEIVER
15	20100015927	RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD
16	20100015923	COMMUNICATION SCHEME FOR CHANNEL QUALITY INFORMATION
17	20100015781	SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
18	20100015670	METHOD OF MODIFYING NUCLEOTIDE CHAIN
19	20100015512	ELECTRIC STORAGE UNIT
20	20100015001	Vane pump
21	20100014832	Playback apparatus program and playback method
22	20100014683	NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE
23	20100014618	RECEIVING DEVICE
24	20100014601	RETRANSMISSION OF DATA IN A MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) SYSTEM
25	20100014580	PLAYBACK APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING APPLICATION- SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK
26	20100014579	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
27	20100014574	DIGITAL AMPLIFIER
28	20100014533	OVERLAY NETWORK NODE
29	20100014512	IP TELEPHONE SYSTEM AND CALLING METHOD
30	20100014478	Radio Communication Terminal Device, Radio Communication Base Station Device, and Radio Resource Allocation Method
31	20100014475	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
32	20100014464	COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, HOME AGENT, AND MOBILE NODE
33	20100014445	ADDRESS UPDATING METHOD, CORRESPONDING MOBILE TERMINAL AND NODE
34	20100014411	OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE
35	20100014405	Method for Evaluating Quality of Read Signal And Apparatus for Reading Information
36	20100014262	MODULE WITH EMBEDDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
37	20100013986	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
38	20100013956	IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE
39	20100013948	MULTI-COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS
40	20100013841	DISPLAY DEVICE AND ITS CONTROL METHOD
41	20100013808	PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL
42	20100013688	SIGMA-DELTA TYPE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL (AD) CONVERTER AND ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR USING SAME
43	20100013416	PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE
44	20100013393	DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE
45	20100013357	PIEZOELECTRIC POWER GENERATING MECHANISM
46	20100011859	ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR

Panasonic patents granted on 19 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:28:23 +0000

29 US patents granted on 19 January 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	7,650,567	Reception apparatus and information browsing method
2	7,650,560	Packet transmission apparatus and method using optimized punctured convolution codes
3	7,650,515	Secure processing device, method and program
4	7,650,342	User profile management system
5	7,650,283	Dialogue supporting apparatus
6	7,650,112	Method and system for extending coverage of WLAN access points via optically multiplexed connection of access points to sub-stations
7	7,650,060	Recording medium, playback device, recording method, playback method, and computer program
8	7,650,032	Method for encoding moving image and method for decoding moving image
9	7,649,962	Phase error correction circuit
10	7,649,945	Motion vector derivation method, moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method
11	7,649,944	Motion vector derivation method, moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method
12	7,649,824	Optical storage medium control data region
13	7,649,815	Repetitive control device and optical disc device
14	7,649,680	Wavelength converting apparatus
15	7,649,567	Format conversion apparatus, format conversion method, and image display apparatus and image display method using the format conversion apparatus
16	7,649,547	Surveillance video camera with a plurality of sensitivity enhancing units
17	7,649,531	Image generation device and image generation method
18	7,649,528	Display device comprising display driver having display driving section formed between transistors providing electric current thereto
19	7,649,511	Plasma display panel driving method and plasma display panel apparatus capable of displaying high-quality images with high luminous efficiency
20	7,649,487	A/D converter and A/D conversion method
21	7,649,383	Bidirectional level shift circuit and bidirectional bus system
22	7,649,267	Package equipped with semiconductor chip and method for producing same
23	7,649,235	Electronic component package
24	7,648,908	Method for forming inlaid interconnect
25	7,648,617	Biosensor
26	7,648,459	Ultrasonic probe
27	7,647,883	Fluid injection method and apparatus and display panel
28	7,647,788	Temperature management apparatus and power supply
29	7,647,670	Vacuum cleaner with final filtration compartment for reducing noise

Panasonic patent applications published on 14 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:00:05 +0000

33 US patent applications published on 14 January 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20100011023	CONTENTS INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, CONTENTS INFORMATION REPRODUCING SYSTEM, CONTENTS INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, CONTENTS INFORMATION REPRODUCING PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
2	20100010951	CHARACTER OUTFIT AUTOCONFIGURATION DEVICE, CHARACTER OUTFIT AUTOCONFIGURATION METHOD, AND CHARACTER OUTFIT AUTOCONFIGURATION PROGRAM
3	20100010811	STEREO AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE, STEREO AUDIO DECODING DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREOF
4	20100010810	POST FILTER AND FILTERING METHOD
5	20100009728	PORTABLE TERMINAL
6	20100009637	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND INDICATING METHOD
7	20100009268	LITHIUM PRIMARY BATTERY
8	20100008651	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND JOB EXECUTING METHOD
9	20100008441	MULTIANTENNA RECEIVING DEVICE
10	20100008402	TRANSMITTER AND SYNCHRONIZATION CHANNEL FORMING METHOD
11	20100008388	INTERNAL RESONATOR TYPE SHG LIGHT SOURCE
12	20100008334	RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE
13	20100008301	Radio Transmitting Apparatus, Radio Receiving Apparatus, and Radio Transmission Method
14	20100008128	RESISTIVE NONVOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT, AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME
15	20100008109	SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY
16	20100008106	SWITCHING CONTROL CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SWITCHING POWER SOURCE APPARATUS
17	20100008056	STEREOSCOPIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DEVICE, AND RELAY BOARD AND RELAY FRAME USED THEREIN
18	20100007973	LENS ACTUATOR, LENS UNIT USING THE LENS ACTUATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE LENS UNIT
19	20100007968	ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA
20	20100007965	ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA
21	20100007767	DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD
22	20100007742	HIGH FREQUENCY RECEIVER AND HIGH FREQUENCY DEVICE USING THE SAME
23	20100007736	MONITORING CAMERA AND MONITORING CAMERA CONTROL METHOD
24	20100007710	PRINTING MEDIUM, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE AND DIGITAL MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE
25	20100007645	IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
26	20100007585	PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL
27	20100007532	CODER
28	20100007445	TRANSMISSION LINE RESONATOR, HIGH-FREQUENCY FILTER USING THE SAME, HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULE, AND RADIO DEVICE
29	20100007258	IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
30	20100007213	ACCUMULATOR
31	20100006332	CIRCUIT BOARD, LAMINATING CIRCUIT BOARD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
32	20100006329	SEALING MATERIAL AND MOUNTING METHOD USING THE SEALING MATERIAL
33	20100005902	ULTRASONIC FLUID MEASURING DEVICE

Panasonic patents granted on 12 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:56:51 +0000

40 US patents granted on 12 January 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	D607,646	Electric toothbrush
2	7,647,646	Information input/output system, key management device, and user device
3	7,647,638	Apparatus and a method for preventing unauthorized use and a device with a function of preventing unauthorized use
4	7,647,607	Viewing limit apparatus, viewing limit system, and viewing limit program
5	7,647,343	Information presentation system, management device, and terminal device
6	7,647,341	Map editing-and-displaying apparatus, map managing system, map managing method, and map storing medium
7	7,647,245	Security system-related marketing system and method
8	7,647,191	Accumulator state detection device
9	7,647,034	Design support system and design method for circuit board, and noise analysis program
10	7,646,986	Optical receiving device and optical receiving method
11	7,646,822	Antenna selective diversity
12	7,646,794	Laser apparatus and manufacturing method of a battery
13	7,646,742	Method of retransmission protocol reset synchronisation
14	7,646,702	OFDM communication apparatus
15	7,646,698	Wobble information recording method, information recording medium, and recording and reproduction method and apparatus thereof
16	7,646,689	Disk discriminating method and disk discriminating apparatus
17	7,646,686	Recording/reproduction apparatus which adjusts recording power based on a partial response maximum likelihood (PRML) technique
18	7,646,539	Optical device and manufacturing method thereof
19	7,646,518	Two dimensional image forming device
20	7,646,474	Measuring device, measuring apparatus and method of measuring
21	7,646,428	Package for solid image pickup element and solid image pickup device
22	7,646,426	Electronic equipment
23	7,646,421	Digital camera
24	7,646,385	Computer graphics rendering method and apparatus
25	7,646,273	Solenoid actuator
26	7,646,266	Surface acoustic wave resonator and surface acoustic wave filter using the same
27	7,646,246	Semiconductor device
28	7,646,245	Amplifier
29	7,646,176	Controller for rechargeable battery and temperature estimation method and deterioration determination method for rechargeable battery
30	7,646,165	Converter circuit and motor driving apparatus
31	7,646,136	Piezoelectric element, vibratory actuator and drive unit
32	7,646,095	Semiconductor device
33	7,646,065	Semiconductor device including fully-silicided (FUSI) gate electrodes
34	7,645,975	Spatial information detecting device
35	7,645,966	Attachment structure of storage unit
36	7,645,550	Toner, process for producing toner, and two-component developing agent
37	7,645,539	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
38	7,645,499	Optical information recording medium and manufacturing method thereof
39	7,645,073	Hydrodynamic bearing device, spindle motor and disc recording and reproducing apparatus
40	7,644,860	Information processing apparatus having illegal access prevention function and illegal access prevention method

Panasonic patent applications published on 07 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:30:33 +0000

28 US patent applications published on 07 January 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	20100005278	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INTERNAL STATE OF INFORMATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
2	20100005227	MEMORY CONTROLLER, NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, ACCESS DEVICE, AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM
3	20100005226	NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, ACCESS DEVICE, AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM
4	20100005225	NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM, AND HOST DEVICE
5	20100005109	MEMORY CONTROLLER, NONVOLATILE STORAGE DEVICE, AND NONVOLATILE STORAGE DEVICE SYSTEM
6	20100004885	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMALITY OF ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE
7	20100004556	BRAIN WAVE IDENTIFICATION METHOD ADJUSTING DEVICE AND METHOD
8	20100003941	ANTENNA SELECTOR AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE
9	20100003444	MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MULTILAYER INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR MULTILAYER INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MULTILAYER INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM
10	20100003400	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MEMBRANE/ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL
11	20100003147	EXPANDER-INTEGRATED COMPRESSOR
12	20100003017	IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF STARTING THE SAME
13	20100002895	CONDENSER MICROPHONE AND MEMS DEVICE
14	20100002804	RADIO TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD
15	20100002676	RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE
16	20100002671	RADIO TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND RADIO TRANSMITTING METHOD
17	20100002668	SERVICE IN WLAN INTER-WORKING, ADDRESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD
18	20100002652	MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND ACCESS ROUTER
19	20100002490	ELECTRIC ELEMENT, MEMORY DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
20	20100002083	MOVING OBJECT AUTOMATIC TRACKING APPARATUS
21	20100001986	PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME
22	20100001659	SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING METHOD
23	20100001603	POLYGON MIRROR SCANNER MOTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
24	20100001404	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE
25	20100000899	MEDICATION BLISTER PACK WITH EMBEDDED USER INTERFACE
26	20100000711	MULTIFUNCTIONAL VENTILATING FAN
27	20100000095	Electric saw
28	20100000081	ELECTRONIC COMPONENT BONDING MACHINE

Panasonic patents granted on 05 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:29:28 +0000

44 US patents granted on 05 January 2010 and assigned to Panasonic

1	D607,569	Biochemical analyzer
2	D607,441	Wireless microphone
3	D607,440	Wireless microphone
4	D607,425	Video controller
5	D607,403	Charger
6	D607,402	Battery
7	D607,328	Mount for packaging of battery
8	7,644,446	Encryption and data-protection for content on portable medium
9	7,644,193	Recording device control apparatus
10	7,644,186	Method and apparatus for header compression
11	7,643,738	Imaging device
12	7,643,728	Magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus
13	7,643,721	Moving picture processing device, information processing device, and program thereof
14	7,643,608	Method for checking for leakage from tubular batteries
15	7,643,524	Surface-emitting laser and laser projector
16	7,643,462	Selective storing order method in CDMA receiver
17	7,643,391	Optical head, optical-information medium driving device, and sensor
18	7,643,372	Semiconductor integrated circuit
19	7,643,366	Semiconductor integrated circuit
20	7,643,270	Electrode foil for capacitors and solid electrolytic capacitor
21	7,643,217	Varifocal lens device
22	7,643,194	Image forming apparatus
23	7,643,131	Spatial information detection device and spatial information detection system using the same
24	7,643,094	Color image processing apparatus, color image processing method, program and recording medium
25	7,643,085	Image pickup apparatus and method of manufacturing thereof
26	7,642,981	Wide-band slot antenna apparatus with constant beam width
27	7,642,973	Electromagnetic wave analysis apparatus and design support apparatus
28	7,642,952	Spread spectrum radar apparatus
29	7,642,944	A/D converter
30	7,642,848	Variable gain amplifying apparatus and wireless communication apparatus
31	7,642,847	Power supply processing for power amplifiers
32	7,642,732	Dielectric barrier discharge lamp lighting apparatus and method of detecting the number of normally lighting dielectric barrier discharge lamps
33	7,642,696	Vibration actuator and drive unit including the same
34	7,642,654	Multilayer wiring structure of semiconductor device, method of producing said multilayer wiring structure and semiconductor to be used for reliability evaluation
35	7,642,646	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
36	7,642,611	Sensor device, sensor system and methods for manufacturing them
37	7,642,583	Ferroelectric memory device
38	7,641,785	Method of measuring blood component and sensor used in the method
39	7,641,455	Scroll compressor with reduced oldham ring noise
40	7,640,740	Stirling engine
41	7,640,659	Method for forming conductive pattern and wiring board
42	7,640,654	Electronic component transporting method
43	7,640,624	Dirt cup with dump door in bottom wall and dump door actuator on top wall
44	7,640,621	Thermal protection system for electrical appliance