Author: claimsbot

1. A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates, comprising:
forming a black matrix having a plurality of open portions corresponding to pixel regions and a plurality of holes disposed adjacent to the plurality of open portions on the second substrate;
forming color filter layers on the black matrix;
forming an overcoat layer on the color filter layers and filling the holes; and
forming a plurality of patterned spacers on the overcoat layer and corresponding to the plurality of holes by using the black matrix and the color filter layers as a mask,
wherein forming the plurality of patterned spacers includes coating a photosensitive material on the second substrate and patterning the photosensitive material layer,
wherein patterning the photosensitive material layer includes exposing the photosensitive material layer using the black matrix and the color filter layers as a mask, and developing the exposed photosensitive material layer,
wherein exposing the photosensitive material layer includes irradiating light through an interference filter, the interference filter transmitting light within a specific wavelength range, and
wherein the specific wavelength range is a UV light range having about 313 nm as a central wavelength.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising forming a common electrode over the color filter layers prior to forming the plurality of patterned spacers.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitted light only exposes portions of the photosensitive material layer that correspond to the plurality of holes of the black matrix.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitted light is directly irradiated through the back of the second substrate without interposing a mask.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the photosensitive material includes one of a black resin and an epoxy resin.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the photosensitive material for forming the patterned spacers includes a black pigment material.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein a thickness range of the photosensitive material layer for forming the patterned spacers is within 2 \u03bcm to 8 \u03bcm.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the black matrix has a matrix configuration, and the plurality of open portions are spaced apart from each other.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of holes are located substantially along a transverse direction.
10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of holes are located substantially along a columnar direction.
11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of holes in the black matrix have one of a square shape and a circular shape.
12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming the plurality of patterned spacers includes:
coating a photosensitive material over the black matrix;
photoexposing the photosensitive material through the holes of the black matrix; and
removing non-photoexposed portions of the photosensitive material.
13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising a step of forming an overcoat layer on the black matrix, wherein the photosensitive material in the step of forming the plurality of patterned spacers is formed on the overcoat layer.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method of manufacturing an organic EL display comprising the steps of:
providing an organic EL substrate that comprises one or more organic EL laminates;
providing a sealing glass substrate, the sealing glass substrate being formed of a glass plate and comprising recesses each opposing respective one of the one or more organic EL laminates, adhesion regions each surrounding a respective one of the recesses, and adhesion escape grooves each surrounding a respective one of the adhesion regions;
applying an adhesive on the adhesion regions of the sealing glass substrate;
laminating the organic EL substrate and the sealing glass substrate;
cutting the sealing glass substrate at a position outside an inner periphery of the adhesive escape groove and within a distance equal to a thickness of the sealing glass substrate minus a depth of the adhesive escape grooves from the inner periphery of the adhesive escape grooves; and
cutting the organic EL substrate at a position outside the inner periphery of the adhesive escape groove.
2. The method of manufacturing an organic EL display according to claim 1, wherein the recesses and the adhesion escape grooves of the sealing glass substrate have a substantially equal depth.
3. The method of manufacturing an organic EL display according to claim 1, wherein vertexes of the inner periphery of the adhesive escape grooves are right angle vertexes, and vertexes of an outer periphery of the adhesive escape grooves are rounded.
4. The method of manufacturing an organic EL display according to claim 1, wherein a width of the adhesion regions is in a range of 1 to 5 mm and the depth of the adhesive escape grooves is in a range of 100 to 600 \u03bcm.
5. The method of manufacturing an organic EL display according to claim 1, wherein a width of the adhesive escape grooves is in a range of 0.5 to 2 mm.
6. The method of manufacturing an organic EL display according to claim 1, wherein an applied volume of the adhesive per unit application length is at least a product of a width of the adhesion regions and an adhesion thickness and at most a product of a width of the adhesion regions and an adhesion thickness plus a product of a width of the adhesive escape grooves and a depth of the adhesive escape grooves.
7. The method of manufacturing an organic EL display according to claim 1, wherein an adhesion thickness is in a range of 1 to 30 \u03bcm.
8. A method of manufacturing an organic EL display comprising steps of:
providing an organic EL substrate that comprises one or more organic EL laminates;
providing a sealing glass substrate, the sealing glass substrate being formed of a glass plate and comprising adhesion regions each disposed corresponding to a periphery of a respective one of the one or more organic EL laminates, first adhesion escape grooves each disposed inside a respective one of the adhesion regions, and second adhesion escape grooves each disposed outside a respective one of the adhesion regions;
applying an adhesive on the adhesion regions of the sealing glass substrate;
laminating the organic EL substrate and the sealing glass substrate;
cutting the sealing glass substrate for organic EL at a position outside an inner periphery of the second adhesive escape grooves and within a distance equal to a thickness of the sealing glass substrate minus a depth of the adhesive escape grooves from the inner periphery of the second adhesive escape grooves; and
cutting the organic EL substrate at a position outside the inner periphery of the second adhesive escape grooves.
9. The method of manufacturing an organic EL display according to claim 8, wherein vertexes of an inner periphery of the first adhesive escape grooves and vertexes of the inner periphery of the second adhesive escape grooves are right angle vertexes, and vertexes of an outer periphery of the first and second adhesive escape grooves are rounded.
10. The method of manufacturing an organic EL display according to claim 8, wherein a width of the adhesion regions is in a range of 1 to 5 mm and the depth of the adhesive escape grooves is in a range of 100 to 600 \u03bcm.
11. The method of manufacturing an organic EL display according to claim 8, wherein a width of the first and second adhesive escape grooves is in a range of 0.5 to 2 mm.
12. The method of manufacturing an organic EL display according to claim 8, wherein the sealing glass substrate further comprises recesses each opposing a respective one of the one or more organic EL laminates and being distinct from the first adhesive escape grooves.
13. The method of manufacturing an organic EL display according to claim 8, wherein an applied volume of the adhesive per unit application length is at least a product of a width of the adhesion regions and an adhesion thickness and at most the product of the width of the adhesion regions and the adhesion thickness plus a product of a width of the second adhesive escape grooves and the depth of the adhesive escape grooves.
14. The method of manufacturing an organic EL display according to claim 8, wherein an adhesion thickness is in a range of 1 to 30 \u03bcm.

What is claimed is:

1. A single-stranded nucleic acid containing at least one electron donor moiety and at least one electron acceptor moiety, said electron donor moiety and said electron acceptor moiety being covalently attached to said nucleic acid.
2. A single-stranded nucleic acid according to claim 1 wherein said covalent attachment is to the ribose-phosphate backbone of said nucleic acid.
3. A single stranded nucleic acid according to claim 1, wherein said single stranded nucleic acid is capable of hybridizing to a complementary target sequence in a second single stranded nucleic acid to form a hybridization complex.
4. A single stranded nucleic acid according to claim 3, wherein said hybridization complex is capable of transferring at least one electron between said electron donor moiety and said electron acceptor moiety.
5. A composition comprising a first single stranded nucleic acid containing at least one electron donor moiety and a second single stranded nucleic acid containing at least one electron acceptor moiety, wherein said electron donor moiety and electron acceptor moiety are covalently linked to the ribose-phosphate backbone of said first and second single stranded nucleic acids.
6. A composition according to claim 5 wherein said first single stranded nucleic acid is capable of hybridizing to said second single stranded nucleic acid to form a double stranded nucleic acid.
7. A double stranded nucleic acid composition according to claim 6 wherein said first single stranded nucleic acid is hybridized to said second single stranded nucleic acid.
8. A composition according to claim 7 wherein said composition is capable of transferring at least one electron between said electron donor moiety and said electron acceptor moiety.
9. A composition according to claim 5 wherein said first and second single stranded nucleic acids are capable of hybridizing to a target sequence stranded nucleic acid, comprising at least a first target domain and a second target domain, wherein said first nucleic acid is capable of hybridizing to said first target domain and said second nucleic acid is capable of hybridizing to said second target domain to form a hybridization complex.
10. A composition according to claim 9 wherein said first target domain and said second target domain are adjacent to one another.
11. A composition according to claim 10 wherein said first nucleic acid and said second nucleic acid in said hybridization complex are ligated together.
12. A composition according to claim 10 wherein said hybridization complex is capable of transferring at least one electron between said electron donor moiety and said electron acceptor moiety.
13. A composition according to claim 10 wherein said target sequence further comprises an intervening target domain between said first and said second target domain.
14. A composition according to claim 13 further comprising an intervening single stranded nucleic acid sequence capable of hybridizing to said intervening target domain to form a hybridization complex.
15. A composition according to claim 14 wherein said hybridization complex is capable of transferring at least one electron between said electron donor moiety and said electron acceptor moiety.
16. A method for making a single stranded nucleic acid containing an electron transfer moiety at the 5 terminus, comprising
a) incorporating a modified nucleotide into a growing nucleic acid at the 5 position to form a modified single stranded nucleic acid;
b) hybridizing said modified single stranded nucleic acid with a complementary single stranded nucleic acid to form a double stranded nucleic acid;
c) reacting said double stranded nucleic acid with an electron transfer moiety such that said moiety is covalently attached to said modified single stranded nucleic acid; and
d) separating said complementary single stranded nucleic acid from said modified single stranded nucleic acid containing said electron transfer moiety.
17. A method for making a single stranded nucleic acid containing an electron transfer moiety covalently attached to an internal nucleotide, comprising
a) incorporating a modified nucleotide dimer into a growing nucleic acid to form a modified single stranded nucleic acid;
b) hybridizing said modified single stranded nucleic acid with a complementary single stranded nucleic acid to form a double stranded nucleic acid;
c) reacting said double stranded nucleic acid with an electron transfer moiety such that said moiety is covalently attached to said modified single stranded nucleic acid; and
d) separating said complementary single stranded nucleic acid from the modified single stranded nucleic acid containing said electron transfer moiety.
18. A method for making a single stranded nucleic acid containing an electron transfer moiety covalently attached to the 3 terminal nucleotide, comprising
a) incorporating a modified nucleotide via enzymatic addition or replacement into a nucleic acid;
b) hybridizing said modified single stranded nucleic acid with a complementary single stranded nucleic acid to form a double stranded nucleic acid;
c) reacting said double stranded nucleic acid with an electron transfer moiety such that said moiety is covalently attached through said phosphoramide bond of said modified single stranded nucleic acid; and
d) separating said complementary single stranded nucleic acid from the modified single stranded nucleic acid containing said electron transfer moiety.
19. A method of detecting a target sequence in a nucleic acid sample comprising
a) hybridizing a single stranded nucleic acid containing at least one covalently attached electron donor moiety and at least one covalently attached electron acceptor moiety to said target sequence to form a hybridization complex;
b) determining the electron transfer rate between said electron donor moiety and said electron acceptor moiety in the hybridization complex; and
c) comparing said electron transfer rate with the electron transfer rate in the absence of the target sequence as an indicator of the presence or absence of said target sequence.
20. A method of detecting a target sequence in a nucleic acid wherein said target sequence comprises a first target domain and a second target domain adjacent to said first target domain, wherein said method comprises:
a) hybridizing a first nucleic acid containing at least one electron donor moiety to said first target domain;
b) hybridizing a second nucleic acid containing at least one electron acceptor moiety to said second target domain;
c) determining the electron transfer rate between said electron donor moiety and said electron acceptor moiety while said first and second nucleic acids are hybridized to said first and second target domains; and
d) comparing said electron transfer rate with the electron transfer rate in the absence of the target sequence as an indicator of the presence or absence of said target sequence in said nucleic acid sample.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An image processing device comprising:
a first control unit to control a normal operating mode during which image processing is performed;
a second control unit to control an energy-saving mode during which power consumption is lower than during the normal operating mode;
an interrupt request receiver connected to an external device to receive an interrupt request from the external device;
interrupt factor distributors to distribute the interrupt request received by the interrupt request receiver based on whether or not the interrupt request includes a predetermined interrupt factor;
interrupt request notification units to notify the second control unit as well as the first control unit of the interrupt request in accordance with distribution results from the interrupt factor distributors;
job adjustors to control transfer of a job between the first control unit and the second control unit based on notification from the interrupt request notification units;
a detector to detect a power recovery factor;
a measuring unit to measure a time for the energy-saving mode;
a power supply unit to supply power to the first control unit when the time measured by the measuring unit reaches a predetermined period of time; and
a status notification unit to notify the detector of a status of the first control unit to which power is supplied from the power supply unit,
wherein an operating mode of the image processing device is changed from the energy-saving mode to the normal operating mode based on the power recovery factor detected by the detector.
2. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined interrupt factor is stored in a register.
3. The image processing device according to claim 2, wherein each of the first control unit and the second control unit comprises the register.
4. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a request signal control unit to control whether or not the operating mode of the image processing device is changed to the normal operating mode based on the power recovery factor detected by the detector; and
a request signal generator to generate a power-on request signal to change the operating mode of the image processing device to the normal operating mode using the request signal control unit.
5. The image processing device according to claim 4, wherein the request signal control unit comprises a register to prevent the operating mode of the image processing device from being changed to the normal operating mode from the energy-saving mode while the power supply unit supplies power to the first control unit.
6. An image processing method for an image processing device comprising a first control unit to control a normal operating mode during which image processing is performed and a second control unit to control an energy-saving mode during which power consumption is lower than during the normal operating mode, the image processing method comprising:
receiving an interrupt request from an external device connected to the image processing device;
distributing the interrupt request based on whether or not the interrupt request includes a predetermined interrupt factor;
notifying the second control unit as well as the first control unit of the interrupt request in accordance with distribution results obtained by the distributing the interrupt request;
controlling transfer of a job between the first control unit and the second control unit based on notification from the notifying;
detecting a power recovery factor;
measuring a time for the energy-saving mode;
supplying power to the first control unit when the time measured by the measuring reaches a predetermined period of time; and
notifying a status of the first control unit to which power is supplied,
wherein an operating mode of the image processing device is changed from the energy-saving mode to the normal operating mode based on the power recovery factor.
7. The image processing method according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined interrupt factor is stored in a register.
8. The image processing method according to claim 7, wherein each of the first control unit and the second control unit comprises the register.
9. The image processing method according to claim 6, further comprising:
controlling whether or not the operating mode of the image processing device is changed to the normal operating mode based on the power recovery factor; and
generating a power-on request signal to change the operating mode of the image processing device to the normal operating mode.
10. The image processing device according to claim 9, wherein the controlling comprises a register to prevent the operating mode of the image processing device from being changed to the normal operating mode from the energy-saving mode while power is supplied to the first control unit.
11. A recording medium storing an image processing program comprising modules that causes an image processing device comprising a first control unit to control a normal operating mode during which image processing is performed and a second control unit to control an energy-saving mode during which power consumption is lower than during the normal operating mode to execute an image processing method, the image processing method comprising:
receiving an interrupt request from an external device connected to the image processing device;
distributing the interrupt request based on whether or not the interrupt request includes a predetermined interrupt factor;
notifying the second control unit as well as the first control unit of the interrupt request in accordance with distribution results obtained by the distributing the interrupt request;
controlling transfer of a job between the first control unit and the second control unit based on notification from the notifying,
detecting a power recovery factor;
measuring a time for the energy-saving mode;
supplying power to the first control unit when the time measured by the measuring reaches a predetermined period of time; and
notifying a status of the first control unit to which power is supplied, and
an operating mode of the image processing device is changed from the energy-saving mode to the normal operating mode based on the power recovery factor.
12. The recording medium according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined interrupt factor is stored in a register.
13. The recording medium according to claim 12, wherein each of the first control unit and the second control unit comprises the register.
14. The recording medium according to claim 11, wherein the image processing method further comprising:
controlling whether or not the operating mode of the image processing device is changed to the normal operating mode based on the power recovery factor; and
generating a power-on request signal to change the operating mode of the image processing device to the normal operating mode.
15. The recording medium according to claim 14, wherein the controlling comprises a register to prevent the operating mode of the image processing device from being changed to the normal operating mode from the energy-saving mode while power is supplied to the first control unit.