Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of:
a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence which is at least 60% identical to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 3;
b) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a fragment of at least 600 nucleotides of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 3;
c) a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2;
d) a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a fragment of a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the fragment comprises at least 200 contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2; and
e) a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a naturally-occurring allelic variant of a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the nucleic acid molecule hybridizes with a nucleic acid molecule comprising SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3 or a complement thereof, under stringent conditions.
2. The isolated nucleic acid molecule of claim 1, which is selected from the group consisting of:
a) a nucleic acid comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 3; and
b) a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.
3. The nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 further comprising vector nucleic acid sequences.
4. The nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 further comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding a heterologous polypeptide.
5. A host cell that contains the nucleic acid molecule of claim 1.
6. The host cell of claim 5, wherein the host cell is a mammalian host cell.
7. A non-human mammalian host cell containing the nucleic acid molecule of claim 1.
8. An isolated polypeptide selected from the group consisting of:
a) a polypeptide which is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence which is at least 60% identical to a nucleic acid comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, or a complement thereof.
b) a naturally occurring allelic variant of a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the polypeptide is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule which hybridizes with a nucleic acid molecule comprising SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, or a complement thereof under stringent conditions; and
c) a fragment of a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the fragment comprises at least 200 contiguous amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO: 2.
9. The isolated polypeptide of claim 8 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.
10. The polypeptide of claim 8, further comprising heterologous amino acid sequences.
11. An antibody that selectively binds with a polypeptide of claim 8.
12. A method for producing a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of:
a) a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2;
b) a polypeptide comprising a fragment of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the fragment comprises at least 200 contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2,; and
c) a naturally occurring allelic variant of a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the polypeptide is encoded by a nucleic acid molecule which hybridizes with a nucleic acid molecule comprising SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3 or a complement thereof, under stringent conditions;
the method comprising culturing the host cell of claim 5 under conditions in which the nucleic acid molecule is expressed.
13. A method for detecting the presence of a polypeptide of claim 8 in a sample, comprising:
a) contacting the sample with a compound which selectively binds with a polypeptide of claim 8; and
b) determining whether the compound binds with the polypeptide in the sample.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the compound that binds with the polypeptide is an antibody.
15. A kit comprising a compound that selectively binds with a polypeptide of claim 8 and instructions for use.
16. A method for detecting the presence of a nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 in a sample, comprising the steps of:
a) contacting the sample with a nucleic acid probe or primer which selectively hybridizes with the nucleic acid molecule; and
b) determining whether the nucleic acid probe or primer binds with a nucleic acid molecule in the sample.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the sample comprises mRNA molecules and is contacted with a nucleic acid probe.
18. A kit comprising a compound that selectively hybridizes with a nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 and instructions for use.
19. A method for identifying a compound which binds with a polypeptide of claim 8 comprising the steps of:
a) contacting a polypeptide, or a cell expressing a polypeptide of claim 8 with a test compound; and
b) determining whether the polypeptide binds with the test compound.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the binding of the test compound with the polypeptide is detected by a method selected from the group consisting of:
a) detection of binding by direct detecting of test compoundpolypeptide binding;
b) detection of binding using a competition binding assay; and
c) detection of binding using an assay for 38646-mediated signal transduction.
21. A method for modulating the activity of a polypeptide of claim 8 comprising contacting a polypeptide or a cell expressing a polypeptide of claim 8 with a compound which binds with the polypeptide in a sufficient concentration to modulate the activity of the polypeptide.
22. A method for identifying a compound which modulates the activity of a polypeptide of claim 8, comprising:
a) contacting a polypeptide of claim 8 with a test compound; and
b) determining the effect of the test compound on the activity of the polypeptide to thereby identify a compound which modulates the activity of the polypeptide.

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 for disassembling a plasma display device,
the plasma display device including:
a plasma display panel having a front plate and a rear plate; and
a metal support plate bonded to the rear plate of the plasma display panel with a bonding member interposed therebetween,

the method comprising:
performing irradiation with infrared rays only from a side of the front plate constituting the plasma display panel, to heat the bonding member between the plasma display panel and the metal support plate so as to decrease bonding strength; and
thereafter separating the plasma display panel and the metal. support plate, wherein
a peak wavelength of infrared rays is from 1 \u03bcm to 3 \u03bcm.

1. A semiconductor device testing apparatus comprising:
a test head Hifix,
a tester coupled to said test head Hifix,
at least two device-under-test, and
at least one processor device disposed on said test head Hifix and coupled to said at least two device-under-test for transmitting and receiving test signals between said tester and said at least two device-under-test and for receiving and processing a plurality of test signals from said at least two device-under-test into a single output signal and for transmitting the output signal to said tester for testing purposes.

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 riser section comprising a main tube, at least one auxiliary line element arranged substantially parallel to the main tube, the ends of the main tube comprising connection means allowing longitudinal stresses to be transmitted, the ends of the at least one auxiliary line element comprising linking means allowing longitudinal stresses to be transmitted, characterized in that the linking means comprise at least one pin and at least one bore, the at least one pin being formed on a first end of the riser section and the at least one pin being configured to cooperate with at least one other bore on an end of an adjacent riser section to form a first assembly, the at least one bore being formed on a second end of the riser section and the at least one bore being configured to cooperate with at least one other pin on an end of another adjacent riser section to form a second assembly, and in that the axis of the at least one pin is parallel to the axis of the at least one auxiliary line element and non-merging, and
wherein the pins are provided with teeth and hollows that cooperate with teeth and hollows of the bores.
2. A riser section as claimed in claim 1, comprising two flanges arranged at each end of the at least one auxiliary line element, wherein one flange of the two flanges carries the at least one pin, the other flange of the two flanges carries the at least one bore.
3. A riser section as claimed in claim 2, wherein the two flanges have the shape of a crown concentric to the main tube, of a crown portion or of a rectangular plate.
4. A riser section as claimed in claim 1, wherein the linking means comprise two pins arranged on either side of the at least one auxiliary line element on a circle centred on the axis of a riser.
5. A riser section as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one auxiliary line element is connected to the main tube by at least one of the two flanges.
6. A riser section as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection means of the main tube comprise a bayonet locking system.
7. A riser section as claimed in claim 1, wherein pins of the at least one pin of the linking means comprise a rotating locking element and a synchronization means, and rotation of the synchronization means causes rotation of the locking element.
8. A riser section as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection means comprise a first rotating locking element, wherein pins of the at least one pin of the linking means comprise a second rotating locking element, and rotation of the first locking element causes rotation of the second locking element.
9. A riser section as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main tube is a steel tube hooped by composite strips.
10. A riser section as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one auxiliary line element is a steel tube hooped by composite strips.
11. A riser section as claimed in claim 9, wherein the composite strips comprise glass, carbon or aramid fibers coated with a polymer matrix.
12. A riser section as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one auxiliary line element is made of a material selected from the group consisting of a composite material comprising reinforcing fibers coated with a polymer matrix, an aluminium alloy, and a titanium alloy.
13. A riser comprising at least two riser sections as claimed in claim 1, assembled end to end, wherein a first auxiliary line element of a first riser section of the at least two riser sections transmits longitudinal stresses to a second auxiliary line element of a second riser section of the at least two riser sections to which it is assembled by means of a first flange holding an end of the first auxiliary line element around a first main tube of the first riser section and a second flange holding an end of the second auxiliary line element around a second main tube of the second riser section, the first flange and the second flange being secured by pins arranged parallel to the first auxiliary line element and the second auxiliary line element.
14. A riser section as claimed in claim 10, wherein the composite strips comprise glass, carbon or aramid fibers coated with a polymer matrix.
15. A riser section as claimed in claim 1, wherein the teeth of the pins extend along radial directions with respect to axes of the pins.
16. A riser section comprising:
a main tube;
at least one auxiliary line element arranged substantially parallel to the main tube;
a locking system including at least one pin and at least one bore, axes of the at least one pin and the at least one bore being parallel to an axis of the at least one auxiliary line element, the axes of the at least one pin and the at least one bore non-merging with the axis of the at least one auxiliary line element, and
wherein the locking system is configured to engage the at least one pin with other bores of other riser sections, the locking system is configured to engage the at least one bore with other pins of the other riser sections, and the pins are provided with teeth and hollows that cooperate with teeth and hollows of the bores.
17. The riser section as claimed in claim 16, further comprising two flanges connected to opposite ends of the main tube, and the two flanges holding the at least one auxiliary line element.
18. The riser section as claimed in claim 17, wherein the locking system is configured to engage the two flanges with other flanges of the other riser sections.
19. The riser section as claimed in claim 16, wherein the teeth of the pins extend along radial directions with respect to axes of the pins.