Author: claimsbot

1-20. (canceled)
21. A method for fabricating a memory device, including semiconductor structures with memory cells in which digital information is stored in a storage layer, the method comprising:
forming two sourcedrain regions which are spaced apart from one another by a channel region in a semiconductor substrate;
producing a gate dielectric on a substrate surface of the semiconductor substrate above the channel region;
arranging a first gate electrode on the gate dielectric;
forming the storage layer as an organic layer;
concluding processing of the semiconductor structures prior to application of the storage layer;
providing a conductive connection between the storage layer and the first gate electrode; and
arranging an insulator layer above the storage layer and arranging a second gate electrode on the insulator layer.
22. The method of claim 21, further comprising arranging the storage layer between a first and a second electrode.
23. The method as claimed in claim 22, further comprising forming the first electrode by a portion of the conductive connection.
24. The method of claim 22, further comprising providing one metal from the group comprising aluminum, tungsten, and copper for the first and second electrodes.
25. The method of claim 22, further comprising providing one precious metal from the group comprising Pt, Au, and Ag for the first and second electrodes.
26. The method of claim 22, further comprising:
forming the first electrode in a first metal level and the second electrode in a second metal level; and
producing the conductive connection between the first gate electrode and the first electrode by filling a contact hole with conductive material.
27. The method of claim 22, further comprising:
forming each of the first and second electrodes in a metal level which is in each case processed later in the process sequence; and
producing the conductive connection between the first electrode and the first gate electrode by contact holes arranged above one another and filled with conductive material.
28. The method of claim 21, wherein the organic layer is provided having porphyrin molecules.
29. The method of claim 21, wherein:
to produce source and drain lines, the sourcedrain regions of memory cells arranged in rows which are respectively adjacent within a row are electrically conductively connected to one another by doped regions provided in the semiconductor substrate; and
after a plurality of sourcedrain regions which have been electrically conductively connected to one another by doped regions in the semiconductor substrate, conductive connections to interconnects, which are formed in a metal level and connect the sourcedrain regions of memory cells, are arranged.
30. A memory cell comprising:
a storage layer that stores a digital information item;
two sourcedrain regions that are formed in a semiconductor substrate and that are spaced apart from one another by a channel region;
a gate dielectric arranged on a substrate surface of the semiconductor substrate above the channel region;
a first gate electrode arranged on the gate dielectric;
a conductive connection between the storage layer and the first gate electrode;
an insulator layer arranged above the storage layer, and a second gate electrode arranged on the insulator layer;
wherein the storage layer is formed as an organic layer; and
wherein the storage layer is arranged on the first gate electrode or at a distance from the first gate electrode.
31. The memory cell of claim 30, wherein the storage layer is arranged between a first and a second electrode.
32. The memory cell of claim 31, wherein the first electrode is formed by a portion of the conductive connection.
33. The memory cell of claim 31, wherein the first and second electrodes consist of one of the group of metals comprising aluminum, tungsten, and copper.
34. The memory cell of claims 31, wherein the first and second electrodes consist of one of the group of precious metals comprising Pt, Au, and Ag.
35. The memory cell of claim 31, wherein:
the first electrode is formed in a first metal level and the second electrode is formed in a second metal level; and
the conductive connection between the first gate electrode and the first electrode is provided by a contact hole filled with conductive material.
36. The memory cell of claim 31, wherein:
the first and second electrodes are each formed in a metal level which is in each case further away from the first gate electrode than the first or the second metal level; and
the conductive connection between the first electrode and the first gate electrode is formed by contact holes which have been introduced into insulation layers, are arranged above one another and have been filled with conductive material.
37. The memory cell of claim 30, wherein the organic storage layer contains porphyrin molecules.
38. A memory device comprising memory cells arranged in rows and semiconductor structures, and which store a digital information item, wherein the memory device includes memory cells comprising:
a storage layer that stores a digital information item;
two sourcedrain regions that are formed in a semiconductor substrate and that are spaced apart from one another by a channel region;
a gate dielectric arranged on a substrate surface of the semiconductor substrate above the channel region;
a first gate electrode arranged on the gate dielectric;
a conductive connection between the storage layer and the first gate electrode;
an insulator layer arranged above the storage layer, and a second gate electrode arranged on the insulator layer;
wherein the storage layer is formed as an organic layer; and
wherein the storage layer is arranged on the first gate electrode or at a distance from the first gate electrode.
39. The memory device of claim 18, wherein:
to provide source and drain lines, sourcedrain regions of memory cells which are respectively adjacent in a row are electrically conductively connected to one another by doped regions provided in the semiconductor substrate; and
after a predetermined number of sourcedrain regions which have been electrically conductively connected to one another by doped regions in the semiconductor substrate, conductive connections to interconnects, which are formed in a metal level and connect the sourcedrain regions of memory cells, are arranged.
40. A method for operating a memory device having:
a storage layer that stores a digital information item;
two sourcedrain regions that are formed in a semiconductor substrate and that are spaced apart from one another by a channel region;
a gate dielectric arranged on a substrate surface of the semiconductor substrate above the channel region;
a first gate electrode arranged on the gate dielectric;
a conductive connection between the storage layer and the first gate electrode;
an insulator layer arranged above the storage layer, and a second gate electrode arranged on the insulator layer;
wherein the storage layer is formed as an organic layer; and
wherein the storage layer is arranged on the first gate electrode or at a distance from the first gate electrode, the method comprising:
charging the respective storage layers of selected memory cells by means of an electron tunneling operation through the gate dielectric as a result of voltages being applied to the sourcedrain regions and the second gate electrode in order to program the memory device;
discharging the charged storage layers by means of an electron tunneling operation to the channel region or to the sourcedrain region as a result of an erase voltage, which differs from the voltage applied during programming, being applied to the second gate electrode in order to erase the programming; and
detecting the strength of a drain current as a function of a charge state of the storage layer in order to read the programmed memory device.

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 compound of formula I:
wherein Y is F, Cl, Br, methyl or methoxy; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
2. The compound of claim 1, wherein Y is F.
3. The compound of claim 1, wherein Y is Cl.
4. The compound of claim 1, wherein Y is Br.
5. The compound of claim 1, wherein Y is \u2014OMe.
6. The compound of claim 1, wherein Y is methyl.
7. The compound of claim 1, wherein the 2-carbon atom of acetic acid is substituted with a methyl group in the (R) configuration.
8. The compound of claim 1, wherein the 2-carbon atom of acetic acid is substituted with a methyl group in the (S) configuration.
9. A compound of claim 1 which is 2-4-(7-chloroquinolin-2-yloxy)phenoxypropanoic acid.
10. A compound of claim 1 which is (R) 2-4-(7-chloroquinolin-2-yloxy)phenoxypropanoic acid.
11. A composition comprising a compound of, formula (I):
wherein Y is F, Cl, Br, methyl or methoxy; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier.
12. A therapeutic method to treat cancer in a mammal, comprising administering to a mammal in need of such therapy an effective amount of a compound of, formula (I):
wherein Y is F, Cl, Br, methyl or methoxy; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
13. The composition of claim 11, wherein Y is F.
14. The composition of claim 11, wherein Y is Cl.
15. The composition of claim 11, wherein Y is Br.
16. The composition of claim 11, wherein Y is \u2014OMe.
17. The composition of claim 11, wherein Y is methyl.
18. The composition of claim 11, wherein the 2-carbon atom of acetic acid is substituted with a methyl group in the (R) configuration.
19. The composition of claim 11, wherein the 2-carbon atom of acetic acid is substituted with a methyl group in the (S) configuration.
20. The composition of claim 11, wherein the compound of formula (I) is 2-4-(7-chloroquinolin-2-yloxy)phenoxypropanoic acid.
21. The composition of claim 11, wherein the compound of formula (I) is (R) 2-4-(7-chloroquinolin-2-yloxy)phenoxypropanoic acid.
22. The method of claim 12, wherein Y is F.
23. The method of claim 12, wherein Y is Cl.
24. The method of claim 12, wherein Y is Br.
25. The method of claim 12, wherein Y is \u2014OMe.
26. The method of claim 12, wherein Y is methyl.
27. The method of claim 12, wherein the 2-carbon atom of acetic acid is substituted with a methyl group in the (R) configuration.
28. The method of claim 12, wherein the 2-carbon atom of acetic acid is substituted with a methyl group in the (S) configuration.
29. The method of claim 12, wherein the compound of formula (I) is 2-4-(7-chloroquinolin-2-yloxy)phenoxypropanoic acid.
30. The method of claim 12, wherein the compound of formula (I) is (R) 2-4-(7-chloroquinolin-2-yloxy)phenoxypropanoic acid.
31. The method of claim 12, wherein the cancer is colon cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, pancreatic cancer or leukemia.

1. A transmitted-light microscope for imaging sample vessels, the microscope comprising:
an illumination beam path for illuminating a sample vessel from above with an illumination beam bundle along an optical axis;
an imaging beam path for imaging the sample vessel from below along the optical axis;
a pipette access channel for introducing a reagent into the sample vessel;
a block having a passage for the illumination beam bundle, and a through channel, the pipette access channel extending through the through channel, wherein the through channel and the passage lie adjacent to one another in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, the block being selectively positionable in a first position in which the through channel is aligned to the optical axis, and a second position in which the passage is aligned to the optical axis;
a guide device for the block defining a path between the first position and the second position, wherein the block is shiftable along the path in a single movement; and
a drive mechanism for driving movement of the block between the first position and the second position.
2. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 1, wherein the single movement is a rotational movement.
3. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 1, wherein the single movement is a linear movement along an axis.
4. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 3, wherein the axis is perpendicular to the optical axis.
5. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 1, wherein the through channel has an annular collar which functions as a stop for a tip of the pipette.
6. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 5, wherein the stop can be moved along the optical axis.
7. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 1, wherein a transparent cover is provided over the sample vessel, which cover has a hole on the optical axis, through which hole the reagent is introduced.
8. A transmitted-light microscope for imaging well-shaped, liquid-containing sample vessels, wherein the microscope comprises:
an illumination beam path for illuminating a sample vessel along an optical axis from above with an illumination beam bundle, wherein the illumination beam path has an illuminating element aligned to the optical axis, the illuminating element irradiating the illumination beam bundle onto the sample vessel;
an imaging beam path for imaging the sample vessel from below, along the optical axis; and
a pipette access channel for introducing a reagent into the sample vessel, wherein the illuminating element is annular and has an opening on the optical axis with the pipette access channel extending through the opening.
9. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 8, wherein the illuminating element is an annular light source or an annular beam deflection element.
10. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 9, wherein a condenser objective for condensing the illumination beam bundle is arranged between the illuminating element and the sample vessel, the condenser objective having an opening on the optical axis.
11. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 8, wherein the pipette access channel has an annular collar below the annular element, the collar functioning as a stop for a tip of a pipette disposed in the pipette access channel.
12. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 8, wherein a transparent cover is provided over the sample vessel, the cover having a hole on the optical axis, through which hole the reagent is introduced.
13. A method for transmitted-light microscopy of vessels, comprising:
illuminating the sample vessel from above along an optical axis with an illumination beam bundle;
imaging the sample vessel from below along the optical axis;
introducing a reagent into the sample vessel via a pipette access channel in a through channel in a selectively positionable block, wherein the block further has a passage for the illumination beam bundle adjacent to the through channel in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis; and
positioning the block in a single movement between a first position in which the through channel is aligned with the optical axis, and a second position in which the passage is aligned with the optical axis.
14. The method according to claim 13, wherein a distance between a bottom end of the tip of a pipette in the pipette access channel, and a bottom, an edge or a liquid level of the sample vessel is ascertained from information about the tip of the pipette used, and the stop is set such that the bottom end of the tip of the pipette is in a predetermined position relative to the liquid level.
15. A method for transmitted-light microscopy of well-shaped, liquid-containing sample vessels, comprising:
illuminating the sample vessel from above along an optical axis with an illumination beam bundle, wherein an illuminating element is aligned to the optical axis, the illuminating element irradiating the illumination beam bundle onto the sample vessel, the illuminating element having an opening on the optical axis through which runs a pipette access channel;
imaging the sample vessel from below along the optical axis; and
introducing a reagent into the sample vessel via the pipette access channel

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. Method for processing a set of data stored on a storage medium on which a first data section of said set of data is stored in a read-only memory area of said storage medium and a second data section of said set of data is stored in a readwrite memory area of said storage medium, wherein said set of data includes language-independent data and language-dependent data,
and whereby in a handling device at least a part of said set of data is processed either in a first processing form related to a first language, or is processed in at least one other processing form different from said first processing form and related to a second language different from said first language, the processing form actually used being selected by means of said handling device,
and wherein language-independent data and language-dependent data which are related to said first language are included in said first data section, and language-dependent data which are related to said second language are included in said second data section,
and wherein in said at least one other processing form, data from said second data section as well as data from said first data section are processed.
2. Method according to claim 1, wherein said storage medium comprises at least one of a DVD, a CD and a Minidisc.
3. Method according to claim 1, wherein said handling device comprises at least one of a computer, a video playback device and an audio playback device.
4. Method according to claim 1, wherein said set of data comprises a movie and the related video data and language-dependent audio data which are related to said first language are included in said first data section and language-dependent data which are related to said second language are included in said second data section.
5. Method according to claim 2, wherein said set of data comprises a movie and the related video data and language-dependent audio data which are related to said first language are included in said first data section and language-dependent data which are related to said second language are included in said second data section.
6. Method according to claim 1, wherein at least some of the data items for said second data section are retrieved from a communication network.