Author: claimsbot

1. A method for introgressing at least one allele associated with resistance to Botrytis cinerea at a quantitative trait locus contributing to resistance to Botrytis cinerea into a tomato plant lacking said allele, comprising:
a) obtaining a first tomato plant which exhibits Botrytis cinerea resistance, wherein said resistance is associated with at least one QTL or a functional part thereof capable of directing or controlling expression of said resistance to Botrytis cinerea , wherein said QTL or a functional part thereof is genetically located on chromosome 6 between marker loci NT1293 and NT3736 as represented in Fig.2, which co-segregates with the Botrytis resistance trait and can be identified in a PCR reaction by at least two pairs of PCR oligonucleotide primers comprising:
i. forward primer of SEQ ID NO: 1 and reverse primer of SEQ ID NO: 2, and
ii. forward primer of SEQ ID NO: 3 and reverse primer of SEQ ID NO: 4;

b) crossing said first tomato plant with a second tomato plant, wherein said second tomato plant lacks said allele; and
c) identifying a plant resulting from the cross exhibiting increased resistance to Botrytis cinerea comprising detecting said QTL or a functional part thereof genetically located on chromosome 6 between marker loci NT1293 and NT3736 as represented in Fig.2 using oligonucleotides that are genetically linked to said QTL or functional part thereof on chromosome 6 between markers NT1293 and NT3736 and co-segregate with Botrytis cinerea resistance;
d) optionally, isolating said plant; and
e) optionally, back-crossing said plant with the first or second tomato plant.
2. A method for producing a tomato plant exhibiting resistance to Botrytis cinerea , comprising the steps of:
a) selecting a plant of the genus Solanum, which exhibits Botrytis cinerea resistance, wherein said resistance is associated with at least one QTL or a functional part thereof capable of directing or controlling expression of said resistance to Botrytis cinerea , wherein said QTL or a functional part thereof is genetically located on chromosome 6 between marker loci NT1293 and NT3736 as represented in Fig.2, which co-segregates with the Botrytis resistance trait and can be identified in a PCR reaction by at least two pairs of PCR oligonucleotide primers comprising:
i. forward primer of SEQ ID NO: 1 and reverse primer of SEQ ID NO: 2 , and
ii. forward primer of SEQ ID NO: 3 and reverse primer of SEQ ID NO: 4;

b) crossing said plant of step a), which exhibits Botrytis cinerea resistance, with a tomato plant, which is susceptible to Botrytis cinerea or exhibits an intermediate level of resistance against Botrytis cinerea and
c) selecting a progeny from said cross which exhibitsBotrytis resistance comprising detecting said QTL or a functional part thereof genetically located on chromosome 6 between marker loci NT1293 and NT3736 as represented in Fig.2 using oligonucleotides that are genetically linked to said QTL or functional part thereof on chromosome 6 between markers NT1293 and NT3736 and co-segregate with Botrytis cinerea resistance.
3. A method for obtaining tomato fruits resistant to Botrytis cinerea comprising the steps of;
a) selecting a plant of the genus Solanum, which exhibits Botrytis cinerea resistance, wherein said resistance is associated with at least one QTL or a functional part thereof capable of directing or controlling expression of said resistance to Botrytis cinerea, wherein said QTL or a functional part thereof is genetically located on chromosome 6 between marker loci NT1293and NT3736 as represented in Fig.2, which co-segregates with the Botrytis resistance trait and can be identified in a PCR reaction by at least two pairs of PCR oligonucleotide primers comprising:
i. forward primer of SEQ ID NO: 1 and reverse primer of SEQ ID NO: 2, and
ii. forward primer of SEQ ID NO: 3 and reverse primer of SEQ ID NO: 4 ;

b)crossing said plant of step a), which exhibits Botrytis cinerea resistance, with a tomato plant, which is susceptible to Botrytis cinerea or exhibits an intermediate level of resistance against Botrytis cinerea ;
b c) selecting a progeny plant from said cross which exhibits Botrytis resistance comprising detecting said QTL or a functional part thereof genetically located on chromosome 6 between marker loci NT1293 and NT3736 as represented in Fig.2 using oligonucleotides that are genetically linked to said QTL or functional part thereof on chromosome 6 between markers NT1293 and NT3736 and co-segregate with Botrytis cinerea resistance;
c d) sowing a seed of the progeny plant of b c); and
d e) growing said progeny plant in order to produce fruit and harvesting the fruits produced by said plant.

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 system for inquiring product exportation, for allowing a user at a terminal device to inquire associated data relating to product exportation on a browser of the terminal device via a network communication system;
the system comprising:
an exporting station for establishing an exporting file corresponding to each product exportation, and providing a dedicated identification code for the exporting file;
a database for storing the exporting file established by the exporting station; and
a database server for receiving an identification code inputted by the user at the terminal device, and for reading an exporting file in the database having an identification code corresponding to the received identification code, wherein a quotation and an exportation data report are established by the database server corresponding to the read exporting file, and transmitted to the browser at the terminal device, so as to allow the user to examine exported products and transmit the quotation and the exportation data report to a client who orders the exported products, for allowing the client to examine and pay for the exported products.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein if the database server determines that no exporting file in the database has an identification code exactly matching the identification code inputted by the user, the database server compares the identification code inputted by the user with identification codes of exporting files in the database, and determines if an exporting file in the database has an identification code similarly matching in a few first numerals the identification code inputted by the user;
if the similarly matching exporting file is available, a quotation and an exportation data report are established for the exporting file.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification code is a client sequence number or a product category sequence number.
4. A system for inquiring product exportation, for allowing a user at a terminal device to inquire associated data relating to product exportation on a browser of the terminal device via a network communication system;
the system comprising:
an exporting station for establishing an exporting file corresponding to each product exportation, and providing a client sequence number or a product category sequence number for the exporting file;
a database for storing the exporting file established by the exporting station; and
a database server for receiving a client sequence number or a product category sequence number inputted by the user at the terminal device, and for reading an exporting file in the database having a client sequence number or a product category sequence number corresponding to the received client sequence number or product category sequence number;
if the database server determines that no exporting file in the database has a client sequence number or a product category sequence number exactly matching the client sequence number or the product category sequence number inputted by the user, the database server compares the client sequence number or the product category sequence number inputted by the user with client sequence numbers or the product category sequence numbers of exporting files in the database, and determines if an exporting file in the database has a client sequence number or a product category sequence number similarly matching in a few first numerals the client sequence number or the product category sequence number inputted by the user;
if the similarly matching exporting file is available, a quotation and an exportation data report are established for the exporting file, and transmitted to the browser at the terminal device, so as to allow the user to examine exported products and transmit the quotation and the exportation data report to a client who orders the exported products, for allowing the client to examine and pay for the exported products.
5. A system for inquiring product exportation, for allowing a user at a terminal device to inquire associated data relating to product exportation on a browser of the terminal device via a network communication system;
the system comprising:
an exporting station for establishing an exporting file corresponding to each product exportation, and providing a dedicated identification code for the exporting file;
a database for storing the exporting file established by the exporting station; and
a database server for receiving an identification code inputted by the user at the terminal device, and for reading an exporting file in the database having an identification code corresponding to the received identification code, so as to transmit the read exporting file to the user at the terminal device, wherein the database server further includes a retrieving module;
if the database server determines that no exporting file in the database has an identification code exactly matching the identification code inputted by the user, the retrieving module compares the identification code inputted by the user with identification codes of exporting files in the database, and determines if an exporting file in the database has an identification code similarly matching in a few first numerals the identification code inputted by the user;
if the similarly matching exporting file is available, the exporting file is transmitted to the user at the terminal device.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the database server further includes a processing module for establishing a quotation and an exportation data report corresponding to the read exporting file, and the database server transmits the quotation and the exportation data report via the network communication system to the browser of the terminal device, so as to allow the user to examine exported products, and transmit the quotation and the exportation data report to a client who orders the exported products, for allowing the client to examine and pay for the exported products.
7. The system of claim 5, wherein the identification code is a client sequence number or a product category sequence number.
8. A method for inquiring product exportation, for use with a system for inquiring product exportation, for allowing a user at a terminal device to inquire associated data relating to product exportation on a browser of the terminal device via a network communication system, wherein an exporting station of the system for inquiring product exportation pre-establishes an exporting file corresponding to each product exportation, and stored the established exporting file in a database;
the method comprising the steps of:
(1) inputting a dedicated identification code of an exporting file for inquiry via the user at the terminal device through the browser of the terminal device and the network communication system;
(2) after receiving the identification code transmitted from the terminal device via the system for inquiring product exportation, determining via the retrieving module if an exporting file has an identification code in the database exactly matching the identification code inputted by the user, wherein if the exactly matching exporting file is available, then the step (5) is followed:
or else, step (3) is followed:
(3) comparing via the retrieving module the identification code inputted by the user with identification codes of exporting files in the database, and determining if an exporting file in the database has an identification code similarly matching the identification code inputted by the user, wherein if the similarly matching exporting file is available, then the step (3) is followed:
or else, step (2-3) is followed; and
(4) informing the user at the terminal device of failure in searching an exactly matching or similarly matching exporting file via the system for inquiring product exportation; and
(5) transmitting the available exporting file to the user at the terminal device via the system for inquiring product exportation.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein in the step (2\u20142), the identification code inputted by the user is compared in a first few numerals with the identification codes of the exporting files in the database.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the system for inquiring product exportation further comprises a processing module for processing the read exporting file in the step (2) to be a report form, and the step (3) further comprises the steps of:
(3-1) establishing a quotation and an exportation data report corresponding to the read exporting file via the processing module activated by the system for inquiring product exportation;
(3-2) transmitting the quotation and the exportation data report via the system for inquiring product exportation to the browser of the terminal device through the network communication system, so as to allow the user to examine exported products;
(3\u20143) transmitting the quotation and the exportation data report via the user at the terminal device to a client who orders the exported products; and
(3-4) examining the exported products via the client according to the exportation data report, and paying for the products according to the quotation upon receiving the quotation and the exportation data report.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the system for inquiring product exportation comprises:
the exporting station;
the database; and
a database server for receiving the identification code inputted by the user at the terminal device, and for reading an exporting file in the database having an identification code corresponding to the received identification code.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein the identification code is a client sequence number or a product category sequence number.
13. A method for inquiring product exportation, for use with a system for inquiring product exportation, for allowing a user at a terminal device to inquire associated data relating to product exportation on a browser of the terminal device via a network communication system, wherein an exporting station of the system for inquiring product exportation pre-establishes an exporting file corresponding to each product exportation, and stored the established exporting file in a database;
the method comprising the steps of:
(1) inputting a client sequence number or a product category sequence number for inquiry via the user at the terminal device through the browser of the terminal device and the network communication system;
(2) reading an exporting file having a client sequence number or a product category sequence number in the database corresponding to the client sequence number or the product category sequence number inputted by the user after receiving the client sequence number or the product category sequence number transmitted from the terminal device via the system for inquiring product exportation;
(3) establishing a quotation and an exportation data report corresponding to the exporting file via the system for inquiring product exportation;
(4) transmitting the quotation and the exportation data report via the system for inquiring product exportation to the browser of the terminal device, so as to allow the user to examine exported products; and
(5) transmitting the quotation and the exportation data report via the user at the terminal device to a client who orders the exported products, so as to allow the client to examine the exported products.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the step (2) further comprises the steps of:
(2-1) determining via the system for inquiring product exportation if an exporting file has a client sequence number or a product category sequence number in the database exactly matching the client sequence number or the product category sequence number inputted by the user, wherein if the exactly matching exporting file is available, then the step (3) is followed;
or else, step (2\u20142) is followed;
(2\u20142) comparing via the system for inquiring product exportation the client sequence number or the product category sequence number inputted by the user with client sequence numbers or product category sequence numbers of exporting tiles in the database, and determining if an exporting file in the database has a client sequence number or a product category sequence number similarly matching the client sequence number or the product category sequence number inputted by the user, wherein if the similarly matching exporting file is available, then the step (3) is followed;
or else, step (2-3) is followed; and
(2-3) informing the user at the terminal device of failure in searching an exactly matching or similarly matching exporting file via the system for inquiring product exportation.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein in the step (2\u20142), the client sequence number or the product category sequence number inputted by the user is compared in a first few numerals with the client sequence numbers or the product category sequence numbers of the exporting files in the database.

1. An illumination device comprising:
a light guide plate;
an intermediate light guide disposed along one side face of the light guide plate; and
a light emitting element disposed at an end face in a lengthwise direction of the intermediate light guide,
wherein the side face of the light guide plate serves as a light incident face from which light is introduced, light emitted from the light emitting element is introduced into the light guide plate through the intermediate light guide and the light incident face, and the light propagating inside the light guide plate is emitted from one surface of the light guide plate,
wherein the intermediate light guide protrudes from the light guide plate in a direction along the light incident face of the light guide plate toward the light emitting element, a side face of the intermediate light guide opposing the side face of the light guide plate serves as an emergent face from which the light from the light emitting element emerges toward the light guide plate, and an outer side face of the intermediate light guide remote from the emergent face serves as a reflecting face for reflecting the light propagating inside the intermediate light guide,
wherein the outer side face of the intermediate light guide is provided with at least one of a plurality of grooves of wedge-shaped cross section or a plurality of minute irregularities provided distant from the end face of the intermediate light guide, and a reflective film formed on the at least one of grooves or irregularities, and
wherein the at least one of grooves or irregularities on the outer side face of the intermediate light guide extend from a position at a distance within the range of \u22121 mm to +0.5 mm from an extension line of an end face of the light guide plate close to the light emitting element, the extension line reaching the outer side face of the intermediate light guide, when the symbol \u201c\u2212\u201d indicates a side offset from the extension line toward the light emitting element, and the symbol \u201c+\u201d indicates a side offset from the extension line away from the light emitting element.
2. An illumination device according to claim 1, wherein the outer side face of the intermediate light guide is provided with a prism face having the plurality of grooves.
3. An illumination device according to claim 2, wherein the prism face on the outer side face of the intermediate light guide extends from a position at a distance within the range of 0.5 mm to +0.5 mm from the extension line.
4. An illumination device according to claim 2, wherein the prism face on the outer side face of the intermediate light guide extends from the extension line.
5. An illumination device according to claim 2, wherein a pitch of the grooves one of exponentially and quadratically decreases away from the light emitting element.
6. An illumination device according to claim 2, wherein a depth of the grooves one of exponentially and cubicly increases away from the light emitting element.
7. An illumination device according to claim 2, wherein each of the grooves has a pair of inclined faces for reflecting light, and an angle defined by the inclined faces is within the range of 105\xb0 to 115\xb0.
8. An illumination device according to claim 1, wherein the outer side face of the intermediate light guide is provided with an uneven face having the plurality of minute irregularities.
9. An illumination device according to claim 5, wherein the uneven face on the outer side face of the intermediate light guide extends from a position at a distance within the range of 0.5 mm to +0.5 mm from the extension line.
10. An illumination device according to claim 5, wherein the uneven face on the outer side face of the intermediate light guide extends from the extension line.
11. An illumination device according to claim 1, wherein another surface of the light guide plate is provided with a plurality of prism grooves arranged in stripes in plan view and having gently inclined faces and sharply inclined faces inclined more sharply than the gently inclined faces.
12. An illumination device according to claim 11, wherein the extending direction of the prism grooves in the light guide plate intersects the light incident face.
13. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
an illumination device; and
a liquid crystal display unit to be illuminated by the illumination device,
wherein the illumination device comprises:
a light guide plate;
an intermediate light guide disposed along one side face of the light guide plate; and
a light emitting element disposed at an end face in a lengthwise direction of the intermediate light guide,
wherein the side face of the light guide plate serves as a light incident face from which light is introduced, light emitted from the light emitting element is introduced into the light guide plate through the intermediate light guide and the light incident face, and the light propagating inside the light guide plate is emitted from one surface of the light guide plate,
wherein the intermediate light guide protrudes from the light guide plate in a direction along the light incident face of the light guide plate toward the light emitting element, a side face of the intermediate light guide opposing the side face of the light guide plate serves as an emergent face from which the light from the light emitting element emerges toward the light guide plate, and an outer side face of the intermediate light guide remote from the emergent face serves as a reflecting face for reflecting the light propagating inside the intermediate light guide,
wherein the outer side face of the intermediate light guide is provided with at least one of a plurality of grooves of wedge-shaped cross section or a plurality of minute irregularities provided distant from the end face of the intermediate light guide, and a reflective film formed on the at least one of grooves or irregularities, and
wherein the at least one of grooves or irregularities on the outer side face of the intermediate light guide extend from a position at a distance within the range of \u22121 mm to +0.5 mm from an extension line of an end face of the light guide plate close to the light emitting element, the extension line reaching the outer side face of the intermediate light guide, when the symbol \u201c\u2212\u201d indicates a side offset from the extension line toward the light emitting element, and the symbol \u201c+\u201d indicates a side offset from the extension line away from the light emitting element.

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 bending waveguide comprising:
a core having an input end and an output end, wherein at least the output end has a near field enhanced aperture structure; and
a metal cladding disposed around the core,
wherein the core is bent in a curve and a radius of curvature of the curve is a resonance radius at which an intensity of transmitted light with respect to a wavelength of incident light is a maximum.
2. The bending waveguide of claim 1, wherein an output end of the core has a C-shaped aperture structure, wherein a part of the metal cladding protrudes towards a center portion of the C-shaped aperture structure forming a ridge portion.
3. The bending waveguide of claim 2, wherein the core has a C-shaped cross-section throughout a length thereof.
4. The bending waveguide of claim 3, wherein the width of the ridge portion gradually decreases from the input end to the output end.
5. The bending waveguide of claim 1, wherein a cross-sectional area of the core is the same throughout a length of the core.
6. The bending waveguide of claim 1, wherein a cross-sectional area of an input end of the core is different from a cross-sectional area of the output end thereof.
7. The bending waveguide of claim 6, wherein a cross-sectional area of the core gradually decreases from the input end to the output end.
8. The bending waveguide of claim 7, wherein a thickness of the cross-section of the core is constant and a width of the cross-section of the core gradually decreases from the input end to the output end.
9. The bending waveguide of claim 1, wherein the core is bent in a circular curve having an angle \u03b8 (0<\u03b8<180) between the input end and the output end.
10. The bending waveguide of claim 1, wherein the core is bent in a curve, wherein the curve is defined by more than one radius of curvature.
11. A method of fabricating a bending waveguide, the method comprising:
forming a lower cladding layer by depositing metal on a substrate;
depositing a core layer patterned as a curve having a predetermined radius of curvature on the lower cladding layer, wherein a width and a thickness of an output end of the core layer is equal to or less than a wavelength of incident light and wherein a radius of curvature of the core layer is determined such that an intensity of transmitted light with respect to a wavelength of the incident light is a maximum; and
forming an upper cladding layer by depositing metal on the core layer.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the depositing of the lower cladding layer comprises depositing metal on the substrate and forming a ridge portion by etching a part of the deposited metal.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the depositing of the lower cladding layer comprises:
depositing resin on the lower cladding layer;
transferring a pattern to the resin;
curing an open area of the pattern by emitting ultraviolet rays onto the resin; and
removing the resin from an area which is not cured.
14. A light delivery module comprising:
a first waveguide which comprises:
a core having an input end and an output end, wherein the output end has a near field enhanced aperture structure; and
a metal cladding enclosing the core,
wherein the first waveguide is a bending waveguide in which the core is bent in a curve and a radius of curvature of the curve is a resonance radius at which an intensity of transmitted light with respect to a wavelength of incident light is a maximum.
15. The light delivery module of claim 14, further comprising a second waveguide which transmits light to the first waveguide.
16. The light delivery module of claim 15, wherein the first waveguide and the second waveguide are butt-coupled.
17. The light delivery module of claim 14, wherein an output end of the core of the first waveguide has a C-shaped aperture structure, wherein a part of the metal cladding protrudes towards a center portion of the C-shaped aperture structure forming a ridge portion.
18. The light delivery module of claim 17, wherein the core of the first waveguide has a C-shaped cross-section throughout a length thereof.
19. The light delivery module of claim 18, wherein the width of the ridge portion gradually decreases from the input end to the output end.
20. The light delivery module of claim 15, wherein a cross-sectional area of the core of the first waveguide gradually decreases from the input end to the output end.
21. The light delivery module of claim 14, wherein the core of the first waveguide is bent in a circular curve having an angle \u03b8 (0<\u03b8<180) between the input end and the output end.
22. The light delivery module of claim 14, wherein the core of the first waveguide is bent in a curve, wherein more than one radii of curvature define the curve.
23. A heat assisted magnetic recording head comprising: a magnetic recording portion which forms a magnetic field;
and a light delivery module which emits light, which heats a recording scheduled area of a magnetic recording medium,
wherein the light delivery module comprises:
a first waveguide which comprises a core having an input end and an output end, wherein the output end has a near field enhanced aperture structure, and a metal cladding enclosing the core; and
a second waveguide which transmits light to the first waveguide,
wherein the first waveguide is a bending waveguide in which the core is bent in a curve and a radius of curvature of the curve is a resonance radius at which an intensity of transmitted light with respect to a wavelength of incident light is a maximum.
24. The heat assisted magnetic recording head of claim 23, wherein, an input end of the second waveguide is provided at a side surface of the heat assisted magnetic recording head.
25. The heat assisted magnetic recording head of claim 24, wherein the first waveguide has an input end that is coupled to an output end of the second waveguide and also has an output end that faces a bottom surface of the heat assisted magnetic recording head.
26. The heat assisted magnetic recording head of claim 23, wherein an output end of the core of the first waveguide has a C-shaped aperture structure, wherein a part of the metal cladding protrudes towards a center portion of the C-shaped aperture structure forming a ridge portion.
27. The heat assisted magnetic recording head of claim 26, wherein the core of the first waveguide has a C-shaped aperture structure throughout a length thereof.
28. The heat assisted magnetic recording head of claim 27, wherein the width of the ridge portion gradually decreases from the input end to the output end.
29. The heat assisted magnetic recording head of claim 23, wherein a cross-sectional area of the core gradually decreases from the input end to the output end.
30. The bending waveguide of claim 10, wherein each said radii of curvature corresponds to a resonance radius.
31. The bending waveguide of claim 22, wherein each said radii of curvature corresponds to a resonance radius.