Author: claimsbot

1. A III nitride semiconductor device having a III nitride semiconductor layer, comprising:
a plurality of protrusions rounded like domes in a predetermined region on the (000-1) side of the III nitride semiconductor layer, a surface of the plurality of protrusions comprising planes except for the (000-1) plane, and a height of the protrusions being 0.1 \u03bcm to 3 \u03bcm; and
an electrode on the upper surface of the predetermined region.
2. The III nitride semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the bottom portions of valleys formed between the adjacent protrusions has a steep angle.
3. The III nitride semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the surface of each of the protrusions is a random surface in which a facet cannot be defined.
4. A III nitride semiconductor device comprising:
a support;
and a first conductivity-type III nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type III nitride semiconductor layer sequentially placed on the support,
wherein the side of the second conductivity-type III nitride semiconductor layer opposite to the support is the (000-1) side, and
the III nitride semiconductor device has a plurality of protrusions rounded like domes in a predetermined region on the (000-1) side of the second conductivity-type III nitride semiconductor layer and has an electrode on the upper surface of the predetermined region, a surface of the plurality of protrusions comprising planes except for the (000-1) plane, and a height of the protrusions being 0.1 \u03bcm to 3 \u03bcm.
5. The III nitride semiconductor device according to claim 4, wherein the second conductivity type is n type.
6. The III nitride semiconductor device according to claim 4, wherein the electrode is a TiAl electrode.
7. A method of producing a III nitride semiconductor device having a III nitride semiconductor layer, comprising the steps of:
performing anisotropic etching on a predetermined region on the (000-1) side of the III nitride semiconductor layer to form a plurality of pyramidal projections;
performing isotropic etching on the predetermined region to change the projections into protrusions rounded like domes, a surface of the protrusions comprising planes except for the (000-1) plane; and
forming an electrode on the upper surface of the predetermined region having the protrusions.
8. The method of producing a III nitride semiconductor device, according to claim 7, wherein the anisotropic etching is wet etching in which the surface of each of the projections is a facet other than the (000-1) plane.
9. The method of producing a III nitride semiconductor device, according to claim 8, wherein the facet is one of the (10-1-1) plane, the (10-1-2) plane, and the (10-1-3) plane.
10. The method of producing a III nitride semiconductor device, according to claim 8, wherein an alkaline solution is used in the anisotropic etching.
11. The method of producing a III nitride semiconductor device, according to claim 8, wherein the isotropic etching is dry etching in which the surface of each of the protrusions is a random surface where a facet cannot be defined.
12. The method of producing a III nitride semiconductor device, according to claim 7, wherein the step of forming the electrode comprises:
forming a protective film on the upper surface of the predetermined region;
applying resist onto the protective film and removing the resist of an electrode formation area by photolithography;
removing the protective film of the electrode formation area; and
forming an electrode in the electrode formation area.
13. The method of producing a III nitride semiconductor device, according to claim 7, wherein the height of the protrusions is 0.1 \u03bcm to 3 \u03bcm.
14. A method of producing a III nitride semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:
forming a lift-off layer, a second conductivity-type III nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a first conductivity-type III nitride semiconductor layer in this order on a growth substrate;
forming a support on the first conductivity-type III nitride semiconductor layer;
removing the lift-off layer, thereby separating the growth substrate from the second conductivity-type III nitride semiconductor layer;
performing anisotropic etching on a predetermined region of the exposed second conductivity-type III nitride semiconductor layer on the (000-1) plane side, thereby forming a plurality of pyramidal projections;
performing isotropic etching on the predetermined region and changing the projections into a plurality of protrusions rounded like domes, a surface of the plurality of protrusions comprising planes except for the (000-1) plane; and
forming an electrode on the upper surface of the predetermined region having the protrusions.
15. The method of producing a III nitride semiconductor device, according to claim 14, wherein the height of the protrusions is 0.1 \u03bcm to 3 \u03bcm.

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 air current detection aid comprising:
a fibrous wind-borne material having fibers which are easily separated and once separated tend to float upon, and be carried along by, air currents;
a pouch-like receptacle for receiving, housing and dispensing said fibrous wind-borne material and for attachment to other objects or surfaces comprising:
a pair of flexible members comprising an upper member and a lower member with said members being substantially attached one to the other along the edges of said members in order to form or define a chamber or pocket between said members for receiving and housing said fibrous material;
an aperture or port, positioned on said upper member, through which a portion of said fibrous material housed within said chamber or pocket may be accessed and dispensed; and,

a means for attaching said pouch-like receptacle to another object or surface.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said air current detection aid is permanently attached to, or incorporated within, another object or surface.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said air current detection aid is removeably attached to another object or surface.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said means for attaching said pouch-like receptacle to another object or surface comprises sewing said receptacle onto said object or surface.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said means for attaching said pouch-like receptacle to another object or surface comprises gluing said receptacle to said object or surface.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said means for attaching said pouch-like receptacle to another object or surface comprises the use of hook and loop material.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said air current detection aid is attached to golfing, hunting, sporting or observation accessory items such as a gloves, bags, cases, optical aids, backpacks or similar articles.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said air current detection aid is attached to an article of clothing or clothing accessory.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said air current detection aid is attached to or incorporated within the external surface of a typical golf or hunting glove.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flexible members of said pouch-like receptacle are attached to each other so as to leave an opening along a portion of the edges of said members for filling and refilling said receptacle with said fibrous wind-borne material as necessary or desirable.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said refill opening along a portion of the edges of said members is provided with a means for non-permanent closure of said opening.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said means for non-permanent closure of said refill opening comprises the use of hook and loop material.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said fibrous, wind-borne material is comprised of natural fibers.
14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said fibrous, wind-borne material is comprised of man-made or artificial fibers.
15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said fibrous, wind-borne material is comprised of colored fibers.

1. A method for dynamically providing instant comments, said method comprising:
identifying a publicly available web media object in a web page, said publicly available web media object being associated with an instant commenting tool in an online environment, said instant commenting tool being available to a first user for activation in the web page;
receiving input from the first user attempting to activate the instant commenting tool associated with the publicly available web media object;
requesting authentication from the first user before activating the instant commenting tool;
activating the instant commenting tool in response to authentication from the first user, said authentication associating the first user with a first user profile;
in response to the activated instant commenting tool, providing an instant comment session to the first user for leaving one or more comments to the publicly available web media object, said one or more comments including at least the following: chat content exchanged between the first user and one or more other users and message board content, said one or more other users each having an associated user profile, wherein the first user and the one or more other users are associated based on a common user profile factor;
recording the comments from the first user and the one or more other users from the provided instant comment session as a persistent portion of the publicly available web media object; and
rendering the recorded comments of the publicly available web media object for display to the first user in the online environment, said displayed recorded comments being filtered to remove one or more particular comments from the displayed recorded comments according to one or more contexts including information in the user profiles of the one or more other users.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving one or more instructions from one or more users for activating the instant commenting tool for leaving one or more comments to the web media object on the available web page, wherein the instant commenting tool identifies the web media object in response to the one or more instructions, and said received one or more instructions enabling instant commenting in the online environment on the identified web media object associated therewith.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising enabling the one or more users to engage in conversations in the same instant comment session with the first user and to leave comments to the web media object, wherein recording comprises recording the engaged conversations between the first user and the one or more users in the instant comment session and the comments to the web media object.
4. The method of claim 1, said one or more contexts including at least one or more of the following: a language context, a user age group context, a media object context, a privacy settings of the user, a communication preference of a user, a specific geographic or logical location of the web media object or of the user, a relative trustworthiness of the user, maximum simultaneous users in a single instance of the online environment, a relative taxonomy of comment contents, and an online environment context.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising requesting authentication from the first user or the one or more users before providing the instant comment session, said requested authentication comprising a log-in session.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the web media object comprises one or more of the following: a graphical media object, a text media object, a message board post, a blog post, a member profile, a video media object, an audio media object, a 3D holographic media object, avatars or non-player characters in a video game, a contact, a service representation, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.
7. A system for dynamically providing instant comments, said system comprising:
a web server computing device accessible via a communication network for providing an instant commenting tool, said instant commenting tool enabling instant commenting on a publicly available web media object in a web page, said web media content being associated in an online environment with an instant comment session hosted by the web server computing device, said publicly available web media object being accessible by the web server computing device via the communication network, said instant commenting tool being available to a first user for activation in the web page;
a web interface accessible to the web server computing device via the communication network for receiving a first instruction from the first user for activating said instant commenting tool in the web page;
wherein the web server computing device is configured to receive the first instruction via the web interface from the first user attempting to activate the instant commenting tool and identify the web media object associated with the instant commenting tool in response to the received first instruction, wherein the web server computing device requests authentication from the first user before activating the instant commenting tool, wherein the web server computing device activates the instant commenting tool in response to authentication from the first user, said authentication associating the first user with a first user profile, in response to the activated instant commenting tool, said instant commenting tool providing an instant comment session to the first user to leave comments to the web media object; and
a memory accessible by the web server computing device via the communication network for recording the comments from the first user from the provided instant comment session as a persistent portion of the web media object;
wherein the web interface receives one or more additional instructions from one or more additional users for activating the instant commenting tool for leaving comments to the web media object, each additional user having an associated user profile, wherein the instant commenting tool identifies the web media object in response to the one or more instructions, and wherein the web interface further enables the one or more additional users to engage conversations in the same instant comment session with the first user and to leave comments to the web media object;
wherein the web server computing device is further configured to render the recorded comments of the web media object for display in the online environment, said displayed recorded comments being filtered to remove one or more particular comments from the displayed recorded comments according to one or more contexts including information in the user profiles of the one or more additional users.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein said one or more contexts include at least one or more of the following: a language context, a user age group context, a media object context, a privacy settings of the user, a communication preference of a user, a specific geographic or logical location of the web media object or of the user, a relative trustworthiness of the user, maximum simultaneous users in a single instance of the online environment, a relative taxonomy of comment contents, and an online environment context.
9. The system of claim 7, wherein the memory records the engaged conversations between the first user and the one or more additional users in the instant comment session and the comments to the web media object.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the web server computing device renders the recorded conversations and the comments as the persistent portion of the web media object on the online environment.
11. The system of claim 7, wherein the web media object comprises one or more of the following: a graphical media object, a text media object, a message board post, a blog post, a member profile, a video media object, an audio media object, a 3D holographic media object, avatars or non-player characters in a video game, a contact, a service representation, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.
12. A tangible computer-readable storage device having computer-executable components stored thereon for dynamically providing instant comments, said computer-executable components comprising:
an instant commenting component in a web page for enabling instant commenting on a publicly available web media object in the web page in an online environment hosted by a web server, said publicly available web media object being accessible by the web server via the communication network, said activated instant commenting tool being available for activation by a first user in the web page;
an interface component accessible to the instant commenting component via the communications network for receiving a first instruction from the first user to activate the instant commenting component;
in response to receiving the first instruction by the interface component, the interface component requesting authentication from the first user before activating the instant commenting tool, wherein the instant commenting component is activated in response to the authentication from the first user and identifies the web media object via an identification associated with the web media object and in response to the received first instruction, said authentication associating the first user with a first user profile;
wherein the instant commenting component provides an instant comment session to the first user to leave comments to the publicly available web media object, said comments including chat content exchanged between the first user and one or more other users, said one or more other users each having an associated user profile, wherein the first user and the one or more other users are associated based on a common user profile factor;

a memory component accessible via the communication network for recording the comments from the first user and the one or more other users from the provided instant comment session as a persistent portion of the web media object, said comments being associated with the identification of the web media object; and
wherein the instant commenting component renders the recorded comments of the web media object for display to the first user in the online environment, said displayed recorded comments being filtered to remove one or more particular comments from the displayed recorded comments according to one or more contexts including a trust rating of the one or more other users, said trust rating being relative to the first user.
13. The tangible computer-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the interface component receives one or more additional instructions from one or more additional users for activating the instant commenting component for leaving comments to the web media object, wherein the instant commenting component identifies the web media object via the identification and in response to the one or more instructions, and wherein the interface component further enables the one or more users to engage conversations in the same instant comment session with the first user and to leave comments to the web media object.
14. The tangible computer-readable storage device of claim 13, said one or more contexts including at least one of a language context, a user age group context, a media object context, a privacy settings of the user, a communication preference of a user, a specific geographic or logical location of the web media object or of the user, a relative trustworthiness of the user, maximum simultaneous users in a single instance of the online environment, a relative taxonomy of comment contents, and an online environment context.
15. The tangible computer-readable storage device of claim 14, wherein the memory component records the engaged conversations between the first user and the one or more additional users in the instant comment session and the comments to the web media object.
16. The tangible computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the instant commenting component renders the recorded conversations and the comments as the persistent portion of the web media object on the online environment.
17. The tangible computer-readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the web media object comprises one or more of the following: a graphical media object, a text media object, a message board post, a blog post, a member profile, a video media object, an audio media object, a 3D holographic media object, avatars or non-player characters in a video game, a contact, a service representation, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.

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. Protecting the invention will be based on the principle of the proposed device which causes the generator(s) to rotate the rotor(s) and the stator(s) in opposite directions in order to generate more electrical power energy than conventional generators.
2. Protection of the invention will be based on the principle of the method of the device which comprises many parts and diverse materials, in a certain methodology and constitutes a whole system which makes the rotor(s) and stator(s) in generator(s) counter-rotate, in this way performing an operation necessary in order to generate electrical power energy which is different from normal presently existing conventional systems and produce more electrical power energy.
3. Protection of the invention will be based on the principle and mode of operation by means of the above mentioned device when the driving force is wind force, water force from a dam, a gas jet, an internal combustion engine or any source of rotational force whether by using fuel andor other means and provided that the devil will be integrated creating counter-rotation of the rotor(s) and stator(s) in the electric power generator(s) and more electric power energy will be produced.
4-5. (canceled)