| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| PP18826 |
Sugar cane variety named `L99-233` |
May 20, 2008 |
| A new variety of sugarcane, identified as `L99-233`, is disclosed having superior sugarcane rust disease resistance, excellent ratooning ability, and high sugar/sucrose content and cane yield characteristics. |
| PP18807 |
Sugar cane variety named `L99-226` |
May 13, 2008 |
| A new variety of sugarcane, identified as `L99-226`, is disclosed having superior sugarcane rust disease resistance, and high sugar/sucrose content and cane yield characteristics. |
| PP15380 |
Bienville sweetpotato |
November 30, 2004 |
| A new variety of sweetpotato, identified as `Bienville`, is disclosed having superior disease resistance to both southern root-knot nematode and soil rot, and high yield characteristics. |
| PP15038 |
Sweetpotato plant named `L96-117` |
July 27, 2004 |
| A new variety of sweetpotato identified as `L96-117` is disclosed having superior processing qualities and a high total-sugar content. `L96-117` is characterized by an intense orange flesh and an elongated root. |
| PP13472 |
`Little Phillip No. 1` bermuda grass |
January 14, 2003 |
| An improved bermudagrass plant named `Little Phillip No. 1` is disclosed having superior properties. `Little Phillip No. 1` is characterized by its moderate stem size, reduced rate of leaf senescence, and superior forage production. |
| 7405044 |
Multiplex PCR for simultaneous quantitation of human nuclear, mitochondrial, and male Y-chromoso |
July 29, 2008 |
| A comprehensive set of human specific, target specific, multiplex PCR assays for DNA quantitation is provided. Our duplex qPCR for nDNA/mtDNA had a linear quantitation range of 100 ng to 1 pg, and our triplex qPCR assay for nDNA/mtDNA/male Y DNA had a linear range of 100 ng to 0.1 ng. |
| 7399905 |
Resistance to acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting herbicides in rice |
July 15, 2008 |
| Nucleotide sequences are disclosed that may be used to impart herbicide resistance to green plants. The sources of novel herbicide resistance were originally isolated in mutant rice plants. The sequences impart pre-emergence resistance, post-emergence resistance, or both pre-emergenc |
| 7381400 |
Injection of a radioactive dye for sentinel lymph node identification |
June 3, 2008 |
| A one-step procedure for sentinel lymph node identification and biopsy using a single compound, a radiolabeled, low molecular weight dye (e.g., .sup.125I-labeled methylene blue). This radiolabled dye is mixed with an unlabeled, similar molecular weight dye (e.g., isosulfan or methylene |
| 7365236 |
Generation of a creosote-like mixture, or recovery of metals, or both from preserved wood by rea |
April 29, 2008 |
| An environmentally-friendly method is disclosed for transforming preserved wood, for example creosote-treated or CCA-treated wood with supercritical water. The product of treating weathered creosote-treated wood is a mixture that is similar to fresh creosote. The novel system is akin to |
| 7364858 |
Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase cha |
April 29, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligation product in a p |
| 7351744 |
Naphthalene derivatives as termite repellents and toxicants |
April 1, 2008 |
| Several derivatives of naphthalene, including 1'-acetonaphthone, 2'-acetpnaphthone, 1-methoxynaphthalene, and 2-methoxynaphthalene, were discovered to be effective toxicants and repellents of termites, and resulted in significant reduction in termite feeding activity. For example, 2' |
| 7345460 |
Thermal compensation method for CMOS digital-integrated circuits using temperature-adaptive digi |
March 18, 2008 |
| A device and method of providing thermal compensation for integrated circuits, e.g., complementary metal-oxide semiconductor integrated circuits ("IC") is described. The device is an IC (e.g., digital, analog, and mixed-signal circuits) with a digital voltage control system ("VCS") h |
| 7345221 |
Herbicide resistant rice |
March 18, 2008 |
| Rice plants are disclosed with multiple sources of resistance to herbicides that normally inhibit a plant's acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) enzyme. Besides controlling red rice, many AHAS-inhibiting herbicides also effectively control other weeds that are common in rice fields. Seve |
| 7345022 |
Anti-fibril peptides |
March 18, 2008 |
| Novel peptides are disclosed that may be used as inhibitors of amyloidogenesis, as suppressors of amyloid toxicity, and as therapeutic agents for amyloid-associated diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Huntington's Disease, and Type II |
| 7344548 |
Micro-pneumatic snare |
March 18, 2008 |
| A surgical instrument and method are disclosed for enhancing the overall performance of arterial occludes, by allowing the repetitive obstruction of blood flow to a targeted organ or tissue (e.g., heart muscle, brain, kidney, gastrointestinal tissue, leg muscles, arm muscles, other skele |
| 7332285 |
Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase cha |
February 19, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligation product in a p |
| 7320865 |
Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase cha |
January 22, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligation product in a p |
| 7315517 |
Non-blocking WDM optical networks |
January 1, 2008 |
| A system is disclosed for implementing WDM optical networks, without blocking, and without the need for wavelength converters. The method is based on a hypercube topology for connecting the nodes, and a novel algorithm for constructing a routing tree such that blocking cannot occur e |
| 7314755 |
Preservation of eukaryotic cells using reversible pore formation |
January 1, 2008 |
| A method is disclosed for reliably stabilizing eukaryotic cells that express the P2X.sub.7 receptor channel, particularly mammalian and other vertebrate cells, including human cells, for example mammalian macrophages, or hematopoietic stem cells, in order to introduce otherwise membr |
| 7314550 |
Analytical separations with polyelectrolyte layers, molecular micelles, or zwitterionic polymers |
January 1, 2008 |
| Polymeric surfactants (molecular micelles) are disclosed for use in open tubular capillary electrochromatography or in high performance liquid chromatography. For example, fused silica capillaries are coated with thin films of charged polymers in a polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM). A |
| 7312039 |
Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase cha |
December 25, 2007 |
| The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligation product in a p |
| 7291607 |
Isomaltooligosaccharides from Leuconostoc as neutraceuticals |
November 6, 2007 |
| Isomaltooligosaccharides (IMOs) produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides ATCC 13146 fermentation with a sucrose:maltose ratio of 2:1 have been discovered to be effective prebiotics in mixed cultures of microbial populations, including cultures from chicken ceca. Surprisingly in mixed mi |
| 7276071 |
Intraocular lens injector |
October 2, 2007 |
| A device and method for enhancing the surgical replacement of defective natural eye lenses with an intraocular lens. The device is an intraocular lens injector that prevents an intraocular lens from uncontrollably rotating or flipping as it is advanced towards a mammalian recipient's |
| 7267990 |
Chelation of charged and uncharged molecules with porphyrin-based compounds |
September 11, 2007 |
| Porphyrins containing one or more neutral or negatively-charged, closo- or nido-carborane substituents are useful as chelators. The carbon-carbon bonds linking the boron-containing groups to the porphyrin ring make the compounds highly resistant to hydrolysis. These compounds have potent |
| 7262917 |
Out-of-plane pre-aligned refractive micro lens |
August 28, 2007 |
| An inexpensive device and method of fabricating microlenses able to be pre-aligned with other optical components (e.g., mirrors, splitters, and prisms, cylindrical lenses, plano-plates and prisms) fabricated on the same substrate to form an integrated optical platform. This integrated |
| 7262163 |
Short amphipathic peptides with activity against bacteria and intracellular pathogens |
August 28, 2007 |
| "Minimalist" antimicrobial peptides are disclosed based on 50 to 80% .alpha.,.alpha.-dialkylated amino acids. The peptides are short, cationic, amphipathic, and possess a high helix propensity. Polar .alpha.,.alpha.-dialkylated amino acids are also disclosed. These peptides are easy |
| 7253347 |
Rice cultivar designated `Trenasse` |
August 7, 2007 |
| A novel rice cultivar, designated `Trenasse,` is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar `Trenasse,` to the plants of rice `Trenasse,` and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar `Trenasse` with itself or another rice variety, and |
| 7252291 |
Mechanical seal having a single-piece, perforated mating ring |
August 7, 2007 |
| A mechanical seal (e.g., single mechanical seals, double mechanical seals, tandem mechanical seals, bellows, pusher mechanical seals, and all types of rotating and reciprocating machines) with reduced contact surface temperature, reduced contact surface wear, or increased life span. The |
| 7245831 |
Optical packet switching |
July 17, 2007 |
| Optical Packet Switching (OPS) is considered the most desirable switching technology for the ubiquitous optical networks that carry internet traffic. OPS could provide for great flexibility, capacity, efficiency, and bandwidth utilization that current switching strategies are not cap |
| 7226605 |
Botulinum toxin in the treatment or prevention of acne |
June 5, 2007 |
| Botulinum toxin may be used to inhibit the cascade of events leading to acne. Results in preliminary studies have been dramatic. Without wishing to be bound by this theory, it is believed that botulinum toxin achieves this result through parasympathetic effects, inhibiting sweat gland |
| 7226511 |
Direct production of white sugar from sugarcane juice or sugar beet juice |
June 5, 2007 |
| An economical process is disclosed for the direct production of white sugar from clarified juice. Juice from a cane sugar mill, or sugar beet juice, is first contacted with hydrogen peroxide, before passing through granular activated carbon. The juice is then passed through cationic and |
| 7211393 |
Method to protect DNA ends |
May 1, 2007 |
| A method of protecting the 3' end of a DNA molecule from nuclease damage is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the step of exposing the DNA molecule to a preparation of DdrA protein. |
| 7166691 |
Saposin C and receptors as targets for treatment of benign and malignant disorders |
January 23, 2007 |
| Saposin C was shown to be a trophic factor for a variety of cancer cells, e.g., prostate, lung, breast, and colon cancer cells. These cells expressed saposin C and responded to saposin C by increased levels of cell proliferation, cell migration, and cell invasion. Such activities typ |
| 7166434 |
Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase cha |
January 23, 2007 |
| The present invention relates to the detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection reaction and polymerase chain reaction. One aspect of the present invention involves use of a ligase detection reaction coupled to a polymerase chain reaction. Another aspec |
| 7147648 |
Device for cutting and holding a cornea during a transplant procedure |
December 12, 2006 |
| A device and surgical method for promoting suitable grafting between a healthy donor cornea button and a recipient's healthy corneal tissue. The device is a cornea transplanter comprising a cutting device, a support block having a removable base plate, and a vacuum device. The cornea |
| 7114361 |
Microscale compression molding of metals with surface engineered LIGA inserts |
October 3, 2006 |
| An inexpensive method of rapidly fabricating reactive metal (Zn, Al, Al-alloy, etc.) microscale structures including high-aspect-ratio microscale structures is disclosed. A high precision process uses conformal bond inhibitor coating and high temperature compression molding technique |
| 7112700 |
Efficient and economic asymmetric synthesis of nootkatone, tetrahydronootkatone, their precursor |
September 26, 2006 |
| An inexpensive, stereoselective synthesis for nootkatone, tetrahydronootkatone, and their derivatives is disclosed. The starting materials used in the synthesis are inexpensive. The principal starting material, (-)-.beta.-Pinene, is on the GRAS list (generally recognized as safe). |
| 7097980 |
Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase cha |
August 29, 2006 |
| The present invention relates to the detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection reaction and polymerase chain reaction. One aspect of the present invention involves use of a ligase detection reaction coupled to a polymerase chain reaction. Another aspec |
| 7083917 |
Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using the ligase detection reaction with addressa |
August 1, 2006 |
| The present invention describes a method for identifying one or more of a plurality of sequences differing by one or more single base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences. The method includes a ligation phase, a capture phase |
| 7074596 |
Synthesis and use of anti-reverse mRNA cap analogues |
July 11, 2006 |
| The ability to synthesize capped RNA transcripts in vitro has been of considerable value in a variety of applications. However, one-third to one-half of the caps have, until now, been incorporated in the reverse orientation. Such reverse caps impair the translation of in vitro-synthe |
| 7074567 |
Assay for human DNA for gender determination |
July 11, 2006 |
| A method for determining gender from a human DNA sample. The loci of Alu element insertion is selected, amplified and evaluated in terms of size of the fragment. The gender assay utilizes AluSTXa for the X chromosome, AluSTYa for the Y chromosome, or both AluSTXa and AluSTYa, to reduce t |
| 7052348 |
Autonomous bird predation reduction device |
May 30, 2006 |
| A self-guided apparatus for repelling birds through various means of deterrence. The device comprises a chassis, a floatation assembly, a propulsion system, and a guidance and control system. The device may operate in either of at least two modes: passive and active. In the passive m |
| 7037670 |
Peptide substrates for assay of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1 and 2 activity |
May 2, 2006 |
| Several synthetic peptides modeled after Ser31 in tyrosine hydroxylase ("Ser31 peptides") have been developed and evaluated as in vitro substrates for assaying the activity of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1 and 2 ("ERK1/2"). The phosphorylation of the Ser31 peptides |
| 7019196 |
Herbicide resistant rice |
March 28, 2006 |
| Rice plants are disclosed with multiple sources of resistance to herbicides that normally inhibit a plant's acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) enzyme. Besides controlling red rice, many AHAS-inhibiting herbicides also effectively control other weeds that are common in rice fields. Seve |
| 7014994 |
Coupled polymerase chain reaction-restriction-endonuclease digestion-ligase detection reaction p |
March 21, 2006 |
| The present invention provides a method for identifying one or more low abundance sequences differing by one or more single-base changes, insertions, or deletions, from a high abundance sequence in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences. The high abundance wild-type sequence is s |
| 7013836 |
Enhancing maturation of oocytes in bivalves |
March 21, 2006 |
| A method is disclosed for using a spawning agent and a steroid to stimulate gonadal development, oocyte maturation, and meiotic synchrony in oysters and other bivalves. Advantages of the novel technique include a decrease in the variability of fertilization among different individual |
| 6987105 |
Synthesis and use of thienotriazolodiazepines |
January 17, 2006 |
| A new method to synthesize the platelet-activating factor antagonist which is a derivative of thienotriazolodiazepene, tetrahydro-4,7,8,10 methyl-1(chloro-2 phenyl)-6 (methosy-4 phenyl carbamoyl)-9 pyrido[4,3-:4,5] thieno[3,2-f] triazolo-1,2,4 [4,3-.alpha.] diazepine-1,4] (1) is disc |
| 6979682 |
Platelet-activating factor antagonist inhibition of angiogenesis and tumor growth induced by bas |
December 27, 2005 |
| A novel use of platelet-activating factor antagonists that bind to intracellular PAF binding sites such as BN-50730 (tetrahedra-4,7,8,10 methyl-1 (chloro-1 phenyl)-6 (methoxy-4 phenyl-carbamoyl)-9 pyrido [4',3'-4,5] thieno [3,2-f] triazolo-1,2,4 [4,3-a] diazepine-1,4) has been discov |
| 6943280 |
Resistance to acetohydroxycid synthase-inhibiting herbicides |
September 13, 2005 |
| Nucleotide sequences are disclosed that may be used to impart herbicide resistance to green plants. The sources of novel herbicide resistance were originally isolated in mutant rice plants. The sequences impart pre-emergence resistance, post-emergence resistance, or both pre-emergence |
| 6942219 |
Mechanical seal having a double-tier mating ring |
September 13, 2005 |
| An apparatus and method to enhance the overall performance of mechanical seals in one of the following ways: by reducing seal face wear, by reducing the contact surface temperature, or by increasing the life span of mechanical seals. The apparatus is a mechanical seal (e.g., single m |
