| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4716102 |
Purified AIDS-associated virus ARV-2 |
December 29, 1987 |
| A newly discovered family of AIDS-associated viruses, designated ARV, is described. The viruses were isolated from AIDS patients from San Francisco and (a) are type D retroviruses; (b) have Mg.sup.++ -dependent reverse transcriptase activity; (c) induce human multinucleated cells without |
| 4686765 |
Method for making an intracochlear electrode array |
August 18, 1987 |
| A method is disclosed for making an intracochlear multielectrode array having a spiral configuration, at least generally conforming to the scala tympani of a cochlea. The array is formed in a two-part mold and comprises an elastomeric carrier supporting a plurality of metallic electrodes |
| 4675386 |
Monoclonal antibody methods and compositions specific for single antigens in antigen aggregates |
June 23, 1987 |
| Methods and compositions are provided for producing monoclonal antibodies capable of distinguishing between antigenic aggregates, which are differentiated by one or a small number of antigenic determinants. The method involves immunization of a mammal to produce spleen cells which are |
| 4670468 |
Method for protecting and healing gastroduodenal mucosa and the liver of mammals |
June 2, 1987 |
| A method is disclosed for protecting or healing of the mammalian gastro-duodenal mucosa by employing arachidonic acid or linoleic acid and a pharmaceutically acceptable water solubilizing surface active agent therefor. |
| 4669116 |
Non-linear echo cancellation of data signals |
May 26, 1987 |
| An echo cancellation circuit is disclosed for use with full-duplex data transmission systems. The echo canceller can operate in spite of time invariant non-linearities in the echo channel or in the implementation of the echo canceller itself (such as in D/A converters). The echo cancelle |
| 4669115 |
Hybrid circuit and method |
May 26, 1987 |
| An adaptive hybrid circuit for use in a digital telephone switching system is disclosed. The hybrid circuit is adaptive in that it provides cancellation of a far end talker power component in an output signal having both far end talker and near end talker power components. The circui |
| 4668704 |
Method for protecting and healing gastro-duodenal mucosa and the liver of mammals |
May 26, 1987 |
| A pharmaceutical composition comprising a fatty acid selected from the groups consisting of arachidonic and linoleic acid and a fatty acid aqueous solubilizing effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable water solubilizing surface active agent for said fatty acid is disclosed f |
| 4664805 |
Analog enrichment decontamination process |
May 12, 1987 |
| Environments contaminated with toxic halogenated organic compounds are decontaminated at an accelerated rate by addition of (1) microorganisms which are non-indigenous to the environment and which metabolize the contaminant at a greater rate than microorganisms indigenous to the envi |
| 4626586 |
Transition metal poly(benzodithiolene) |
December 2, 1986 |
| Poly(benzodithiolenes) containing transition metals having desirable chemical, physical, electrical and magnetic properties are prepared by reacting an aromatic tetrathiol with a transition metal salt. |
| 4622536 |
Ratio independent cyclic A/D and D/A conversion using a reciprocating reference approach |
November 11, 1986 |
| An algorithmic analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converter 10 combines the techniques of switched capacitor cyclic conversion by using first and second amplifiers 31, 32 with capacitors C.sub.1, C.sub.1 ', C.sub.2, C.sub.2 ', C.sub.3, C.sub.3 ', C.sub.4, C.sub.4 ', C.sub.5, C.s |
| 4613385 |
High strength, low carbon, dual phase steel rods and wires and process for making same |
September 23, 1986 |
| A high strength, high ductility, low carbon, dual phase steel wire, bar or rod and process for making the same is provided. The steel wire, bar or rod is produced by cold drawing to the desired diameter in a single multipass operation a low carbon steel composition characterized by a |
| 4607639 |
Method and system for controlling bladder evacuation |
August 26, 1986 |
| A method for controlling the function of a bladder, includes identification of the anatomical location of at least one nerve controlling the muscles for the bladder and/or its sphincter and positioning of an electrode on the nerve to selectively stimulate the nerve for continence and eva |
| 4607225 |
Apparatus and method for reducing spurious currents in NMR imaging apparatus induced by pulsed g |
August 19, 1986 |
| NMR imaging apparatus having at least one pulsed magnetic field gradient coil generating pulsed magnetic gradient fields and having at least one other coil structure magnetically linked thereto (and therefore subject to induced pulsed currents which create opposing magnetic fields if per |
| 4577109 |
Remote multi-position information gathering system and method |
March 18, 1986 |
| A technique for gathering specific information from various remote locations, especially fluorimetric information characteristic of particular materials at the various locations is disclosed herein. This technique uses a single source of light disposed at still a different, central l |
| 4560882 |
High-efficiency X-radiation converters |
December 24, 1985 |
| An apparatus for efficient X-ray conversion. A phosphorescent crystal element which is sensitive to X-radiation, is coated with a reflective substance on all its faces except one. X-rays impinging upon a single element, or on an array of said elements in which the uncoated faces cont |
| 4559091 |
Method for producing hyperabrupt doping profiles in semiconductors |
December 17, 1985 |
| A method for achieving extreme and arbitrary doping profiles in semiconductors with dopant concentrations varying over orders of magnitude in a few atomic layers. The method involves evaporating the semiconductor, along with the desired amounts of n- or p- dopants onto an atomically |
| 4557931 |
Antigenic compositions and methods for using same |
December 10, 1985 |
| GM2 is a ganglioside present on the surface of tumors and stimulates an appreciable immune response in mammals. It is useful when coupled with a non-toxic protein carrier or mixed with an adjuvent and injected parenterally of raising the anti-GM2 titer in serum. GM2 is also valuable |
| 4542987 |
Temperature-sensitive optrode |
September 24, 1985 |
| Method and apparatus are provided for measuring temperature and for generating optical signals related to temperature. Light from a fiber optic is directed to a material whose fluorescent response varies with ambient temperature. The same fiber optic delivering the excitation beam al |
| 4526909 |
Polymethylmethacrylate delivery system for bone morphogenetic protein |
July 2, 1985 |
| A delivery system for delivering bone morphogenetic protein to induce formation of new bone in viable tissue. The delivery composition comprises substantially pure bone morphogenetic protein and polymethylmethacrylate and it is prepared by admixing the bone morphogenetic protein and |
| 4512349 |
Method of direct tissue gas tension measurement and apparatus therefor |
April 23, 1985 |
| A new method of tissue oxygen tension measurement which is suitable for human use utilizes an implanted Silastic tube which is inserted through four to five cm of subcutaneous tissue leaving the ends exposed. With the tube filled, for example, with a saline solution, reference and oxygen |
| 4509370 |
Pressure-sensitive optrode |
April 9, 1985 |
| Apparatus and method for sensing changes in pressure and for generating optical signals related to changes in pressure. Light from a fiber optic is directed to a movable surface which is coated with a light-responsive material, and which moves relative to the end of the fiber optic in |
| 4482271 |
Backfilling material and method of preparation thereof |
November 13, 1984 |
| A backfilling material and method of preparation for use with buried electrical cables. The material comprises a mixture of soil and wax in a proportion which achieves relatively low thermal resistivity to dissipate heat from the buried cable. In one embodiment the material is formed by |
| 4468297 |
Degradation and detoxification of halogenated olefinic hydrocarbons |
August 28, 1984 |
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| 4459299 |
Reversal of ischemic neurologic deficits in humans |
July 10, 1984 |
| Methods and compositions are provided for reversing ischemic deficits in stroke victims by treating the stroke victim with an effective amount of the opiate antagonist naltrexone. |
| 4447538 |
Microorganism containing gene for human chorionic somatomammotropin |
May 8, 1984 |
| A microorganism containing a recombinant DNA transfer vector having the coding sequences for human chorionic somatomammotropin. |
| 4410518 |
N-Phosphinoaminosulfinylcarbamate esters and their use as insecticides |
October 18, 1983 |
| A novel class of chemical compounds useful as pesticides consists of N-phosphinoaminosulfinylcarbamate esters. The preparation of these compounds and their formulation to control insects are exemplified. |
| 4410402 |
Degradation of halogenated carbon compounds |
October 18, 1983 |
| Halogenated carbon compounds containing at least three halogen atoms and capable of undergoing bimolecular nucleophilic substitution are degraded by reaction in an aprotic solvent with a strong nucleophile selected from superoxide ion and hydroxide ion. The process is particularly applic |
| 4395636 |
Radiation imaging apparatus |
July 26, 1983 |
| A radiation imaging system using a charge multiplier and a position sensitive anode in the form of periodically arranged sets of interconnected anode regions for detecting the position of the centroid of a charge cloud arriving thereat from the charge multiplier. Various forms of imp |
| 4394383 |
N-Alkoxysulfenylcarbamates useful as insecticides |
July 19, 1983 |
| A novel class of chemical compounds useful as pesticides consists of N-alkoxysulfenylcarbamate esters. The preparation of these compounds, their physical properties, formulations, and use to control both household insects and crop pests are exemplified. |
| 4376217 |
Cobalt alkylnitroso complexes and methods therewith |
March 8, 1983 |
| This invention provides a general method for the conversion of alkenes to primary vicinal diamines by use of a cobalt alkylnitroso complex and reduction with lithium aluminum hydride. A preferred species has the structure ##STR1## |
| 4368691 |
Flowing bed method and apparatus for culturing aquatic organisms |
January 18, 1983 |
| A flow of loose solid particles (22, 22a, 22b) accumulates materials which are to be removed from a region (21, 22a, 21b) in which aquatic organisms are confined within a liquid medium (13, 13a, 13b). The particle flow may form a bed at the bottom of the organism containing region that r |
| 4361553 |
Therapeutic uses of dynorphin |
November 30, 1982 |
| A therapeutic method of using dynorphin comprises administering dynorphin to a host tolerant to narcotic analgesics. Practice of the therapeutic method provides that lower doses of a narcotic analgesic may be used, such as for patients requiring chronic treatment with narcotics to ease p |
| 4339426 |
Bleomycin analog |
July 13, 1982 |
| Bleomycin's affinity for tumorous tissue and its ability to complex with cobalt has lead to its use in vivo as a complex with .sup.57 Cobalt. This complex has given excellent tumor images and has been useful for diagnostic purposes. Unfortunately, .sup.57 Co has the undesirable prope |
| 4338948 |
Method and apparatus for detecting and/or imaging clusters of small scattering centers in the bo |
July 13, 1982 |
| An ultrasonic method and apparatus are provided for detecting and imaging clusters of small scattering centers in the breast wherein periodic pulses are applied to an ultrasound emitting transducer and projected into the body, thereafter being received by at least one receiving transduce |
| 4337207 |
Biologically active catecholamine derivatives |
June 29, 1982 |
| Biologically active derivatives of norepinephrine are disclosed. Such derivatives are catecholamines wherein isoproterenol is modified by extending the isopropyl functional grouping to an alkyl, aryl, or alkyl-aryl chain of variable length where said chain terminates in a carboxylic |
| 4316782 |
Electrolytic process for the production of ozone |
February 23, 1982 |
| Very high yields of ozone are produced in an electrolytic process. As high as 52% current efficiencies are secured in electrolytic cells wherein the electrolyte is water and highly electronegative anions. Anions having a so-called "composite electronegativity" of 17.5 or higher, are util |
| 4312860 |
Lung surfactant compositions |
January 26, 1982 |
| A synthetic protein-free lung surfactant composition is utilized to temporarily substitute for natural lung surfactant in the mammalian lung where such natural lung surfactant is absent or in low concentration. The synthetic surfactant composition consists essentially of a major amount o |
| 4298752 |
Cycloadduct precursors of cantharidin and method |
November 3, 1981 |
| Novel cycloadducts are provided which may be formed between furan and 2,5-dihydrothiophene-3,4-dicarboxylic anhydride at elevated pressure. One of these cycloadducts is useful in a synthesis of cantharidin. Another yields a novel isomeric cantharidin. |
| 4295218 |
Error-correcting coding system |
October 13, 1981 |
| A method and apparatus for constructing long error-correcting codes from one or more shorter error-correcting codes, referred to as subcodes, and a bipartite graph. The graph specifies carefully chosen subsets of the digits of the new codes that must be codewords in one of the shorter |
| 4215697 |
Aperiodic analysis system, as for the electroencephalogram |
August 5, 1980 |
| An aperiodic signal is preliminarily processed by an active network to provide three relatively separate components that include: slow waves (waveform cycles or fragments of equivalent frequency from 1 to 8 hertz), fast waves (waveform cycles or fragments of equivalent frequency from 8 t |
| 4214314 |
Precision transponder and method of communicating therewith |
July 22, 1980 |
| A method of communicating with a remote precision transponder includes the step of transmitting first signals to the transponder. The first signals are received in the transponder, and second signals representative of the first signal are delayed therein for a precise time interval. Afte |
| 4196281 |
Psoralens |
April 1, 1980 |
| New psoralen compounds have been synthesized. The compounds all include the addition of substituent groups at the 4' position on the basic trioxsalen structure. Specifically, the compounds have the structure: ##STR1## wherein X may be any desired substituent such as halogenated alkyl |
| 4169204 |
Psoralens |
September 25, 1979 |
| New psoralen compounds have been synthesized. The compounds all include the addition of substituent groups at the 4'-position on the basic trioxsalen structure. Specifically, the compounds have the structure ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## where R is a mono or dicyclic radical whic |
| 4129863 |
Weighted capacitor analog/digital converting apparatus and method |
December 12, 1978 |
| An array of binary weighed capacitors, an additional capacitor having a capacitance value equivalent to that of the least of the binary weighted capacitors, a voltage comparator, switches for interconnecting the capacitors with certain predetermined voltage levels and the comparator, |
| 4123806 |
Total hip joint replacement |
November 7, 1978 |
| In the replacement of the hip joint, full access to the hip joint is obtained by separating the trochanter, a large protruberance on the upper portion of the upper leg bone, or femur, from the remainder of the femur, and the subsequent dislocation of the hip joint. Following dislocation, |
| 4082055 |
Neuston net apparatus |
April 4, 1978 |
| A neuston net apparatus for guiding a net to be towed at the surface of a body of water. Dynamic lift provided by buoyant aquaplanes having trailing edges that are colinear with the top of a frame having a straight rigid top member defining the opening of the net, combines with the drag |
| 4081533 |
Method of reducing mammalian fertility and drugs therefor |
March 28, 1978 |
| The pre-ovulatory surge of luteinizing hormone from the pituitary gland is selectively suppressed or eliminated by introducing nonapeptide, 8-arginine vasotocin, or the tripeptide, propyl-arginyl-glycinamide, into the subject. Analogs and related peptides also exhibit a similar inhib |
