| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE37585 |
Method for controlling configuration of laser induced breakdown and ablation |
March 19, 2002 |
| In one aspect the invention provides a method for laser induced breakdown of a material with a pulsed laser beam where the material is characterized by a relationship of fluence breakdown threshold (F.sub.th) versus laser beam pulse width (T) that exhibits an abrupt, rapid, and distinct |
| RE36187 |
Acyclic pyrrolo [2,3-d]pyrimidine analogs as antiviral agents |
April 6, 1999 |
| This invention relates to the use of acyclic substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine nucleoside analogs in the treatment of viral infections. Such substituted compounds retain antiviral properties present in their parent compounds, yet exhibit significantly decreased levels of cytotoxic |
| RE35823 |
Proteins useful in the regulation of .kappa.B-containing genes |
June 9, 1998 |
| Proteins, and corresponding DNA and RNA sequences, useful for the regulation of expression of .kappa.B-containing genes are disclosed. These proteins are useful to either stimulate or inhibit the expression of .kappa.B-containing genes. Proteins stimulating the expression of .kappa.B |
| D268220 |
Military helmet with visor |
March 15, 1983 |
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| D267287 |
Pneumatic liner for protective headgear |
December 21, 1982 |
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| D266711 |
Police helmet |
November 2, 1982 |
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| D266627 |
Protective helmet for athletes |
October 26, 1982 |
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| D266626 |
Police helmet |
October 26, 1982 |
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| 7622977 |
Ramped clock digital storage control |
November 24, 2009 |
| Disclosed herein are digital systems and methods for use with a ramped clock signal. The digital system includes an input element having a data input to receive a data signal, a control input to receive a control signal, and a dynamic node to be driven by the ramped clock signal. The |
| 7622075 |
Films for detecting fluoride |
November 24, 2009 |
| A film for detecting fluoride concentrations is disclosed. The film includes an organic matrix having a lipophilic aluminum compound incorporated therein. The lipophilic aluminum compound is adapted to selectively bind with fluoride ions via a binding interaction. The fluoride is det |
| 7618510 |
Imprinting polymer film on patterned substrate |
November 17, 2009 |
| A method of applying a pattern on a topography includes first applying a polymer film to an elastomer member, such as PDMS, to form a pad. The pad is then applied to a substrate having a varying topography under pressure. The polymer film is transferred to the substrate due to the pl |
| 7615573 |
Synthesis of UDP-glucose: N-acylsphingosine glucosyltransferase inhibitors |
November 10, 2009 |
| Disclosed is a novel enantiomeric synthesis ceramide-like inhibitors of UDP-glucose: N-acylsphingosine glucosyltransferase. Also disclosed are novel intermediates formed during the synthesis. |
| 7615369 |
Reconfigurable protein patterning using electrowetting microelectrodes |
November 10, 2009 |
| A protein patterning electrode device consisting of capacitor microelectrode arrays coated with a protein non-adherent layer is provided. Operation of the electrode is based on a phenomenon called "electrowetting," where surface wettability can dynamically be controlled by varying th |
| 7614032 |
Method for correcting a mask design layout |
November 3, 2009 |
| A method for performing a mask design layout resolution enhancement includes determining a level of correction for the design layout for a predetermined parametric yield with a minimum total correction cost. The design layout is corrected at the determined level of correction based on |
| 7604939 |
Methods of identifying active BRM expression-promoting HDAC inhibitors |
October 20, 2009 |
| The present invention provides screening methods for identifying BRM expression-promoting histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, diagnostic methods for determining the suitability of treatment of a candidate subject with a BRM expression-promoting HDAC inhibitor, and therapeutic meth |
| 7598381 |
Near-infrared emitting organic compounds and organic devices using the same |
October 6, 2009 |
| Certain iridium compounds which may comprise an iridium(III)-ligand complex having the general formula: (C^N).sub.2--Ir--(N^N). (C^N) and (N^N) may each represent a ligand coordinated to an iridium atom. The iridium compounds may have a primary phosphorescent photoluminescence peak w |
| 7598052 |
Expression profile of thyroid cancer |
October 6, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnostics, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides gene expression profiles associated with thyroid cancers. Genes identified as cancer markers using the methods of |
| 7598028 |
Compositions and methods for detecting and treating prostate disorders |
October 6, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the detecting, treating, and empirically investigating cellular proliferation disorders and cellular motility disorders. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for using CXCL chemokines (e.g |
| 7597890 |
Methods and compositions for diagnosing lung cancer |
October 6, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnosis, research and therapy, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention relates to ubiquilin 1 markers for cancer. |
| 7588907 |
Ubiquitin mediated fluorescence complementation assay |
September 15, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying covalent joining or modification of proteins. In particular, the present invention relates to covalent fluorescence complementation assays for the detection of modified (e.g., ubiquitinated) proteins. The present |
| 7587105 |
High frequency ultrasound detection using polymer optical-ring resonator |
September 8, 2009 |
| A polymer waveguide resonator device for high-frequency ultrasound detection having a optical resonator coupled to a straight optical waveguide which serves as input and output ports. Acoustic waves irradiating the waveguide induce strain modifying the waveguide cross-section or othe |
| 7582798 |
Covalently linked organic frameworks and polyhedra |
September 1, 2009 |
| A covalently linked organic network includes a plurality of boron-containing clusters linked together by a plurality of linking groups. The covalently linked organic networks are characterized by having each linking group bonded to at least two distinct boron-containing clusters. |
| 7582442 |
Methods and compositions for using aleveolar macrophage phospholipase A2 |
September 1, 2009 |
| The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for improving pulmonary surfactant catabolism. More specifically, the specification describes methods and compositions for making and using a lysosomal phospholipase A2 in methods for the diagnosis, and treatment of disord |
| 7582425 |
Atlastin |
September 1, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to methods and compositions of a novel gene and the peptide encoded by the gene. Mutations in the gene, named atlastin, are factors in the disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia and related disorders. The present invention will be used for the in the rese |
| 7579757 |
Method and micro power generator for generating electrical power from low frequency vibrational |
August 25, 2009 |
| A method and a micro power generator for generating electrical power from low frequency, vibrational energy includes a frequency up-conversion process. The generator is preferably an electromagnetic, vibration-to-electrical power generator which can efficiently scavenge energy from l |
| 7576334 |
Photoacoustic indicators |
August 18, 2009 |
| A method of measuring fluorophore excited state lifetimes comprising initiating an excitation laser pulse at a dye to excite dye molecules of the dye from a ground state to an excited state and initiating a probing pulse at the dye molecules thereby generating a first set of photoaco |
| 7576169 |
Facile synthesis of polyhedral silsesquioxane anions and use thereof |
August 18, 2009 |
| Polyhedral silsesquioxane anions are economically prepared by reaction of a silica source derived from combusted organic material with a quaternary ammonium hydroxide compound. Reaction of the resulting anions with chlorosilanes may be effected in near stoichiometric fashion in organic |
| 7575797 |
Blast reducing structures |
August 18, 2009 |
| A blast reducing structure having a first web and a second web. Each of the webs having a first section defining a first plane, a second section defining a second plane, the second plane being generally parallel to the first plane, an interconnecting section interconnecting the first sec |
| 7575759 |
Tissue engineering scaffolds |
August 18, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the production of scaffolds, such scaffolds to be used for a variety of purposes, including tissue engineering. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of fused crystals, such as fused salt crystals to |
| 7572788 |
Compositions and methods relating to novel compounds and targets thereof |
August 11, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to novel chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides benzodiazepine derivatives and methods of using benzodiazepine derivatives as therapeutic agents to treat a number of condi |
| 7572501 |
Engineered self healing cementitious composites |
August 11, 2009 |
| Cementitious composites engineered for self-healing, combining self-controlled tight crack width and extreme tensile ductility. Self-healing takes place automatically at cracked locations without external intervention. In the exemplary embodiment, fiber-reinforced cementitious compos |
| 7563097 |
Stabilizing hand grip system |
July 21, 2009 |
| In a self-contained actively-controlled stabilization system within a hand-grip, all components are contained within the handgrip, and one generic handgrip can be attached to a variety of devices for a wide range of applications, thereby increasing portability, reducing weight and bu |
| 7560658 |
Method for forming nanoscale features |
July 14, 2009 |
| Here is presented a versatile technique for machining of nanometer-scale features using tightly-focused ultrashort laser pulses. By the invention, the size of features can be reduced far below the wavelength of light, thus enabling nanomachining of a wide range of materials. The features |
| 7557251 |
Production of gossypol co-crystals |
July 7, 2009 |
| This invention relates to relates to methods for producing gossypol acetic acid co-crystals and (-)-gossypol acetic acid co-crystals. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising gossypol acetic acid co-crystals and (-)-gossypol acetic acid co-crystals and the use |
| 7553958 |
Linkers and co-coupling agents for optimization of oligonucleotide synthesis and purification on |
June 30, 2009 |
| A method of modulation of synthesis capacity on and cleavage properties of synthetic oligomers from solid support is described. The method utilizes linker molecules attached to a solid surface and co-coupling agents that have similar reactivities to the coupling compounds with the surfac |
| 7551043 |
Micromechanical structures having a capacitive transducer gap filled with a dielectric and metho |
June 23, 2009 |
| Micromechanical structures having at least one lateral capacitive transducer gap filled with a dielectric and method of making same are provided. VHF and UHF MEMS-based vibrating micromechanical resonators filled with new solid dielectric capacitive transducer gaps to replace previou |
| 7549985 |
Method and system to create and acoustically manipulate a microbubble |
June 23, 2009 |
| A method and system to create and acoustically manipulate without destroying a microbubble which, in biological applications, can manipulate structures such as cells and subcellular structures at a nanoscopic scale. |
| 7548775 |
Intracranial neural interface system |
June 16, 2009 |
| In some preferred embodiments, without limitation, the present invention comprises an implantable, intracranial neural interface node which is an integrated and minimally invasive platform system and supports cross-modal neural interfaces to the cerebrum and other associated structur |
| 7544638 |
Device for chemical and biochemical reactions using photo-generated reagents |
June 9, 2009 |
| This invention provides method and apparatus for performing chemical and biochemical reactions in solution using in situ generated photo-products as reagent or co-reagent. In particular, the present invention provides methods and devices for generating a photogenerated reaction in soluti |
| 7544481 |
Nucleic acids encoding CD40 binding protein |
June 9, 2009 |
| This invention provides a novel purified mammalian protein having the ability to bind the cytoplasmic region or domain of a CD40 receptor and the nucleic acid molecules coding for this protein. Also provided by this invention are antibodies which specifically bind CD40bp. Methods of usin |
| 7542544 |
Ultrasound gating of cardiac CT scans |
June 2, 2009 |
| An ultrasonic imaging system acquires echo signals from an object being imaged such as a moving coronary artery and the cross-correlation between echo signals is employed as an objective measure of relative object location. The method is used in a prescan procedure to determine an op |
| 7540963 |
Ultrafiltration membrane, device, bioartificial organ, and methods |
June 2, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to ultrafiltration. In particular, the present invention provides a compact ultrafiltration device and methods for generating an ultrafiltrate, both of which can be used for a variety of applications, including, but not limited to filtering blood, diagno |
| 7537890 |
Methods of performing biochemical reactions in a convective flow field |
May 26, 2009 |
| The present invention provides methods and systems for running reactions, in particular, biological reactions and assays, in a Rayleigh-Benard convection cell. The utilization of Rayleigh-Benard convection principles for conducting biological or biochemical reactions is a novel appli |
| 7534418 |
Imaging agents |
May 19, 2009 |
| The present invention provides novel compounds that find use as imaging agents within nuclear medicine applications (e.g., PET imaging and SPECT imaging). The present invention also provides imaging compositions for use within nuclear medicine applications. Additionally, the present |
| 7524444 |
Shaped bodies containing metal-organic frameworks |
April 28, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to shaped bodies containing a metal-organic framework material (MOF) as well as a process for the preparation thereof and their use especially as catalyst or storage medium. |
| 7521188 |
Optical monitoring of cleaving enzyme activity |
April 21, 2009 |
| A marker molecule for monitoring cleaving enzyme activity is disclosed. The marker molecule includes a protein, a peptide, or an oligonucleotide. A co-factor is conjugated to the protein, the peptide, or the oligonucleotide, thereby forming a co-factor labeled protein, a co-factor la |
| 7518120 |
Long-distance quantum communication and scalable quantum computation |
April 14, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus for long-distance quantum communication and scalable quantum computation are disclosed. The methods and apparatus are based on probabilistic ion-photon mapping. Scalable quantum computation is achieved by forming deterministic quantum gates between remotely located |
| 7517648 |
NPHP nucleic acids and proteins |
April 14, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to Nephronophthisis, in particular to the NPHP5 protein (nephrocystin-5) and nucleic acids encoding the NPHP5 protein. The present invention also provides assays for the detection of NPHP5 polymorphisms and mutations associated with disease states. |
| 7517522 |
ADAMTS13 genes and proteins and variants and therapeutic compositions and methods utilizing the |
April 14, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to a disintegrin and metalloproteinase containing thrombospondin 1-like domains (ADAMTS) and in particular to a novel ADAMTS13 protease and to nucleic acids encoding ADAMTS13 proteases. The present invention encompasses both native and recombinant wild-type |
| 7516610 |
Scalable flat-panel nano-particle MEMS/NEMS thruster |
April 14, 2009 |
| A scalable flat-panel nano-particle MEMS/NEMS thruster includes a grid having a plurality of electrodes to establish electrical fields. A liquid is disposed in a liquid reservoir of the grid. The liquid is positioned within the electrical fields. A plurality of nano-particles are suspend |
