| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE38800 |
NIR clinical opti-scan system |
September 20, 2005 |
| The present invention relates to three-dimensional optical imaging techniques and, more particularly, to the detection and three-dimensional imaging of absorbing and/or scattering structures in complex random media, such as human body tissue, by detecting scattered light emerging from th |
| RE34656 |
Use of tetracycline to enhance bone protein synthesis and/or treatment of bone deficiency |
July 5, 1994 |
| Tetracyclines, antibacterial and non-antibacterial tetracyclines, have been found to be useful in the treatment of osteoporosis in humans by administering to the human suffering from osteoporosis an effective amount of a tetracycline to enhance bone protein synthesis. Tetracyclines which |
| PP17997 |
Fast-growing willow shrub named `Otisco` |
September 11, 2007 |
| A distinct female cultivar of Salix viminalis.times.S. miyabeana named `Otisco`, characterized by rapid stem growth producing greater than 42% more woody biomass than one of its parents (`SX64`) and 33% more biomass than a current production cultivar (`SV1`). `Otisco` produced greater |
| PP17946 |
Fast-growing willow shrub named `Tully Champion` |
August 28, 2007 |
| A distinct female cultivar of Salix viminalis.times.S. miyabeana named `Tully Champion`, characterized by rapid stem growth producing greater than 25% more woody biomass than two current production clones (Salix dasyclados `SV1` and Salix miyabeana `SX64`), more than 2.5-fold greater |
| PP17845 |
Fast-growing shrub willow named `Owasco` |
July 3, 2007 |
| A distinct female cultivar of Salix viminalis.times.Salix miyabeana named `Owasco`, characterized by rapid stem growth producing greater than 49% more woody biomass than one of its parents (`SX64`) and 39% more biomass than a current production cultivar (`SV1`). `Otisco` produced greater |
| PP17710 |
Fast-growing willow shrub named `Fish Creek` |
May 8, 2007 |
| A distinct male cultivar of Salix purpurea named `Fish Creek`, characterized by rapid stem growth producing greater than 30% more woody biomass than either of its parents (`94001` and `94006`) and 20% more biomass than a current production cultivar (`SV1`). `Fish Creek` can be plante |
| PP17682 |
Fast-growing willow shrub named `Oneida` |
May 1, 2007 |
| A distinct male cultivar of Salix purpurea.times.S. miyabeana named `Oneida`, characterized by rapid stem growth producing 2.7-times greater woody biomass than one of its parents (`SX67`) and greater than 36% more biomass than current production cultivars (`SV1` and `SX64`). `Oneida` |
| PP17646 |
Fast-growing willow shrub named `Millbrook` |
April 24, 2007 |
| A distinct female cultivar of Salix purpurea.times.Salix miyabeana named `Millbrook`, characterized by rapid stem growth producing 9% more woody biomass than one of its parents (`SX64`) and 2% more biomass than a current production cultivar (`SV1`). `Millbrook` produced greater than |
| 7625584 |
Method of complexing a protein by the use of a dispersed system and proteins thereof |
December 1, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to methods for complexing a protein in a dispersed medium. Also disclosed are associated proteins produced by the methods of complexing of the present invention. Pharmaceutically effective stabilized protein dosages are also disclosed. The present invent |
| 7622574 |
IL-14.alpha. RNA inhibitors and antibodies to IL-14.alpha. for treatment of autoimmune diseases |
November 24, 2009 |
| Provided are antisense poly-2'-O-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)oligoribonucleotides which are complementary to the IL-14.alpha. gene and/or transcribed IL-14.alpha. mRNA. Also provided are monoclonal antibodies reactive with discreet IL-14.alpha. peptides. The oligoribonucleotides and monoclonal |
| 7622248 |
Ribozymes with broad tRNA aminoacylation activity |
November 24, 2009 |
| The present invention provides catalytic RNA molecules having cis or trans aminoacylation activity. The catalytic RNA molecules having cis aminoacylation activity comprise a catalytic domain and an aminoacylation domain. The catalytic RNA molecules having trans aminoacylation activity |
| 7618838 |
Hybrid solar cells based on nanostructured semiconductors and organic materials |
November 17, 2009 |
| A method for forming a photovoltaic cell which includes forming a nanostructured layer in a semiconductor material having a plurality of pores opening onto a surface, the plurality of pores having a depth greater than about 1 micron and a diameter between about 5 nanometers and about |
| 7616237 |
Method and apparatus for identifying an imaging device |
November 10, 2009 |
| A new technique for identifying whether images are derived from a common imager, e.g., a camera, or other imaging device such as a scanner, based on the device's measured or inferred reference noise pattern, a unique stochastic characteristic of all common digital imaging sensors, in |
| 7615653 |
Anti-tuberculosis taxane compounds |
November 10, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to compounds having the formula (I): ##STR00001## |
| 7608237 |
Synthesis of nanostructured materials using liquid crystalline templates |
October 27, 2009 |
| A process for synthesizing nanostructures is disclosed. The process involves forming a liquid crystalline template by combining a block copolymer, a first reactant in a polar phase, and a nonpolar phase, then contacting the template with a gas phase composed of a second reactant, und |
| 7607436 |
Methods, devices and formulations for targeted endobronchial therapy |
October 27, 2009 |
| The present invention provides an improved means of treating tracheobronchitis, bronchiectasis and pneumonia in the nosocomial patient, preferably with aerosolized anti gram-positive and anti-gram negative antibiotics administered in combination or in seriatim in reliably sufficient |
| 7605119 |
Memory enhancing protein method |
October 20, 2009 |
| The present invention provides methods and compositions for enhancing memory in animals, including humans by the administration of an effective amount of an atypical form of protein kinase C such as protein kinase M zeta (PKM.zeta.) or protein kinase C iota/lambda. |
| 7604801 |
Methods for detecting parvovirus infections |
October 20, 2009 |
| The present invention provides a method for diagnosing a subject suffering a pathological condition characterized by parvovirus infection by detecting the presence of IgE anti-Parvovirus B 19 antibodies. |
| 7601823 |
Nucleic acid inhibitors of glutamate receptors |
October 13, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to novel nucleic acid ligands or aptamers that bind to and inhibit the activation of the .alpha.-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA) subtype of ionotropic glutamate receptors. Also disclosed is a novel combination of technologies, i.e. |
| 7598087 |
Protein imprinted polymers with integrated emission sites |
October 6, 2009 |
| This invention provides protein or polypeptide imprinted polymers with integrated emission sites (PIPIES) for detecting the presence of a protein or polypeptide analyte comprising templated sites which are specific for the analyte. At or near the templated sites are selectively place |
| 7595817 |
Linear system based, qualitative independent motion detection from compressed MPEG surveillance |
September 29, 2009 |
| The present invention features a qualitative method to detect independent motion revealed in successive frames of a compressed surveillance MPEG video stream using linear system consistency analysis without decompression of the stream, identifying the segments containing independent |
| 7585498 |
Regulation of adenovirus DNA packaging by IPTG |
September 8, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to recombinant Adenoviruses (Ad) which function as helper viruses to gutted Ad viruses lacking viral coding sequences. The recombinant Ad of the present invention comprise a binding site of the E. coli Lac repressor protein embedded within the packaging |
| 7585474 |
Ternary oxide nanostructures and methods of making same |
September 8, 2009 |
| A single crystalline ternary nanostructure having the formula A.sub.xB.sub.yO.sub.z, wherein x ranges from 0.25 to 24, and y ranges from 1.5 to 40, and wherein A and B are independently selected from the group consisting of Ag, Al, As, Au, B, Ba, Br, Ca, Cd, Ce, Cl, Cm, Co, Cr, Cs, C |
| 7583789 |
X-ray imaging systems employing point-focusing, curved monochromating optics |
September 1, 2009 |
| An x-ray imaging system includes an optical device having at least one point-focusing, curved monochromating optic for directing x-rays from an x-ray source towards a focal point. The at least one point-focusing, curved monochromating optic provides a focused monochromatic x-ray beam |
| 7576853 |
Electronically modulated dynamic optical phantoms for biomedical imaging |
August 18, 2009 |
| A method and system for calibrating an optical tomographic imaging system that is configured to execute time-series optical measurements of a target's response to incident optical energy is presented. An electro-active device that is configured to be electronically modulated to contr |
| 7575735 |
Metal oxide and metal fluoride nanostructures and methods of making same |
August 18, 2009 |
| The present invention includes pure single-crystalline metal oxide and metal fluoride nanostructures, and methods of making same. These nanostructures include nanorods and nanoarrays. |
| 7574024 |
Centerline and tree branch skeleton determination for virtual objects |
August 11, 2009 |
| In accordance with the present invention, a method for determining a centerline through a region of interest in a 3D image dataset is provided. The method includes identifying the boundaries of the region of interest and identifying the endpoints of the region of interest. For those |
| 7566443 |
Method for diagnosis of chronic allograft rejection |
July 28, 2009 |
| The present invention provides a method for the diagnosis of chronic rejection in allografts. The method comprises identification of tertiary lymphoid organs (TLO) in the transplanted organs as a marker of chronic rejection by immunohistochemical detection for the presence of specific |
| 7563617 |
Hybrid adenovirus/adeno-associated virus vectors and methods of use thereof |
July 21, 2009 |
| The invention provides recombinant vectors including adenovirus/adeno-associated virus (Ad/AAV) vectors and mini-adenovirus (mAd) vectors. Further, the invention provides cells containing these vectors, and methods for making and using the vectors and cells. The compositions and meth |
| 7562243 |
System and method for reducing power requirements of microprocessors through dynamic allocation |
July 14, 2009 |
| There is provided a system and methods for segmenting datapath resources such as reorder buffers, physical registers, instruction queues and load-store queues, etc. in a microprocessor so that their size may be dynamically expanded and contracted. This is accomplished by allocating a |
| 7553898 |
Flame retardant plastic compositions |
June 30, 2009 |
| A fire retardant composition that includes: a polyolefin and an additive package that includes a brominated polystyrene or decabromodiphenyl ether; a nanoclay; and metal oxide fillers in the nanometer particle range. The compositions can have high weight percentages of the additive p |
| 7550588 |
Homotropanes with central nervous system activity |
June 23, 2009 |
| Disclosed are novel homotropane compounds with CNS activity. These compounds can be used for alleviating symptoms of CNS disorders. |
| 7547676 |
Antagonist peptides to the C5A chemotactic function of vitamin D binding protein |
June 16, 2009 |
| It has been demonstrated that one of Vitamin D Binding Protein (DBP) biological functions is to enhance the chemotactic activity of C5a and C5a des Arg. The present invention has found that peptides having sequences that substantially correspond to a specific region in the N-terminal |
| 7544774 |
Mimotopes and anti-mimotopes of human platelet glycoprotein Ib/IX |
June 9, 2009 |
| The present invention is directed to an isolated peptide that functionally mimics a binding site for a monoclonal antibody, the monoclonal antibody recognizing an epitope within the human platelet glycoprotein Ib/IX complex. This peptide is called a mimotope. The invention also provides |
| 7543770 |
Automated pill crusher |
June 9, 2009 |
| The present invention broadly comprises an automated pill crusher comprising a container operatively arranged to hold at least one pill, means for producing a linear force in a first direction upon at least one pill in the container, and, means for producing a spring force in a secon |
| 7533669 |
Gas delivery system and method |
May 19, 2009 |
| A gas delivery system and a method of delivering gas are disclosed. In one such system there is a housing and a displaceable partition. The housing may be divided by the partition into a respirator side and a patient side. The partition may have one or more holes extending through the |
| 7531515 |
Peptides selectively lethal to malignant and transformed mammalian cells |
May 12, 2009 |
| The present invention provides peptides corresponding to all or a portion of amino acid residues 12-26 of human p53 protein, which peptides are lethal to malignant or transformed cells when fused to a membrane-penetrating leader sequence. The subject peptides are thus useful in treat |
| 7528117 |
High efficacy antisense RI.sub..alpha.PKA poly-DNP oligoribonucleotides |
May 5, 2009 |
| The present invention discloses antisense poly-2'-O-(2,4-dinitrophenyl) oligoribonucleotides which are capable of down regulating the expression of the RI.sub..alpha. subunit of protein kinase A. An example is 5'-GGCUGCGUGCCUCCUCACUGG (named antisense poly-DNP RNA-21) or a sequence w |
| 7527997 |
MEMS structure with anodically bonded silicon-on-insulator substrate |
May 5, 2009 |
| A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate is anodically bonded to a glass substrate in a MEMS structure with or without electrically bypassing the insulator layer by electrically comprising the silicon layers. The insulator layer serves as an etch stop to create a well-defined, thin sil |
| 7527599 |
Method of determining cardiac indicators |
May 5, 2009 |
| A system and method for determining indicators of left ventricular function, and for determining the effectiveness of a cardiac therapy are disclosed. The indicators of left ventricular function can include isovolumetric relaxation time and the negative slope of a V wave obtained fro |
| 7521252 |
Methods for forming palladium alloy thin films and optical hydrogen sensors employing palladium |
April 21, 2009 |
| Methods for forming hydrogen sensing materials include forming a palladium alloy thin film having less than about 83 atomic percent of palladium, and annealing the palladium alloy thin film to relieve residual stress and increase atomic intermixing of the nanorystaline lattice, while |
| 7510832 |
Molecular diagnosis and prognosis of carcinomas |
March 31, 2009 |
| The present invention is directed to the use of human BC200 RNA in both the diagnosis and prognosis of carcinomas to determine the presence of a carcinoma and tumor grade, and also to predict the likelihood that a carcinoma will progress to an invasive carcinoma. |
| 7508858 |
Detuned duo-cavity laser-modulator device and method with detuning selected to minimize change i |
March 24, 2009 |
| A detuned duo-cavity laser-modulator device and method are provided which include lower, middle and upper reflectors, a gain region and an absorber region integrated into a semiconductor die. The middle reflector is disposed between the lower and upper reflectors. Together, the lower and |
| 7503325 |
Device and method of partially separating gas |
March 17, 2009 |
| The invention includes a partial gas separator, which may include a housing and a movable divider in the housing. A method according to the invention may provide a partial gas separator and gas may be moved to or from the housing. While moving gas to or from the housing, the movable |
| 7501453 |
Cyclopropanes with central nervous system activity |
March 10, 2009 |
| Disclosed are aromatic cyclopropane compounds with CNS activity. These compounds can be used for alleviating symptoms of CNS disorders. |
| 7498292 |
Combinatorial libraries of autoinducer analogs, autoinducer agonists and antagonists, and method |
March 3, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to solid phase or solution phase combinatorial libraries of autoinducer analogs. The present invention also relates to autoinducer agonists and antagonists. In addition, the present invention relates to methods for identifying autoinducer agonists and an |
| 7486811 |
System and method for performing a three-dimensional virtual examination of objects, such as int |
February 3, 2009 |
| Methods for generating a three-dimensional visualization image of an object, such as an internal organ, using volume visualization techniques are provided. The techniques include a multi-scan imaging method; a multi-resolution imaging method; and a method for generating a skeleton of |
| 7482593 |
Method to determine the depth-of-interaction function for PET detectors |
January 27, 2009 |
| A three-dimensional PET detector of a type having a scintillation crystal and first and second photosensitive detectors arranged one at each opposite end face of the crystal for detecting scintillation interactions within the crystal is calibrated to determine a depth-of-interaction |
| 7481990 |
Methods for osmylating and ruthenylating single-walled carbon nanotubes |
January 27, 2009 |
| The present invention provides a method of differentiating metallic carbon nanotubes from semiconducting carbon nanotubes. The method comprising providing a nanotube dispersion, wherein the nanotube dispersion comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes, osmium tetroxide, or ruthenium |
| 7477768 |
System and method for performing a three-dimensional virtual examination of objects, such as int |
January 13, 2009 |
| Methods for generating a three-dimensional visualization image of an object, such as an internal organ, using volume visualization techniques are provided. The techniques include a multi-scan imaging method; a multi-resolution imaging method; and a method for generating a skeleton of |
