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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050210529 | Coaxial communication active tap device and distribution system An apparatus, system, and method for affordably distributing cable communication signals at greatly reduced power consumption levels with high signal quality with an active tap having gain stage characterized by low power (less than 1 Watt), low noise figure (less than ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210530 | Training, inference and user interface for guiding the caching of media content on local stores The present invention is related to a system and method of caching data employing probabilistic predictive techniques. The system and method has particular application to multimedia systems for providing local storage of a subset of available viewing selections by assig... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210531 | Method for monitoring access to content by a terminal, a terminal, user rights server, distribution automation, supplier server, data medium and system associated therewith A method for controlling access to a content by a terminal, comprising splitting (20b) the content into a first and a second part, storing (21) the first part in the terminal (1), saving (23) the second part in a memory located on a me... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210532 | Supervision of high value assets Electronic devices in a local area network (LAN), e.g., a DVD video recorder, plasma display, and audio controller in a home network, are protected by a security system that is networked with the devices. In one aspect, the security system periodically polls the devices... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210533 | Packet Sampling Flow-Based Detection of Network Intrusions A flow-based intrusion detection system for detecting intrusions in computer communication networks. Data packets representing communications between hosts in a computer-to-computer communication network are processed and assigned to various client/server flows. Statist... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210534 | Method and apparatus for providing mobile honeypots A method and apparatus for detecting an originator of traffic of interest is provided. One or more honeypots are established. Mobility is then provided to the one or more honepots. In one embodiment, mobility is provided by communicating information associated with one ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210535 | Toxoplasma gondii apical membrane antigen-1 The invention provides polypeptide fragments derived from TgAMA-1, nucleic acids that encode the polypeptide fragments, and TgAMA-binding polypeptides such as antibodies. Methods for using the polypeptide and nucleic acid molecules to produce vaccines are also provided.... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210536 | Modulation of brain pathways and function Methods and compositions for modulating brain pathways and functions are disclosed. ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210537 | Pluripotent mammalian cells The invention relates to a method of making pluripotent stem cells that does not involve the formation of early preimplantation embryos or fetal tissue. The method has general utility in the production of pluripotent stem cells from many mammalian species but has partic... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210538 | Non-human animal model of oligodendrocyte developmental disorder The objects of the present invention is to provide a preventive method for the progress of neuropsychiatric disorders, a therapeutic agent for neuropsychiatric disorders, a screening method thereof, and a therapeutic method through the analysis of the mechanisms leading... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210539 | Methods of preforming homologous recombination based modification of nucleic acids in recombination deficient cells and use of the modified nucleic acid products thereof A simple method for modifying genes in a recombination deficient host cell is disclosed. Such modifications include generating insertions, deletions, substitutions, and/or point mutations at any chosen site in the independent origin based cloning vector. The modified ge... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210540 | GLYT1 transgenic mouse The present invention provides genetic constructs and methods for producing transgenic non-human animals comprising within their genome transgenic DNA encoding GLYT1. These transgenic animals could be further used to generate transgenic animals which produce more active... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210541 | In vitro uptake of SPAM 1 (PH-20) by mammalian sperm The invention relates to the in vitro transfer of the Sperm Adhesion Molecule 1 (SPAM 1) to spermatozoa. The SPAM1 protein can be obtained from the epididmys or the uterus and should have an intact lipid anchor. The SPAM 1 protein attaches to the surface of mammalian sp... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210542 | Soybean cultivar 0509214 A soybean cultivar, designated 0509214, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509214, to the plants of soybean 0509214 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509214 with itself or another soybean v... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210543 | Nucleic acid molecules encoding cel I endonuclease and methods of use thereof We describe here an in vitro method of increasing complementarity in a heteroduplex polynucleotide sequence. The method uses annealing of opposite strands to form a polynucleotide duplex with mismatches. The heteroduplex polynucleotide is combined with an effective amou... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210544 | Plants having improved growth characteristics and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for improving the growth characteristics of plants by introducing and expressing in a plant a nucleic acid encoding an S3A protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having introduced therein a nucleic acid encoding ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210545 | Novel vip3 toxins and methods of use Novel Vip3 toxins that are highly active against a wide range of lepidopteran insect pests are disclosed. The DNA encoding the Vip3 toxin can be used to transform various prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to express the Vip3 toxin. These recombinant organisms can be ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210546 | Generation of plants with improved pathogen resistance The present invention is directed to plants that display a pathogen resistance phenotype due to altered expression of a PPR2 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a pathogen resistance phenotype. ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210547 | Plant control genes The invention provides nucleic acid isolates comprising nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides having GI function, or which are complementary to such sequences. Constructs containing such nucleic acids are useful in transforming plants to control flowering and/or st... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210548 | Polypeptides having xylanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for p... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210549 | Sesquiterpene synthases and methods of use The invention relates to sesquiterpene synthases and methods of their production and use. In one embodiment, the invention provides nucleic acids comprising a nucleotide sequence as described herein that encodes for at least one sesquiterpene synthases. In a further emb... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210550 | Hybrid maize 38W21 According to the invention, there is provided a hybrid maize plant, designated as 38W21, produced by crossing two Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize lines. This invention relates to the hybrid seed 38W21, the hybrid plant produced from the seed... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210551 | HYBRID MAIZE 33V62 According to the invention, there is provided a hybrid maize plant, designated as 33V62, produced by crossing two Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize lines. This invention relates to the hybrid seed 33V62, the hybrid plant produced from the seed... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210552 | Shrub rose plant names 'Poulaksel' A new shrub rose plant which has abundant, yellow flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation. ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210553 | PRUNUS ROOTSTOCK NAMED 'AP-1' A new and distinct Prunus cerasifera×Prunus persica plant used as a rootstock for many different varieties that exhibits desirable propagation characteristics and pink flowers. ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210554 | PRUNUS ROOTSTOCK NAMED 'ELTA' A new and distinct Prunus sp. plant used as a rootstock that exhibits desirable propagation characteristics and pink flowers. ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210555 | PEKIN LILAC TREE NAMED 'SUNDAK' ‘SunDak’ is a new cultivar of Syringa pekinensis, Pekin lilac tree. This new cultivar has a coppery-orange exfoliating bark pattern that separates into shaggy curls; large, abundantly produced creamy-white flower panicles; attractive seed capsules; upright br... | 09/22/2005 |
