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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20060101522 | Apparatus, system, and method for simulated access to restricted computing resources A simulated access environment overrides function calls pertaining to resources for which the user may be restricted from accessing. The environment also allocates and manages replacement resources that are used in place of access-restricted computing resources in order... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101523 | Automatic custom interface based upon the security level of a document A security method for a multifunctional device. The method includes receiving a document, wherein the document has an associated security level, determining what services may be used with respect to the document, based upon the security level of the document, and genera... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101524 | Hierarchical encryption key system for securing digital media The hierarchical encryption key system uses multiple encryption processes for encrypting digital media content in a manner that supports both broadcast and delayed or time-shifted modes of content delivery. The hierarchical encryption key system uses a hierarchical seri... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101525 | User management method, and computer program having user authorization management function Information entered by a user at the time of logging on is also used in a check to be performed in response to a request for use/edit of a program or data related to an additional function. Authentication information of the user using a program or data related to the ad... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101526 | Method, system and terminal for receiving content with authorized access The invention relates to a conditional access content reception system comprising at least two terminals for accessing the content: a main terminal and at least one secondary terminal, each terminal comprising means for checking this terminal's authorization to access t... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101527 | Methods and compositions for screening for modulators of parkinson's disease Methods and compositions for identifying an agent (e.g., a gene product or small molecule compound) that modulates a Parkinson's disease phenotype are provided. In practicing the subject methods, a non-mammalian animal model, such as Drosophila melanogaster, that... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101528 | Transgenic clawed frog embryos and use thereof as detectors of endocrine disrupters in the environment The invention relates to transgenic aquatic animals, particularly the clawed frog and the zebra fish and cells derived therefrom, characterised in comprising at least one expression cassette with a regulatory DNA sequence selected from the response elements to nuclear h... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101529 | Lymphocyte surface receptor that binds CAML and methods of use thereof A novel lymphocyte receptor protein, its DNA sequence, and its role in the calcium activation pathway is described. The protein, or genetically engineered constructs encoding it, is shown to increase lymphocyte response, and to identify ligands of the protein receptor. ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101530 | Rors as modifiers of the p21 pathway and methods of use Human ROR genes are identified as modulators of the p21 pathway, and thus are therapeutic targets for disorders associated with defective p21 function. Methods for identifying modulators of p21, comprising screening for agents that modulate the activity of ROR are provi... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101531 | Animal models of cancer development and metastasis Transgenic, non-human animal model of cancer, methods of making such animals and methods of using such animals to screen test compounds are provided. ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101532 | Methods for the identification of compounds for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease The invention features methods for identifying compounds useful for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The invention also features methods of identifying genes involved in Alzheimer's disease pathology. ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101533 | Transgenic mice containing TMEM3 beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase gene disruptions The present disclosure relates to transgenic animals, as well as compositions and methods relating to the characterization of gene function. Specifically, the present disclosure provides transgenic mice comprising mutations in a TMEM3 gene. Such transgenic mice are usef... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101534 | Transgenic mice containing beta3GalT2 gene disruptions The present disclosure relates to transgenic animals, as well as compositions and methods relating to the characterization of gene function. Specifically, the present disclosure provides transgenic mice comprising mutations in a β3GalT2 gene. Such transgenic mice are u... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101535 | Modification of plant lignin content DNA constructs comprising a first DNA segment that corresponds to at least a portion of a gene in the monolignol biosynthetic pathway, a spacer DNA segment, and a second DNA segment that is complementary to the first DNA segment can be used to reduce or modulate the lig... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101536 | Eucalyptus urophylla transformation and regeneration The present invention relates to a method for transforming and selecting plant explants. The transformation method includes pre-culturing the explants in the presence of an Agrobacterium inducer and exposing the transformed explants to a shoot regeneration media ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101537 | Eucalyptus urophylla transformation and selection The present invention relates to a method for transforming and selecting plant explants. The transformation method includes pre-culturing the explants in the presence of an Agrobacterium inducer and exposing the transformed explants to a shoot regeneration media ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101538 | Modification of plant crossing properties via gene transfer An objective of the present invention is to genetically improve plant crossing properties as to effectively prevent recombinant genes in transgenic plants from spreading into the environment. A TFIIIA-type zinc-finger transcription factor gene ZPT2-10 was introduced int... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101539 | Cryopreservation of cells The present invention relates to methods for the cryopreservation of transformed and non-transformed cells. Also provided by the subject invention are methods of recovering cells that have been cryopreserved. Cultures of cells that have been successfully recovered from ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101540 | Methods of transforming corn Methods for plant transformation, for improving transformation efficiency, and for producing transgenic plants are provided. The methods comprise crossing a recipient plant from a genetic line of a plant species of interest with a donor plant selected from a transformat... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101541 | RCc3 regulatory elements for use in plants The present invention provides polynucleotide molecules isolated from Oryza sativa and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides DNA constructs containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plant... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101542 | Insect resistance The invention provides a method for establishing commercial cultivars of impatiens having elevated resistance to a specified insect pest. The resistance provided through use of the invention reduces physical damage to the plant caused by insect feeding, and secondarily ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101543 | Production of hydroxylated fatty acids in genetically modified plants This invention relates to plant fatty acyl hydroxylases. Methods to use conserved amino acid or nucleotide sequences to obtain plant fatty acyl hydroxylases are described. Also described is the use of cDNA clones encoding a plant hydroxylase to produce a family of hydro... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101544 | Phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferases This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an acyltransferase, more specifically a phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the phosp... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101545 | PM29 and LEA3 promoters and use in expression of transgenic genes in plants The promoters of a soybean seed maturation protein PM29 and a soybean late-embryogenesis abundant protein LEA3 and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described. ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101546 | Inbred corn line PH8BC A novel inbred maize line designated PH8BC and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PH8BC with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one o... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101547 | Modular self structuring and computing system A modular self-structuring computing system includes a matrix formed of a plurality of modules. Each module has a set of connecting legs, a set of connecting plates, an internal computer system and an internal power system. Preferably, a center housing is provided with ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101548 | HYBRID TEA ROSE PLANT NAMED 'WEKHILPURNIL' A new variety of Hybrid Tea rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of lavender blushed purple coloration. ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101549 | PLANT VARIETY OF DAVIDIA INVOLUCRATA NAMED 'AYA NISHIKI' A new plant variety of Davidia involucrata distinguished from its parents and all other varieties of Davidia involucrata of which I am aware by the broadly cream variegated leaf margins on spring foliage and mottled variegation on secondary foliage in summ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101550 | PLANT VARIETY OF DAVIDIA INVOLUCRATA NAMED 'PURPLELEAF' A new plant variety of Davidia involucrata distinguished from its parents and all other varieties of Davidia involucrata of which I am aware by the dark burgundy colored foliage in spring through leaf abscission in fall. ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060101551 | Plant variety of Magnolia figo named 'Purple Queen' A new plant variety of Magnolia figo named ‘Purple Queen’ distinguished from its parents and all other varieties of Magnolia figo by its dark red colored flowers and darker colored foliage. ... | 05/11/2006 |
