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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070157317 | XML schema for service provisioning An XML provisioning schema for provisioning and configuring a prepaid and/or a subscription based usage of a provisioned resource is used to communicate between a provisioning server and a client computer. The XML schema disclosed in here includes a content node contain... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157318 | Method and apparatus for managing digital rights of secure removable media Disclosed is a method and apparatus for managing rights object of SRM in a digital rights management system. The method for managing rights object bound to the SRM, comprises: transmitting ROAP trigger from a rights issuer to a terminal; transmitting an RO request messa... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157319 | Location based security modification system and method A method or system for providing a level of data security dependent on the location of the user of a wireless device is disclosed. One exemplary embodiment relates to a method of adjusting security for a network user node in communication with a network based upon the l... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157320 | Software, systems, and methods for processing digital bearer instruments Methods and apparatus are described which enable flexible and secure processing of digital bearer instruments. An architecture is provided that enables provision of an extensible applications framework that flexibly supports a variety of features and functionality suppo... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157321 | Method to improve the integrity of internet programs, websites and software The current invention is a method to improve the integrity of the internet programs, websites, and software, for example, by revealing the identity of the content provider. In particular, the method ensures the content provider's identity by requiring biometric input un... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157322 | Installation for protected access to a digital content The installation for protected access to a digital content comprises: a candidate user identification means, a lock adapted to lock or unlock an access gate to a restricted area containing at least a processing... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157323 | In vivo odorant receptor systems and their uses The present invention provides in vivo materials, systems and methods for the reliable and efficient screening of odorant receptors (ORs), particularly ORs isolated from insects. ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157324 | HUMAN DISEASE MODELING USING SOMATIC GENE TRANSFER This invention provides a system for modeling neurodegenerative and other diseases through somatic gene transfer. In addition, methods of multiple gene transfer, disease analysis and drug testing are provided for. ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157325 | PROCESS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL DISEASE BIOMARKERS IN MOUSE MODELS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE INCLUDING TRIPLE TRANSGENIC MICE AND PRODUCTS THEREBY The present disclosure includes methods for the identification of novel biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease. The methods involve genomic, proteomic, bioinformatic, immunochemical, and behavioral assays of 3xTg-AD mice. ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157326 | Ee3-protein family and corresponding dna sequence The present invention relates to (i) DNA sequences, (ii) expression vectors comprising DNA sequences of the invention, (iv) host cells having the expression vectors of the invention, (v) gene products encoded by sequences of the invention, (vi) transgenic animals altere... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157327 | Parkin interacting polypeptides and methods of use The invention provides parkin binding polypeptides and encoding nucleic acids. The invention also provides antibodies specific for the parkin binding polypeptides. The invention additionally provides methods of detecting a parkin binding polypeptide and detecting a nucl... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157328 | Suppression of xenotransplant rejection This invention relates to the suppression of graft rejection, particularly to the suppression of xenograft rejection. In particular, the invention relates to biological tissues that contain endothelial cells that may be induced to generate a compound which down-regulate... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157329 | Amylases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides having an amylase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for malting and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the polypeptides of the invention can be used as amyl... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157330 | Reconstituted human breast tumor model Reconstituted human breast tumor models are disclosed. The models, which are incorporated into mice, provide actual tumors that arise spontaneously, thereby mimicking naturally occurring breast cancer. The tumors are genetically human, because they arise from human mamm... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157331 | Protection of female reproductive system from natural and artifical insults Described are methods for protecting the female reproductive system against natural and artificial insults by administering to women a composition comprising an agent that antagonizes one or more acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase) gene products. Specifically, methods disclo... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157332 | Potato cultivar FL 2095 A new potato cultivar designated FL 2095 is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato variety FL 2095, to the plants and plant parts of potato variety FL 2095, to the seeds of potato variety and to methods for producing a hybrid potato variety. The invent... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157333 | Celery cultivar ADS-11 A celery cultivar, designated ADS-11, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar ADS-11, to the plants of celery cultivar ADS-11 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar ADS-11 with itself or another celery cultivar. ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157334 | Protein Kinase Stress-Related Proteins and Methods of Use in Plants A transgenic plant transformed by a Protein Kinase Stress-Related Protein (PKSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Al... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157335 | Altering Protein Functional Properties Through Terminal Fusions The invention provides isolated terminal fusion glycinin and proglycinin polypeptides that when expressed alter the functional properties of the protein in comparison with wild type. Also provided are nucleic acid sequences that encode the terminal fusion polypeptides, ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157336 | PLANTS AND SEEDS OF HIGH OIL CORN VARIETY HOI001 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated HOI001. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety HOI001, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant o... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157337 | Promoter sequence obtained from rice and methods of use Methods are provided by which Oryza sativa plants and seeds thereof may be modified to express a coding region of interest using a promoter sequence operatively linked to the coding region. The promoter sequence is an isolated Oryza sativa antiquitin (OsAn... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157338 | Insecticidal Plant Cyclotide with Activity Against Homopteran Insects The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acids encoding plant cyclotides. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the plant cyclotides, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157339 | Biochemical route to astaxanthin The sequence of a nucleic acid isolated from a cDNA library of the flowering plant Adonis aestivalis is disclosed (SEQ ID NO: 1). This DNA sequence, referred to as AdKC28, encodes for a protein that acts in conjunction with proteins encoded by either one of two o... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157340 | Enhanced Floral Sink Strength and Increased Stability of Seed Set in Plants The invention discloses a transgenic method for enhancing sink strength in female reproductive organs. It involves the temporal and spatial expression of genes affecting the starch and sucrose metabolic pathways in a plant organ or plant tissue. The invention also inclu... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157341 | Floral Development Genews This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding floral development proteins, more specifically FT, TFL or Ap3 homologs. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the floral development... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157342 | Methods and Compositions for Increasing The Nitrogen Storage Capacity of A Plant The present invention provides methods and compositions for making and using transgenic plants that exhibit increased nitrogen storage capacity compared to wild-type plants. Methods of the invention comprise inducing overexpression of monocot-derived vegetative storage ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157343 | Transcription Factor Stress-Related Proteins and Methods of Use in Plants A transgenic plant transformed by a transcription factor stress-related protein (TFSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the pla... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157344 | Signal Transduction Stress-Related Proteins and Methods of Use in Plants A transgenic plant transformed by a Signal Transduction Stress-Related Protein (STSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plan... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157345 | Protein Kinase Stress-Related Polypeptides and Methods of Use in Plants A transgenic plant transformed by a Protein Kinase Stress-Related Polypeptide (PKSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157346 | METHOD FOR EXCISION OF PLANT EMBRYOS FOR TRANSFORMATION This invention describes a simple method useful for the excision and isolation of maize immature embryos. The embryos are useful for plant tissue culture and transformation methods. ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157347 | Carbon nanotube functionalized with osmium clusters and process for preparing same The osmium (Os) cluster-functionalized CNT of the present invention formed from a triosmium derivative having one or more amine groups and a functionalized carbon nanotube having a plurality of COOH groups through zwitterionic interactions between the COOH and amine gro... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157348 | Method of forming nitrogen-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes A method of forming nitrogen-doped or other Group V-doped single-walled nanotubes including: forming a catalyst metal layer on a substrate; loading a substrate having the catalyst metal layer into a reaction chamber; forming an H2O or other plasma atmosphere ... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157349 | Method of Fabricating an Integrated Circuit to Improve Soft Error Performance The present invention provides, in one aspect, a method of designing an integrated circuit 500. In this particular aspect, the method comprises reducing soft error risk in an integrated circuit 500 by locating a structure 526, 528 relative to a node... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157350 | INTERSPECIFIC TREE NAMED 'BELLA GOLD' A new and distinct variety of interspecific tree. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157351 | NECTARINE TREE NAMED: 'HONEY LITE' A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree (Prunus persica var. nucipersica). The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Stor... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157352 | Mahonia plant named 'Soft Caress' A new cultivar of hybrid Mahonia, ‘Soft Caress’, characterized by its unique foliage comprises of leaves with narrow, thread-like leaflets combined with a vigorous growth habit, racemes of yellow flowers, and pruinose blue berries. ... | 07/05/2007 |
