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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080072336 | Electronic device An electronic device includes a body, a cover, an electronic switch, an input interface and a control unit. The body stores a default password and has an electrical slot. The cover is provided on the body and able to open and close thereon. When the cover closes, it cov... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072337 | Braf Expression in Zebrafish and Uses Thereof The present invention discloses a transgenic zebrafish that express activated BRAF specifically in melanocytes and its uses in screening for agents that can be used to treat melanomas or screening for agents that aggravate or induce melanomas. ... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072338 | Animal for Drug Efficacy Evaluation, Method for Developing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Animal for Drug Efficacy Evaluation, and Method for Evaluating Drug Efficacy Using the Animal The present invention provides an animal for drug efficacy evaluation produced by administering an aqueous solution, in which cigarette smoke is dissolved in water or physiological saline, directly to a lower airway of an animal except a human so as to develop chronic o... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072339 | Double flower Calibrachoa breeding methods and plants produced therefrom A method for breeding double flower Calibrachoa sp. plants using controlled crosses of selected parent plants is disclosed. The invention additionally relates to methods for breeding double flower Calibrachoa plants using anther culture and induced mutatio... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072340 | Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated plant characteristics The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture, sterility or seedling lethality in plants. The present inven... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072341 | Inbred corn line DE811ASR(BC5) A novel inbred corn line designated DE811ASR (BC5) and seed, plants and plant cells thereof are disclosed. Corn line DE811ASR (BC5) and its progeny exhibit resistance to Colletotrichum (anthracnose stalk rot) infection. ... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072342 | LETTUCE CULTIVAR GREEN THUNDER A novel romaine lettuce cultivar, designated Green Thunder, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Green Thunder, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Green Thunder and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Green Th... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072343 | Highly Transformable Elite Doubled Haploid Line-PHWWD A novel double haploid maize line designated PHWWD and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing double haploid maize line PHWWD with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its geneti... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072344 | Highly Transformable Elite Inbred Line-PHWWE A novel inbred maize line designated PHWWE and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHWWE with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one o... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072345 | WHEAT VARIETY 25R56 A wheat variety designated 25R56, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 25R56, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 25R56 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 25R56 with another whea... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072346 | WHEAT VARIETY 26R87 A wheat variety designated 26R87, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 26R87, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 26R87 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 26R87 with another whea... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072347 | 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... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072348 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from soybean are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for und... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072349 | Rubisco Activase with Increased Thermostability and Methods of Use Thereof The present invention provides thermostable polypeptides related to Arabidopsis Rubisco Activase polypeptides. Nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides of the invention are also provided. Methods for using the polypeptides and nuclei acids of the invention to enha... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072350 | Polynucleotides encoding plant prenyl proteases The present invention provides novel polynucleotides encoding plant prenyl protease polypeptides, fragments and homologs thereof. Also provided are vectors, host cells, and recombinant methods for producing said polypeptides. The invention further provides novel polynuc... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072351 | Fatty Acid Desaturases and Uses Thereof The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid desaturase family members. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing desaturase nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have bee... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072352 | Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides relating to loci underlying resistance to soybean cyst nematode and soybean sudden death syndrome and methods employing same Soybean cyst nematode and soybean sudden death syndrome resistance genes, soybean cyst nematode and soybean sudden death syndrome resistant plant lines, and methods of breeding and engineering same. ... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072353 | Lettuce breeding method Methods for pollinating lettuce and producing hybrid lettuce seed are described. The methods include the steps of providing lettuce plants and releasing Megachile rotundata bees or attracting pollinators. Hybrid lettuce seeds and plants produced using methods of ... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072354 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from soybean are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for und... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072355 | METHOD OF JUDGING SUITABILITY OF RAW BARLEY FOR FEEDSTOCK FOR MALT PRODUCTION ACCORDING TO STAINING TECHNIQUE An object of the present invention is to provide a method for evaluating the physical strength of husks of a barley ingredient for malt manufacture. Barley kernels with husks are disposed in a sulfuric acid solution with a concentration of approximately 40% to 60%, and ... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072356 | Device for adapting a wrist watch for wearing on a shoe A device for adapting a wrist watch for securing onto and wearing upon an upper portion of laced footwear is disclosed. The device, used in pairs, secures a wrist watch to the laces of a shoe, sneaker or other laced footwear. The device permits the time to be checked by... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080072357 | REVERSIBLE ACTUATION IN ARRAYS OF NANOSTRUCTURES The present invention provides, in one embodiment, an apparatus. The apparatus, without limitation, may include a substrate with a surface, and a polymer layer attached to a region of the surface. The apparatus may further include a plurality of nanostructures, a first ... | 03/20/2008 |
