Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080163373 | EMBEDDED MECHANISM FOR PLATFORM VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT Embodiments of the present invention provide an embedded mechanism for platform vulnerability assessment. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163374 | Automatic Vulnerability Detection and Response Various embodiments detect security vulnerabilities and, responsively, can modify an affected program so that even if an exploit runs, the program's integrity can be maintained. In at least some embodiments, a local automatic vulnerability detection and response (AVD/R)... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163375 | Embedding and patching integrity information in a program file having relocatable file sections Methods and apparatuses enable embedding integrity manifest information into a program in volatile memory. Instead of having fixed integrity manifest information that cannot be changed after compilation, a file of a format supporting relocatable file sections can store ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163376 | HARDWARE SECURITY MODULE, COMMISSIONING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC PAYMENT TERMINAL USING THIS MODULE A hardware security module is provided, which includes: a memory able to store a secret; a processor coupled to the memory; a sealed chamber containing a gas; a transducer coupled to the processor, sensitive to a property of the gas, able to convert this property into a... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163377 | Apparatus and method for transferring content rights by multimedia message in a mobile communication system An apparatus and method for transferring content rights by a multimedia message in a mobile communication system are provided, in which a DRM server transmits a right object associated with contents to an MS, upon request of the MS, a transmitting MS generates, upon gen... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163378 | DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR TERMINAL A method for setting digital rights associated with content the method includes receiving a request from a user to access content comprising digital rights defined by a first set of attributes, identifying if the user has existing digital rights to the content, wherein ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163379 | Method of inserting/overlaying markers, data packets and objects relative to viewable content and enabling live social networking, N-dimensional virtual environments and/or other value derivable from the content A method by which a User can associate selectable Markers, Data Packets and/or Objects with Content. The Content may generally be distributed electronically, and the Markers allow for insertion and/or overlay of Objects when the Content is selected for viewing by a View... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163380 | PRE-POPULATING LOCAL URL RATING CACHE A method and apparatus for improving the system response time when URL filtering is employed to provide security for web access. The method involves gathering the attributes of the user, and pre-populating a local URL-rating cache with URLs and corresponding ratings ass... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163381 | Process Execution Apparatus and Phone Number Registration Apparatus A process execution apparatus includes a first input unit that receives an instruction from a user, an execution unit that executes a process according to the instruction, a transmitting unit that makes a call to a terminal device having a phone number corresponding to ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163382 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING SENSITIVE DATA IN A PROGRAM To protect sensitive data in program code, a method includes providing a programming interface with a capability of allocating a protected region of memory which can only be accessed by authorized code. Sensitive data present in program code is stored in the protected r... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163383 | Methods and apparatus for authenticating components of processing systems When a processing system boots, it may retrieve an encrypted version of a cryptographic key from nonvolatile memory to a processing unit, which may decrypt the cryptographic key. The processing system may also retrieve a predetermined authentication code for software of... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163384 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTION OF ELECTRONIC DIGITAL CONTENT A computer-implemented method of protecting content includes receiving a request from a user to access the content. The user is enabled to perceive the content based on the request received from the user. The user is prevented from capturing the content when perception ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163385 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAID ON MEMORY A method for protecting memory is provided. The method includes reading a block of data from a storage drive and writing the block of data to a first memory portion and a second memory portion. The method also includes managing the first memory portion and the second me... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163386 | CRBs as Modifiers of Branching Morphogenesis and Methods of Use Human CRB genes are identified as modulators of branching morphogenesis, and thus are therapeutic targets for disorders associated with defective branching morphogenesis function. Methods for identifying modulators of branching morphogenesis, comprising screening for ag... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163387 | Mutated Src oncogene composition and methods The present invention provides a mutant oligonucleotide composition encoding a cellular c-Src tyrosine kinase oncogene. Methods for isolating, expressing and characterizing recombinant Src mutant polypeptide are also provided. The invention further relates to methods fo... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163388 | Tetraploid Watermelons Producing Small Fruits Tetraploid watermelon inbreds are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds and plants of the tetraploid watermelon inbreds, the methods of propagating the tetraploid inbreds through seeds and tissue culture. The invention also relates to methods of producing the tr... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163389 | IDENTITY PRESERVED CROP PRODUCTION The subject invention provides methods of selectively recognizing and/or eliminating potentially undesirable soybeans from the soybean supply and/or selectively preserving specific soybean seed identities comprising: the genetic transformation of small variety soybeans;... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163390 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROVIDING SA-INDEPENDENT PATHOGEN RESISTANCE IN PLANTS This disclosure relates to methods and compositions for modulating disease resistance in plants and transgenic plants comprising reducing the amount of 18:1 fatty acids.... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163391 | Compositions and methods for regulating abscisic acid-induced closure of plant stomata A novel gene, AAPK, is disclosed. Loss of function of the protein encoded by AAPK is associated with reduced sensitivity to abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure in plants. Also disclosed are transgenic plants and mutants having altered sensitivity to abscisic acid-med... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163392 | Herbicide-tolerant plants through bypassing metabolic pathway The invention concerns a novel method for making herbicide-tolerant plants, in particular to HPPD inhibiting herbicides, the nucleic acid sequences coding for enzymes capable of being used in said method, expression cassettes containing them and transgenic plants compri... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163393 | Plant Cad1-Like Genes and Their Use The present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (1) like (CAD1L) polypeptides. CAD1L polypeptides are produced in a plant in the same organs and the same developmental stages and processes of CAD1 and are likely to be involved in... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163394 | Plants Having Increased Yield And Method For Making The Same The present invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield relative to corresponding wild type plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield comprising introducing into a plant a nucleic acid encoding a cyclin D3 (... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163395 | Expression Cassettes for Regulation of Expression in Monocotyledonous Plants The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising at least one transcription regulating nucleotide sequence obtainable from the group of genes of monocotyle-donous plants consisting of caffeoyl-CoA-O-methyltransferase genes, C8,7-sterol isomerase genes, h... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163396 | Plant genes encoding Dr1 and DRAP1, a global repressor complex of transcription This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a protein involved in regulation of gene expression. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the protein involved in regulation of gene expression... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163397 | Plants with improved water deficit and cold tolerance The present invention provides nucleic acid constructs, including plasmids, expression vectors or expression cassettes comprising polynucleotides encoding CCAAT-binding transcription factor polypeptides that have the ability to increase a plant's tolerance to abiotic st... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163398 | GENES AND VECTORS FOR CONFERRING HERBICIDE RESISTANCE IN PLANTS Genomic and cDNA sequences and plant expression vectors encoding for an eukaryotic AHAS small subunit protein are disclosed. The DNA sequences and vectors are used to transform plants to produce transgenic plants which possess elevated levels of tolerance or resistance ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163399 | AXMI-008, A DELTA-ENDOTOXIN GENE AND METHODS FOR ITS USE Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin and delta-endotoxin-associated polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences c... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163400 | Genetic Constructs Having Heterologous 3' Polyadenylation Signal Sequence Motifs that Function in Plants The present invention relates to heterologous genes comprising non-plant 3′ termination sequences and plant expression cassettes incorporating the heterologous genes. The present invention also comprises methods for construction of the plant expression cassettes and i... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163401 | Genetic Constructs Having Heterologous 3' Polyadenylation Signal Sequence Motifs that Function in Plants The present invention relates to heterologous genes comprising non-plant 3′ termination sequences and plant expression cassettes incorporating the heterologous genes. The present invention also comprises methods for construction of the plant expression cassettes and i... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163402 | Genetic Constructs Having Heterologous 3' Polyadenylation Signal Sequence Motifs that Function in Plants The present invention relates to heterologous genes comprising non-plant 3′ termination sequences and plant expression cassettes incorporating the heterologous genes. The present invention also comprises methods for construction of the plant expression cassettes and i... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080163403 | Work conveying method and conveying apparatus employing the conveying method Plural wok pairs composed of a plurality of works are stored in work storing means. A movable sensor 45 fitted to a conveyance robot 5 detects the position of one of the work pairs in the work storing means, and the work gripping means 25 takes out ... | 07/03/2008 |
