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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090271866 | System and Method for Protecting Against Malware Utilizing Key Loggers A software, system and methodology for protecting against malware key logger attacks that utilize, for example, form-grabbing techniques. The application protects the browser from key logging malware attacks, and the loss of critical user confidential information often ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271867 | Virtual machine to detect malicious code One embodiment of the invention discloses a method for receiving in a virtual machine (VM) contents of a program for creating a virtual environment for interacting with a host platform in a computing device; and determining by the VM if the received contents comprise pr... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271868 | SITE DETERMINING METHOD A site check method is provided that enables a user to check, when the user accesses a predetermined site, whether the site is legitimate or not. The method includes a first display step in which, when the user accesses a first server managing the site from a first info... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271869 | Process for Establishing a System Licensing Internal Code Table A process for establishing a system licensing internal code table used in a basic input/output system is disclosed, in which the basic input/output system includes a system control module. According to the process, the system-locked pre-installation location of the syst... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271870 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING DISTRIBUTED ACCESS RIGHTS MANAGEMENT USING ACCESS RIGHTS FILTERS An apparatus may include a processor configured to generate an access rights filter based upon a set of access rights settings. The processor may be further configured to generate an authorization key accepted by the generated access rights filter. The processor may be ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271871 | INTELLIGENT UPLOADED CONTENT PLACEMENT Described herein is technology for, among other things, storing content (e.g., files) on a content storage system (e.g., online storage website). It involves various techniques for intelligently placing content in a hierarchy (e.g., folders) within the content storage s... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271872 | MANAGING ELECTRONIC DATA WITH IDENTIFICATION DATA An improved approach for managing and sending electronic data which allows one to access electronic data corresponding to a hardcopy document is provided. For example, when the hardcopy bearing a visible image is output, an identification image corresponding to identifi... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271873 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A SEQUENCE OF MEDIA FILES A server connected to a network may receive a media file and divide the media file into one or more display files according to the number of display components in the media file. The display files may be stored in a media storage library on the server. An image display ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271874 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT STREAM PROCESSING A system and method for processing an information unit/packet (IU) in a stream processing system includes decomposing an IU into sub-information units persisted other than in the IU. An index or reference is generated in the IU for retrieving the persisted sub-informati... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271875 | Upgrade Module, Application Program, Server, and Upgrade Module Distribution System An upgrade module is configured to perform necessary upgrade of firmware to enable a function related to an operation of a device, and operates as part of an application program that uses the operation of the device. As a result, only those users that satisfy a special ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271876 | IC CARD, AND ACCESS CONTROL METHOD THEREOF There has been no access control method combining two different authentication methods, i.e., authentication by password collation or secret key encryption and authentication by public key encryption. A key number that is assigned to a fixe... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271877 | METHOD TO SECURE EMBEDDED SYSTEM WITH PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC, HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE BINDING, EXECUTION MONITORING AND COUNTERACTION Systems and methods for securing an embedded system are disclosed. An embedded system comprises a hardware subsystem including physical components of the embedded system, a software subsystem including a software application and a program code, and a programmable logic ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271878 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECORDING DISASSEMBLE HISTORY INFORMATION AND JUDGING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF An exemplary electronic device includes a detecting component and a storage unit. The detecting component generates detecting signals when the electronic device has been disassembled. The storage unit stores disassemble history information based on detecting signals rec... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271879 | ANALOGUES OF (-)-PICROPODOPHYLLIN, SYNTHESIS AND USES THEREOF Compounds, compositions, methods of making, and methods of using analogues of (−)-picropodophyllin, as well as a transgenic animal model and its use for identifying anticancer agents.... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271880 | BINDING MOLECULES The present invention relates to methods for engineering VH domains to improve their solubility and stability. The invention provides for the incorporation of defined amino acid substitutions based on 3-D structural information into the V segments of a heavy chain locus... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271881 | MEGANUCLEASE VARIANTS CLEAVING A DNA TARGET SEQUENCE FROM A RAG GENE AND USES THEREOF An I-CreI variant, wherein one of the I-CreI monomers has at least two substitutions, one in each of the two functional subdomains of the LAGLIDADG core domain situated respectively from positions 26 to 40 and 44 to 77 of I-CreI, said variant being able to cleave a DNA ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271882 | Transgenic Pig with Diabetes and Method for Producing the Same A transgenic animal having diabetes, which is more suitable as a model of human than rodents, and its preparation method are disclosed. The method for preparing the transgenic pig comprises introducing a nucleic acid into a fertilized egg, clonal egg or embryo, the nucl... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271883 | ABI1/HSSH3BP1 CONDITIONAL KNOCKOUT MOUSE Genetically engineered conditional knock-out mice having conditional disruption of the Abi1/Hssh3bp1 gene are disclosed along with methods of making and using same.... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271884 | ES Cell-Derived Mice From Diploid Host Embryo Injection Genetically modified mice and nucleic acid constructs for making the genetically modified mice are described. A first mouse having a gene encoding an activator (such as a Cre recombinase) operably linked to a developmentally-regulated promoter (such as a Nanog promoter)... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271885 | SOYBEAN VARIETY D5142326 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D5142326. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D5142326. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D5142326 and the plants regenerat... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271886 | SOYBEAN VARIETY D5896414 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D5896414. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D5896414. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D5896414 and the plants regenerat... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271887 | SOYBEAN VARIETY A1007978 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1007978. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1007978. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1007978 and the plants regenerat... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271888 | METHODS OF PRODUCING POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE MUTANTS AND COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF The present invention comprises crystalline polyketide synthases, isolated non-native polyketide synthases having the structural coordinates of said crystalline polyketide synthases, and nucleic acid encoding such non-native polyketide synthases. Also disclosed are meth... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271889 | PRODUCTION OF POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE IN SWITCHGRASS Transgenic plants, plant material, and plant cells for synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates, preferably poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (also referred to a as PHB) are provided. Preferred plants that can be genetically engineered to produce PHB include plants that do not normally... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271890 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A PLANT WITH A LASTING RESISTANCE TO A PATHOGEN Corresponding results were obtained with A method for obtaining a plant, in particular a cultivated lettuce plant (L. sativa), with a lasting resistance to a pathogen, in particular Bremia lactucae, comprising of providing one or more specific DNA markers ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271891 | Pathogen Inducible Plant Thehalose-6-Phophate Phophatase Gene Promoters and Regulatory Elements The invention provides plant gene promoters and regulatory elements that are root-specific and/or induced by parasitic nematodes. The promoters of the invention are useful for controlling expression of nucleic acids of interest in plants roots.... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271892 | LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID ACYLTRANSFERASE GENES AND USES THEREOF The present invention relates to the identification and characterization of new lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases (LPAAT) as well as to the use of these enzymes for modifying plants for efficient production of modified lipids.... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271893 | Nucleic Acid Sequences and Methods of Use for the Production of Plants with Modified Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids The present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules and nucleic acid constructs, and other agents associated with fatty acid synthesis, particularly the ratios of saturated and unsaturated fats. Moreover, the present invention is directed to plants incorporating... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271894 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING BIOMASS IN ENERGY CROPS Methods for modulating plant biomass are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include the step of modulating in a plant cell the expression of an UPBEAT1 gene product. Also provided are improved energy crop plants, and seeds and parts thereof, which contain a hete... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271895 | Plants having improved growth characteristics and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for improving growth characteristics of plants by increasing activity and/or expression in a plant of an SnRK2 kinase or a homologue thereof. One such method comprises introducing into a plant an SnRK2 nucleic acid molecule or fun... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271896 | METHOD FOR AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF PLANTS The invention provides methods and compositions for enhancing the efficiency of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of host cells such as plant cells. Plant expression constructs comprising a gene encoding a VIP2 or VIP2-like polypeptide are provided, as well a... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271897 | 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 ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271898 | HELICHRYSUM PLANT NAMED 'PINK SAPPHIRE' A new Helichrysum plant particularly distinguished by its pink flower buds and by its good tolerance to powdery mildews, is disclosed.... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271899 | HELICHRYSUM PLANT NAMED 'AMBER CLUSTER' A new Helichrysum plant particularly distinguished by its amber flower buds and by its good tolerance to powdery mildews, is disclosed.... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271900 | Cynodon dactylon plant named 'LEG13A' A new and distinct cultivar of Cynodon dactylon plant named ‘LEG13A’, characterized by its fast speed of growth, very low seed head production, medium-strong plant density, strong sod strength, dark green leaf color and freedom from disease.... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271901 | AGASTACHE PLANT NAMED 'SUMMER LOVE' A new and distinct form of Agastache plant characterized by large, vivid purple flowers in large clusters, long bloom time, upright plant habit with dense branching, and excellent vigor.... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271902 | ECHINACEA PLANT NAMED 'MISTRAL' An Echinacea cultivar particularly distinguished by its extremely compact growth, red-purple flowers, very rich flowering due to branched peduncles and strong peduncles, is disclosed.... | 10/29/2009 |