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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7682837 | Devices and methods to form a randomly ordered array of magnetic beads and uses thereof The invention includes devices and methods for forming random arrays of magnetic particles, arrays formed using these devices and methods, and to methods of using the arrays. The invention provides an assembly (chip) with magnetic domains that produce localized magn... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7118853 | Methods of classifying, diagnosing, stratifying and treating cancer patients and their tumors The invention provides a variety of reagents for use in the diagnosis and management of breast cancer. The invention utilizes cDNA microarray technology to identify genes whose expression profile across a large group of tumor samples correlates with that of cytokera... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7091324 | Prevention and treatment of HCV infection employing antibodies directed against conformational epitopes Conformational epitopes of the envelope protein E2 of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been identified and characterized using a panel of monoclonal antibodies derived from patients infected with HCV. These conformational epitopes have been determined to be importan... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7049102 | Multi-gene expression profile This invention relates to the use of promoters for ribonucleic acid amplification and other genetic manipulations. Processes are provided wherein complementary deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA) is synthesized from a ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequence using a complementary p... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6972193 | Regulated transcription of targeted genes and other biological events Dimerization and oligomerization of proteins are general biological control mechanisms that contribute to the activation of cell membrane receptors, transcription factors, vesicle fusion proteins, and other classes of intra- and extracellular proteins. We have devel... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6316418 | Regulated apoptosis We have developed a general procedure for the regulated (inducible) dimerization or oligomerization of intracellular proteins and disclose methods and materials for using that procedure to regulatably initiate cell-specific apoptosis (programmed cell deat... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6291170 | Multi-genes expression profile This invention relates to the use of promoters for ribonucleic acid amplification and other genetic manipulations. Processes are provided wherein complementary deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA) is synthesized from a ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequence using a comp... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6130337 | Enantiomerically enriched ,-distributed amino acids and method Compositions and methods for the preparation of enantiomerically enriched ,-disubstituted amino acid precursors are presented. Briefly, allylic electrophiles are alkylated with oxazolones in the presence of a base and catalytic quantities of... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5292977 | Palladium catalyzed alkylative cyclization useful in synthesis of vitamin D and analogues An alkylative cycloaddition method is provided that is particularly useful for the synthesis of many of the Vitamin D analogues with differing side chains. Thus, a preferred synthesis is of Vitamin D analogues having a side chain R1 where a sub... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5250818 | Low temperature germanium-silicon on insulator thin-film transistor MOS transistors are formed in thin films of Ge/Si alloys (Gex Si1-x). According to the process of the present invention, polycrystalline films of Ge/Si are deposited using commercially-available LPCVD equipment, which in the preferre... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5015569 | Acceleration of nucleic acid hybridization This invention relates to an improvement in nucleic acid hybridization technology. Nucleic acids bind to complementary partners in a predictable manner such that the detection of complementary partners is possible. The acceleration of the binding process ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4966646 | Method of making an integrated, microminiature electric-to-fluidic valve A method of making an integrated, microminiature, electric-to-fluidic valve. The method comprises, in one embodiment, anisotropically etching a cavity in a silicon wafer to form a thin membrane at the bottom of a trench. Then a second wafer is etched to f... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4513749 | Three-dimensional temperature probe Two coaxial acoustic beams, one focused and the other unfocused, are used to measure changes in temperature within a localized region in a body. The focal region of the focused beam is located at the area to be measured. Changes in the relative phase angl... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4297600 | Multipath Raman cell for wavelength conversion The wavelength of an optical pump beam is down converted to a longer wavelength in a Raman active gaseous medium by stimulated Raman scattering. The Raman active gaseous medium is contained in the space between a pair of optical reflectors of an optical r... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4292227 | Stable supersaturated solutions of sparingly soluble salts Method and compositions are provided concerning stable supersaturated aqueous solutions of sparingly soluble inorganic salts. The method involves exceeding the solubility level of a sparingly soluable inorganic salt in water at ambient temperatures in the... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4052129 | Method of and apparatus for measuring the wavelength of a source of radiant energy A method of and apparatus for measuring the wavelength of a source of radiant energy which includes passing split beams generated by such source along the same paths as those from a source of known wavelength and then comparing the number of interference ... | 10/04/1977 |
