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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146367 | Production of synthesis gas using catalyst-coated turbine blades A process for the production of synthesis gas by oxidizing a hydrocarbon fuel comprises forming mixture of the fuel and an oxidizing gas and contacting the mixture with a catalyst coated on at least part of a turbine (18) to produce a heated gas and passing t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143187 | Catalytic systems and process for treatment of industrial process and waste streams A process for preparing supported catalyst in pellet or coated monolith form is disclosed the method includes the steps of: forming a mixed metal carbonate complex having at least two metals by subjecting a first metal carbonate containing compound to ion exchange w... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7871819 | Regulatory constructs comprising intron 3 of prostate specific membrane antigen gene The invention provides a recombinant vector comprising an ovine adenovirus genome and a sequence encoding a heterologous polypeptide, wherein the sequence encoding the heterologous polypeptide is inserted between E4 and E3 transcription units of the ovine adenovirus... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7837759 | Low temperature industrial process This invention relates to a method for producing titanium by reaction of titanium tetrachloride with magnesium in a reactor, wherein the temperature in the reactor is above the melting point of magnesium and below the melting point of magnesium chloride, wherein the... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7771686 | Hybrid inorganic polymer systems An inorganic polymer which comprises one or more organic functional groups and which has the following empirical formula: Rm[M2O]x[Al2O3]y[SiO2]zXqPH2O, in ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7274992 | Method for predicting pore pressure A method for predicting pore pressure is described which initially involves obtaining, for one point in a volume of Earth, a value of pore pressure and one or more seismic attributes. A relationship is determined between the value of pore pressure and the seismic at... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7203354 | Knowledge based computer aided diagnosis A method of extracting computer graphical objects including at least one vessel structure from a data volume of a portion of an anatomy, the method comprising the steps of: utilizing knowledge based image processing to locate centerlines and utilizing an active surf... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7121714 | Fluid mixer utilizing viscous drag A fluid mixer including an inner fluid flow (11) duct having a cylindrical wall (14) provided with the window openings (13) and an outer tubular sleeve (12) disposed outside and extending along the duct (11) to cover the openings (... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097844 | T helper cell epitopes The present invention provides T helper cell epitopes and compositions for use in inducing an immune response comprising at least one of these epitopes. The epitopes are contained within a peptide sequence selected from the group consisting of PRTSDRPVSYTMNRTRS (SEQ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7067624 | Antimicrobial proteins A new family of antimicrobial proteins is described. Prototype proteins can be isolated from Macadamia integrifolia as well as other plant species. DNA encoding the protein is also described as well as DNA constructs which can be used to express the antimicro... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7043195 | Communications system A communications system, including at least one base station (8) at the surface, at least one repeater station (6) below the surface, and at least one mobile station (4) below the surface, the stations (4, 6, 8) establishing a bidirection... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037391 | Heat treatment of age hardenable aluminium alloys utilizing secondary precipitation The process is for ageing heat treatment of an age-hardenable aluminium alloy which has alloying elements in solid solution. The process includes holding the alloy at an elevated ageing temperature which is appropriate for ageing the alloy to promote precipitation o... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7020563 | Method of designing agonists and antagonists to IGF receptor Identification of the human insulin receptor binding site sequence of certain spatial molecular structures conforming to such binding site and of certain insulinomimetic sequences including the binding site sequence are disclosed. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7009090 | Plants and feed baits for controlling damage from feeding insects Plants are disclosed which are capable of expressing, in a tissue or tissues susceptible to damage by feeding insects, an exogenous protein(s) such as fusolin or a fusolin-like protein, to reduce damage to the plant by inhibiting feeding, growth and/or development o... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6974898 | Method of modifying the content of cottonseed oil The present invention provides novel gene constructs and methods for the production of transgenic cotton plants that produce oils having a range of desirable attributes, including improved oil quality, and modified fatty acid composition. ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6967089 | Delivery system for porcine somatotropin An expression construct is disclosed which is useful for delivering mature somatotropin to a host. Mature somatotropin is operably linked to an insulin secretory signal. Host cells comprising the expression cassette are cultured under conditions enabling the express... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6944915 | Modified worker operation in textile carding A textile machine segment including a first or main roller (12) adapted to support and convey a travelling fibre web, associated second (16) and third (14) rollers cooperable with each other and at respective nips (24, 25) with the first ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6866801 | Process for making aligned carbon nanotubes A process for preparing a patterned layer of aligned carbon nanotubes on a substrate including: applying a pattern of polymeric material to the surface of a substrate capable of supporting nanotube growth using a soft-lithographic technique; subjecting said polymeri... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6830784 | Treatment of natural polymer based materials and the products based thereon A substrate containing a natural polymeric material is modified by: A) treating the substrate containing the natural polymeric material with a modifying agent selected from the group consisting of organo-functional coupling agents and multi-functional amine containi... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6821482 | Triggered active packaging material Oxygen scavenging can lining materials are disclosed. The oxygen scavenging materials comprise at least one compound oxidizable by molecular oxygen, wherein the at least one compound is contained within microcapsules which are rendered oxygen permeable by contact wi... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6811957 | Patterned carbon nanotube films This invention relates to a process for preparing a patterned layer of aligned carbon nanotubes on a substrate including: applying a photoresist layer to at least a portion of a surface of a substrate capable of supporting nanotube growth, masking a region of said p... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6808746 | Multilayer carbon nanotube films and method of making the same This invention relates to a process for the preparation of a substrate-free aligned nanotube film, comprising: (a) synthesizing a layer of aligned carbon nanotubes on a quartz glass substrate by pyrolysis of a carbon-containing material, in the presence of a suitabl... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6800331 | Preparation of functional polymeric surface A method of modifying a polymeric surface of a substrate including: (i) providing the polymeric surface with functional groups; and (ii) contacting the surface with (a) a polyamine compound reactive with the surface functional groups, said polyamine comprising at le... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6755917 | Process and solution for providing a conversion coating on a metallic surface II An aqueous acidic solution for forming a conversion coating on the surface of a metallic material, said solution containing at least one rare earth element (as herein defined) containing species, an accelerator additive selected from the group consisting of metals o... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6512795 | Error concealment for video services In compressed video signals, lost or erroneous information in a current image signal received at the receiving end of a transmission channel is concealed by identifying a motion compensated equivalent region in a previously transmitted image and substitut... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6350383 | Remediation material and remediation process for sediments A material and method for removal of environmental oxyanions (and especially phosphates), the material comprising a substrate such as a clay modified with complexing elements selected from Group IIIB, Group IVB, and lanthanide elements (or a mixture of su... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6034263 | Control of molecular weight and end group functionality in polymers using unsaturated peroxy compounds as chain transfer agents A process for the production of lower molecular weight polymers by free radical polymerization, characterized in that there is added to the polymerization system a compound of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein R1 is hydrogen, chlorine... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5866136 | Recombinant vaccine A recombinant vaccine comprises a vaccine vector which incorporates a first nucleotide sequence capable of being expressed as all or a part of an antigenic polypeptide, together with a second nucleotide sequence capable of being expressed as all or a part... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5756046 | Fumigation of particulate commodities When fumigating a bulk particulate commodity stored in a top-vented vertical silo by slowly passing a gas containing a low concentration of a gaseous fumigant through the bulk mass, differences between the temperature, Tg, in the bulk mass and ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5496379 | Dyeing process for keratin materials, with improved exhaustion of bath constituents A method of applying dye to keratin fibres comprises pretreating the fibres by contacting them with an alkaline solution of an amphoteric surfactant, and thereafter applying dye to the pretreated fibres from a dyeing solution substantially deficient of su... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5443851 | Temperature sensitive valve for atmosphere control for film packaged products Packaging apparatus and method, for use in controlled atmosphere packaging of horticultural produce in controlled permeability film. A valve apparatus mounted on or in a packaging film including a temperature sensitive sensor formed from a bimetallic or s... | 08/22/1995 |
