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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7794952 | Biomarker isolation and use thereof to characterize physiological state The present invention relates to compositions and methods for characterizing the physiological state of a living system, including cells, tissues, organs, and whole organisms. The methods involve capturing biomarkers from the living system, and correlating their pre... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7722520 | Asbestos containment composition The compound is a clay aqueous suspension made of at least one 2:1 layer phyllosilicate clay mineral, at least one 1:1 layer phyllosilicate clay mineral, and water that can be used to sequester asbestos, such as chrysotile, as well as dust and other fibrous particle... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720250 | Method and apparatus for watermarking stream data A watermarking system embeds a watermark into data values that may be streamed. A data hash is calculated using data values and a hash key. The data values are grouped. The groups include a first group and a second group. A first group hash is calculated using data ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 6985953 | System and apparatus for storage and transfer of secure data on web The present invention relates to methods and systems for creating secure cookies. The methods can be used to create, receive, and transmit secure cookies, confidential cookies, and authentication cookies. ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6907304 | Method and apparatus of measuring a relative utility for each of several different tasks based on identified system goals The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for measuring a relative utility for each of a plurality of goals which comprise a system objective. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods, systems, and apparatus for quantifying the relati... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6873872 | Adaptive electric field modulation of neural systems The present invention relates to devices and methods of modifying the neuronal activity of a neural system comprising neurons, comprising, one or more of the following steps, measuring the neuronal activity of a neural system; and applying an oriented electric field... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6872830 | Synthesized γ-carbolines The present invention concerns the compounds of the formula: and the prodrug and salts thereof, wherein R may be a hydroxyl or other pendent group and Ar is an aryl. The compositions may be adapted for the treatment of... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6826300 | Feature based classification A method and system for determining the similarity between an image and at least one training sample is disclosed. This invention is a novel Gabor Feature Classifier (GFC), a principal application of which may be for face recognition. The GFC applies the Enhanced FL... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6801878 | System and method for managing sensors of a system The present invention relates to systems and methods for managing sensors. In preferred embodiments of the invention, a sensor management system determines system information needs, selects one of several measurement functions capable of satisfying the system inform... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6775415 | Fractal image compression using reinforcement learning A method for fractal image compression using reinforced learning is disclosed. The reinforced learning algorithm improves the performance of fractal image compression algorithms by improving image partitioning and transform family selection while considering the imp... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6665562 | Adaptive electric field modulation of neural systems The present invention relates to devices and methods of modifying the neuronal activity of a neural system comprising neurons, comprising, one or more of the following steps, measuring the neuronal activity of a neural system; and applying an oriented ele... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6649408 | Microdroplet cell culture technique The present invention comprises a novel culture method and device in which living cells are cultured in a plurality of individual microdroplets that are immobilized and isolated within a matrix of hydrophobic particles. The hydrophobic particles adhere to... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6583445 | Integrated electronic-optoelectronic devices and method of making the same An integrated electronic-optoelectronic module comprising: an ultrathin silicon-on-sapphire composite substrate; at least one electronic device fabricated in the ultrathin silicon; and at least one optoelectronic device bonded to the ultrathin silicon-on-... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6523016 | Learnable non-darwinian evolution The present invention relates to novel systems and methods in which a machine learning mode is used to generate new populations in an evolutionary process. A preferred embodiment of the present invention called Learnable Evolution Model (briefly, LEM) emp... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6501869 | Optical switching system An optical switch is disclosed which includes hollow waveguide structures having cantilevered beam deflectors to couple light out of the waveguide plane. An array of such waveguides with deflector combinations may be fabricated on a substrate. By combinin... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6480195 | Method and apparatus for generating a straight line An apparatus, method and computer readable medium containing a program are described for generating a line corresponding to a desired straight line, including identifying a plurality of segments between two endpoints of the desired straight line to be gen... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6448965 | Voice-controlled immersive virtual reality system The present invention relates to systems and methods for generating and displaying an immersive three-dimensional visual environments. In preferred aspects of the invention, the system uses a central processing unit which contains a low-cost commodity chi... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6361326 | System for instruction thinking skills The present invention relates to methods and systems for teaching thinking skills. A user can be provided with information and then presented with questions and examples which enable the user to investigate the usefulness of the information and analyze it... | 03/26/2002 |
| 5953388 | Method and apparatus for processing data from a tomographic imaging system An algorithm is created and applied to reconstruct the wavelet coefficients of an image from the Radon transform data for use in computed tomography, with a disclosed method that uses the properties of wavelets to localize the Radon transform such that a ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5935799 | Biological assay for microbial contamination A semi-quantitative method for determining the concentration of viable coliforms or E. coli in a liquid is provided. The sample to be tested is mixed with an indicator reagent which includes a specific indicator compound that undergoes a change that is de... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5748973 | Advanced integrated requirements engineering system for CE-based requirements assessment An automated, user-interactive procedure is used to obtain the right statements for computer software from the user in a way in which the statements elicited from the user are free from errors due to ambiguity, conflict, redundancy, inconsistency, and the... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5550032 | Biological assay for microbial contamination Methods and kits for detecting the presence of and quantifying the concentration of viable microorganisms in a liquid sample are provided. Enzymes present in viable microorgansims reduce an indicator reagent to produce a visible color change. No titration... | 08/27/1996 |
