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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8013132 | Synthetic compounds useful as nodulation agents of leguminous plants and preparation processes thereof The present invention relates to synthetic compounds that are active on plants, especially as legume nodulation factors, and also as plant growth stimulators, and to methods for preparing such compounds, which are of formula (I). | 09/06/2011 |
| 6998266 | Active retinoic acid-free culture medium for avian totipotent embryonic stem cells A culture medium for avian embryonic cells and an avian cell culture medium is disclosed. The culture medium is characterized in that it has elements complementary to avian embryonic cells. The complementary elements include insulin-like growth factors and stem cell... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6942991 | Nucleotide sequences coding for polypeptides endowed with a larvicidal activity towards Lepidoptera This invention relates to vectors, bacterial strains, and methods for the cloning and expression of a polypeptide having larvicidal activity. In particular, the invention relates to vectors, bacterial strains and methods for the cloning and expression of the N-termi... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6895341 | Method for analyzing irregularities in human locomotion The invention relates to a method of analysis for human locomotion irregularities. In such method, acceleration measurements obtained during one or more motions controlled at a stabilized gait of a human being are used, through accelerometers measuring on a time bas... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6861576 | Microspore-specific promoter and method for obtaining hybrid plants The invention concerns a microspore-specific promoter and its use for obtaining plants with gametophytic male sterility with inducible fertility. It also concerns a method for obtaining hybrid plants. ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6114168 | Active retinoic acid-free culture medium for chicken embryonic stem cells A culture medium for culturing chicken embryonic stem (ES) cells is disclosed. The culture medium is used for supporting avian ES cell cultures. The components of the avian ES cell media include cytokines, fibroblast growth factors, insulin-like growth fa... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5877164 | Plant rhamnogalacturonan II complexation of heavy metal cations The present invention provides rhamnogalacturonan-II (RG-II) and relates to its ability to complex specific multivalent heavy metal cations. In the presence of boric acid, RG-II monomers form dimers that are cross-linked by a borate ester. The yield of su... | 03/02/1999 |
| 4689237 | Process for the thermal treatment of fluids A process for heating a fluid, such as a foodstuff, by passing a vapor at a high temperature and under pressure through an annular chamber extending around a perforated mixing chamber and injecting the vapor from the annular chamber into the mixing chambe... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4368269 | Process for producing food proteins of fungal origin of from multicellular organisms fermentation apparatus and proteins so-produced The process consists of cultivating, at a temperature below 28° C., the fungus Trichoderma album in liquid nutrient media, the pH of said media being kept at a value comprised between about 3.7 and 4.8, the dissolved oxygen content being from about 6 to ... | 01/11/1983 |