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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7888761 | Direct electron detector An electron detector (30) for detection of electrons comprises a semiconductor wafer (11) having a central portion (12) with a thickness of at most 150 μm, preferably at most 100 μm, formed by etching an area of a thicker wafer. On opposite si... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7778779 | Method of identifying a chemical entity which is a hydroxylase modulator A method of identifying, screening, characterising or designing a chemical entity, which mimics or binds to FIH, is described. The method comprises comparing a structural model of FIH with a structural model for said chemical entity, wherein said structural model of... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7709600 | Interaction between the VHL tumor suppressor and hypoxia inducible factor, and assay methods relating thereto The invention relates to the finding that the VHL tumour suppressor protein regulates hypoxia inducible factor α subunits, by targeting HIF α for destruction in normoxic, but not hypoxic cells. The invention provides assays for modulators of this interaction, and ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7662854 | HIF hydroxylase inhibitors The invention provides a compound of one of the formulae (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) as herein defined, or a salt thereof, for use in the treatment of a condition associated with increased or decreased HIF levels or activity, or a condition in which an increase or ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7599067 | Ultra-short optical pulse measurement using a thick nonlinear crystal The invention provides a pulse measurement apparatus and corresponding method. The apparatus comprises: a splitter for splitting a pulse to be measured into two sub-pulses propagating along different beam paths; a non-linear medium, capable of up-conversion of radia... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7161656 | Method of and apparatus for generating a beam of light A method and apparatus for generating a beam of light having extended depth of focus. The apparatus comprises, for instance, a binary phase mask that generates a diffraction pattern including a bright main ring and a plurality of side-lobe rings, an annular aperture... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7029172 | Temperature profile determination Apparatus for determining the temperature profile of the surface being sprayed or otherwise treated, the apparatus comprising four electric arc spray guns (1) spraying molten steel. The guns (1) are connected to a six-axis industrial robot (2) w... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6946575 | Trityl-type compounds and their use The present invention pertains to trityl-type compounds comprising, bonded to the same atom, three aryl groups, of which at least one is a fluorophore and at least one has a substituent including a functional group, and wherein the compound can exist in a non-ionize... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6919608 | Spin transistor A spin transistor (10) comprises a spin injector (50) formed of a ferromagnetic material and constituting the emitter (20) of a three-terminal device, a spin filter (70) also formed of a ferromagnetic material and constituting a collector... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6858352 | Printed circuit fabrication A mask for producing a printed circuit board is defined in which the conductor elements of the printed circuit pattern are delineated by a constant width etch band (20). This means that all conductors (3a, 3b, 9) are separat... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6713603 | Chiral peptide nucleic acids Chiral peptide nucleic acids are provided which hybridise strongly with complementary nucleic acids and have potential as antigene and antisense agents and as tools in molecular biology. Compounds with cis-stereochemistry and based on proline and a spacer amino acid... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6492526 | Divalent lanthanide metal complexes Organometallic complexes comprising a divalent lanthanide metal cation complexed with from one to three polydentate ligands which preferably contain one or more pyrazolyl groups, such as trispyrazolylborate anions, are useful in light emitting devices e.g... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6455071 | Branched dendrimeric structures The present invention provides new reagents and methods which allow the assembly of large, branched structures from simple but versatile building blocks. The invention discloses dendrimers obtainable by the reaction of a core molecule having at least two ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6265823 | Light emitter The light emitter is fabricated from a silicon substrate (2) that has a layer of porous silicon (3) on its upper surface. A hole transporter (4) is applied to the upper surface of the porous silicon (2) and penetrates the channels (3') formed within the p... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6043278 | Perfluoralkyl substituted metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitors The invention concerns perfluoro-lower-alkyl derivatives of amino acids. A new synthetic route is provided for preparing -aminotrifluoromethylketones, by converting -amino acids to oxazolidin-5-ones which are then reacted with Ruppert's Reag... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5972510 | Spherulite particles of isotactic polypropylene Olefins may be polymerised in the presence of a catalytic system comprising a metallocene and an organic aluminum compound supported on a mesoporous material to produce polyolefins. The mesoporous material comprises atoms of one or more elements selected ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5906670 | Making particles of uniform size Quantum dots of a metal or metal compound are made by a method of providing a solution in an evaporable solvent at a predetermined concentration of a chosen metal and forming droplets of the solution of a substantially uniform predetermined size. The drop... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5508267 | Bioactive material A self-supporting composite bioactive material and method of making it, which comprises immersing a body of collagen in a solution comprising a calcium phosphate and a phosphoprotein (preferably containing o-phosphoserine residues) to deposit on the colla... | 04/16/1996 |
