Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7060310 | Process for producing a kneaded meat Disclosed is an inhibitory agent for, kneaded meat and process for producing fish and meat paste products, especially, kamabokos, and fish sausages. The inhibitory agent comprises (i) a member selected from sorbitol, trehalose, mixture thereof, and another saccharid... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6559298 | Polypeptides that bind interleukin-18 (IL-18) Disclosed are a polypeptide (including that in soluble form) as receptor for a novel cytokine, i.e., interleukin-18, a DNA encoding the polypeptide, and the uses of the polypeptide including pharmaceutical and neutralizer to interleukin-18. Pharmaceutical... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6476197 | Polypeptides having interferon-γ inducing activity Disclosed are created stable polypeptides which are capable of inducing the production of interferon-gamma by immunocompetent cells. The present polypeptides contain specific amino acid sequences usually derived from the wild-type polypeptides, being capa... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6436396 | Polypeptides having L-asparaginase activity Disclosed are polypeptides which originate from mammal, having L-asparaginase activity. The polypeptides are easily prepared by applying recombinant DNA techniques to DNAs encoding the polypeptides and they exert satisfactory effects in the treatment and/... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6403079 | Process for producing a pharmaceutical composition containing a protein which induces interferon-γ production by an immunocompetent cell A protein of human cell origin, which induces the IFN-γ production by immunocompetent cells and has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 near at the N-terminus. It can be produced from human cells such as lymphoblasts, lymphocytes, monoblasts, monocyte... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6368845 | Polypeptides having L-asparaginase activity Disclosed are polypeptides which originate from mammal, having L-asparaginase activity. The polypeptides are easily prepared by applying recombinant DNA techniques to DNAs encoding the polypeptides and they exert satisfactory effects in the treatment and/... | 04/09/2002 |
| 5885969 | Enzyme-treated hesperidin, process for producing the same and method of using enzyme-treated hesperidin An enzyme-treated hesperidin, comprising alpha-glucosyl hesperidin, hesperidin and beta-monoglucosyl hesperetin, wherein the content of hesperidin is 0.1 part or less by weight; and that of beta-monoglucosyl hesperetin, 0.1 to 0.5 part by weight, on the b... | 03/23/1999 |
