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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7548566 | Terahertz lasers and amplifiers based on resonant optical phonon scattering to achieve population inversion The present invention provides quantum cascade lasers and amplifier that operate in a frequency range of about 1 Terahertz to about 10 Terahertz. In one aspect, a quantum cascade laser of the invention includes a semiconductor heterostructure that provides a plurali... | 06/16/2009 |
| 6855839 | Method of polymerization This invention relates to a composition of matter represented by the formula below, and to a polymerization process comprising combining an olefin in the gas or slurry phase with an activator, a support and a compound represented by the following formula: | 02/15/2005 |
| 6692911 | Cell delivery compositions The present invention provides improved cell delivery compositions. In particular, the invention provides biocompatible endosomolytic agents. In a preferred embodiment, the endosomolytic agents are also biodegradable and can be broken down within cells in... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6333317 | Regulation of amyloid precursor protein (APP) expression by administration of an estrogenic compound It has been discovered that lipophilic hormones that interact with cytosolic or nuclear receptors regulate APP expression and synthesis, through modification of APP mRNA stability and/or regulation of APP gene transcription and translation activities. The... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6313239 | Olefin polymerization with group 4 metal-containing organosilicon dendrimers Group 4 metal-containing organosilicon dendrimers are described. Also described are methods for synthesizing the dendrimers. The dendrimers can be useful in several applications including as olefin polymerization and copolymerization catalysts and as sila... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6304972 | Secure software system and related techniques A secure software system includes a transformation processor for transforming an original program capable of being executed on a lessee site into a vendor server program, a first program intended to be executed at the lessee site which lacks some of the f... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6288667 | Low power analog-to-digital converter A low power analog-to-digital converter generates, during a calibration process, a plurality of digital control words as a function of non-linearities in the circuit components. These predetermined digital control words are used during data conversion to ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6237452 | Precision high speed turning machine A precision high speed turning machine apparatus is provided which performs a selected operation, such as shaping, polishing or probing/measuring on a workpiece and in particular on a rotationally non-symmetric workpiece. The workpiece is mounted to a wor... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5855913 | Particles incorporating surfactants for pulmonary drug delivery Aerodynamically light particles incorporating a surfactant on the surface thereof for drug delivery to the pulmonary system, and methods for their synthesis and administration are provided. In a preferred embodiment, the aerodynamically light particles ar... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5799566 | Self-propelled moving-filter beverage maker A self propelled moving-filter beverage maker includes an invertible housing having an elongate chamber, a cover at one end removably sealingly engaged with the housing for enabling the introduction and removal of liquid, and a separate non-neutral densit... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5387380 | Three-dimensional printing techniques A process for making a component by depositing a first layer of a powder material in a confined region and then depositing a binder material to selected regions of the layer of powder material to produce a layer of bonded powder material at the selected r... | 02/07/1995 |
| 4755044 | Remote ophthalmoscope and fundus photography unit A system for performing an examination of the eye of a subject which uses a source of light and a concave mirror for focusing such light at a selected region of the fundus of the eye so as to form an enlarged optical image of the selected region at a sele... | 07/05/1988 |
