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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168226 | Production of nanocapsules and microcapsules by layer-wise polyelectrolyte self-assembly The invention relates to capsules coated with a polyelectrolyte shell and methods for the production thereof. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8153127 | Method of treating depression The present invention relates to a method for identifying a TMEFF2 modulator, comprising (a) contacting a cell which expresses TMEFF2 with a candidate compound to be tested; (b) measuring whether said compound to be tested decreases or increases the level of a const... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8136213 | Method for fabricating a multi-layer capacitor The method comprises fabricating a layer stack on a substrate, the layer stack comprising at least two electrically conducting layers and at least one electrically insulating layer arranged between the two electrically conducting layers, and displacing a first porti... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8129552 | Phospholipids with unsaturated alkyl and acyl chains The invention relates to phospholipid-like compounds having defined apolar constituents and to the use of such compounds as liposomes, active ingredients, and solubilizers. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129164 | Crystallographic structure of Mnk-1 and Mnk-2 proteins The present invention relates to crystalline Mnk-1 and Mnk-2 kinases and, in particular, to the crystal structure of Mnk-1 and Mnk-2 kinase domain. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8092836 | Production of nanocapsules and microcapsules by layer-wise polyelectrolyte self-assembly The invention relates to capsules coated with a polyelectrolyte shell and methods for the production thereof. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8076520 | Phosphatidyl oligoglycerols In order to form liposomes with a longer half-life in blood, use is made of defined compounds with the general formula (A) ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8043806 | Method of diagnosing an RTK-hyperfunction induced disorder The invention provides method of diagnosing a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)-hyperfunction-induced disorder or a genetic predisposition therefor in a mammal. The method comprises determining the presence of a nucleic acid encoding a mutated fibroblast growth factor ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7982944 | Method and apparatus for optical frequency comb generation using a monolithic micro-resonator An optical frequency comb generator includes a laser device arranged for generating input laser light having a predetermined input light frequency, a dielectric micro-resonator having a cavity exhibiting a third order nonlinearity, so that the micro-resonator is cap... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972613 | Insect screening sheet Described is an insect screening sheet having an insect-repellent layer (10) in which the insect-repellent layer (10) has a three-dimensional surface structure which comprises a regularly periodically and/or statistically distributed coarse structure (... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7964399 | Cell line comprising vector encoding truncated FLK-1 receptor The present invention relates to the use of ligands for the FLK-1 receptor for the modulation of angiogenesis and vasculogenesis. The invention s based, in part, on the demonstration that Flk-1 tyrosine kinase receptor expression is associated with endothelial cells... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7939683 | Phospholipid-analogous compounds Phospholipid-analogous compounds of the general formula (I) in which A is where R1 and ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7902506 | Phase-shifting element and particle beam device having a phase-shifting element A phase-shifting element for shifting a phase of at least a portion of a particle beam is described, as well as a article beam device having a phase-shifting element of this type. In the phase-shifting element and the particle beam device having a phase-shifting ele... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7883689 | Induced remineralisation of human tooth enamel The present application relates to the induced remineralization of human tooth enamel and in particular to the building up of apatite on tooth material. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7799919 | Water-soluble, fluorescent perylenetetracarboxylic acid bisimides The invention relates to novel perylenetetracarboxdiimide derivatives with improved performance properties. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7795461 | Silicon-boron-carbon-nitrogen ceramics and precursor compounds, methods for the production and use thereof The present invention relates to novel processes for preparing borylsilylamines, novel amines, novel borosilazane compounds, novel oligoborosilazane or polyborosilazane compounds which have the structural feature Si—N—B, ceramic material and methods of producing... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7795432 | Monofunctionalized perylenetetracarboxylic acid bisimides The invention relates to novel perylenetetracarboxylic acid bisimide derivatives with improved performance properties. ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7700240 | Non-aqueous electrolyte for use in a battery A non-aqueous electrolyte is disclosed. Exemplary embodiments include at least one ionically conducting salt, especially a lithium salt, a non-aqueous, anhydrous solvent for the ionically conductive salt, the solvent being selected to achieve a degree of dissociatio... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7678372 | Use of inhibitors for the treatment of RTK-hyperfunction-induced disorders, particularly cancer The invention provides a method for the therapeutic treatment of a cancer in a mammal wherein (i) the mammal comprises a mutated fibroblast growth factor receptor-4 (FGFR-4) protein, and (ii) the mutated FGFR-4 comprises at least one point mutation in the transmembr... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7662227 | Ceramic pigments on apatite basis The present invention relates to compounds on apatite basis, having the general formula M5 (A04)3X wherein X is situated in the hexagonal channels of the apatite structure and includes Cu-atoms, processes for the preparation thereof ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7659993 | Method and device for wave-front sensing A method for sensing a wave-front of specimen light scattered from an illuminated area in a specimen (10) includes the steps of focusing illumination light into the specimen (10), directing specimen light scattered in the specimen (10) to a dete... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7655750 | Process for the continuous preparation and isolation of soluble preceramic oligomers and/or polymers The invention relates to a method for continuously producing pre-ceramic polymers. The inventive method consists in synthesizing polymers, in separating polymers from a reaction mixture and in thermally conditioning for defining a cross linkage degree and rheologica... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7632645 | EGF receptor transactivation by G-protein-coupled receptors requires metalloproteinase cleavage of proHB-EGF The present invention relates to agents and methods for growth-factor receptor activation by modulating the G-protein mediated signal transduction pathway. ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7611686 | Materials purification by treatment with hydrogen-based plasma The present invention relates to a purification method for removing impurities containing oxygen from materials, especially boron, by hydrogen-based plasma treatment. The present procedure allows for efficient removal of oxygen while avoiding a thermal treatment tha... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7586136 | Semiconductor structure The invention relates to a semiconductor structure, especially for use in a semiconductor detector. The semiconductor structure includes a weakly doped semiconductor substrate (HK) of a first or second doping type, a highly doped drain region (D) of a second doping ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7507582 | Method and device for multicolour 2-photon fluorescence coincidence analysis A method of fluorescence measurement on analytes, marked with different fluorescent markers, which have spectrally different fluorescence emissions, in a sample is described, having the following steps: illumination of the sample in the measurement volume using a la... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7504482 | Recombinant soluble Fc receptors Recombinant soluble Fc receptors according to the present invention are characterized by the absence of transmembrane domains, signal peptides and glycosylation. Such Fc receptors can easily be obtained by expressing respective nucleic acids in prokaryotic host cell... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7485712 | Protein kinase (NPK-110) The present invention relates to a DNA sequence encoding a novel neuronal protein kinase (NPK) which phosphorylates tau proteins as well as other microtubule associated proteins (MAPs) in positions crucial for the binding to microtubules. The invention further relat... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7483486 | Method and apparatus for encoding high dynamic range video A method and apparatus for encoding high dynamic range video by means of video compression is shown. The method comprises the steps of providing high dynamic range (HDR) tristimulus color data (XYZ) for each frame of the video and threshold versus intensity data fo... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7481876 | Ceramic pigments on apatite basis The present invention relates to compounds on apatite basis, having the general formula M5 (AO4)3X wherein X is situated in the hexagonal channels of the apatite structure and includes Cu-atoms, processes for the preparation thereof ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7430045 | High spatial resolution imaging In high spatial resolution imaging, a structure of a sample is marked with a substance selected from a group of substances capable of being repeatedly transferred out of a first state having first optical properties into a second state having second optical properti... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425429 | Method for the identification of tissue-specific regulatory sequences The invention relates to a method for the identification of regulatory sequences in genomes of micro-organisms, isolated ex vivo from infected tissues. The invention further relates to promoters in salmonellae identified by said method. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7401514 | Asymmetric torsion balance gravimeter The invention relates to a gravity measurement apparatus comprising a torsion balance bearing a test mass. The torsion balance has a predetermined center of mass and is rotatable around a predetermined rotation axis, wherein the torsion balance is asymmetric in such... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7371828 | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase sequences and methods of production and use The present invention relates, in general, to an extracellular signal regulated kinase, ERK-5. In particular, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules coding for ERK-5; ERK-5 polypeptides; recombinant nucleic acid molecules; cells containing the recom... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7342123 | High temperature-stabile silicon boron carbide nitride ceramics comprised of silylalkyl borazines, method for the production thereof, and their use The present invention concerns a process for producing silylalkylboranes containing the structural feature Si—C—B, new molecular silylalkylboranes, new molecular silylalkylborazines, new oligoborocarbosilazanes and polyborocarbosilazanes, a process for their pro... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7306656 | Gas chromatography apparatus The invention relates to a gas chromatography apparatus with a cooling device, wherein the cooling device includes a closed cooling circuit containing a refrigerant, so that no refrigerant is wasted. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7297774 | Use of inhibitors for the treatment of RTK-hyperfunction-induced disorders, particularly cancer The present invention concerns the use of inhibitors for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are the consequence of increased receptor tyrosine kinase activity, particularly cancer. The use is particularly directed towards inhibition or lowering of th... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297649 | Silicoboroncarbonitride ceramics and precursor compounds, method for the production and use thereof The present invention relates to novel alkylhalosilylaminoboranes, in particular alkylchlorosilylaminoboranes, which make it possible to adjust the viscosity of polyborosilazane compounds by varying the number of reactive centers, to novel borosilazane compounds, to... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7289118 | Method and device for creating a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional structure The invention relates to a method and a device for two-dimensionally representing a three-dimensional world, in which rays are combined into packets during ray tracing, and said packets of rays are processed in adequate steps. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7274506 | Adjustment of a microscope In adjusting a microscope having at least two objectives for superimposing measuring beams of light in an object space to the end of obtaining an interference pattern and for monitoring the object space, each objective having a focal point, a focal plane and a pupil... | 09/25/2007 |
