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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7834005 | Pyrrolobenzodiazepine derivatives, compositions comprising the same and methods related thereto Disclosed are compounds of Formula I wherein X, Y, R1-R7, T1, T2, Z, and p are as described herein; a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula I and a carrier; ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7823439 | Method for identifying the composition of a sample The present invention is directed to a method for multidimensional gas chromatography for separating the analytes of a complex sample. The method comprises the steps of introducing the sample onto a first column whereby the sample is separated into at least two segm... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7511032 | Pyrrolobenzodiazepine derivatives, compositions comprising the same and methods related thereto Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) wherein X, Y, Ri-R7, T1, T2, Z, and p are as described herein; a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula (I) and a carrier; a method of inhibiting growth of a cell, which met... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7420669 | Optic probe for semiconductor characterization Described herein is an optical probe (120) for use in characterizing surface defects in wafers, such as semiconductor wafers. The optical probe (120) detects laser light reflected from the surface (124) of the wafer (106) within various r... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419635 | Pd/VOdevice for colorimetric Hdetection A sensor structure for chemochromic optical detection of hydrogen gas over a wide response range, that exhibits stability during repeated coloring/bleaching cycles upon exposure and removal of hydrogen gas, comprising: a glass substrate (20); a vanadium oxide... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7393673 | Thermal tolerant exoglucanase from The invention provides a thermal tolerant cellulase that is a member of the glycoside hydrolase family. The invention further discloses this cellulase as Gux1. Gux1 has been isolated and characterized from Acidothermus cellulolyticus. The invention further pr... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7375197 | Cellobiohydrolase I gene and improved variants The disclosure provides a method for preparing an active exoglucanase in a heterologous host of eukaryotic origin. The method includes mutagenesis to reduce glycosylation of the exoglucanase when expressed in a heterologous host. It is further disclosed a method to ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374939 | Method of inactivation of an end product of energy metabolism in The present invention briefly provides a method of site-specific insertion in Zymomonas, comprising, providing a Zymomonas gene fragment, interrupting a DNA sequence the fragment, and transforming the Zymomonas through homologous recombination w... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373904 | Stratified vapor generator A stratified vapor generator (110) comprises a first heating section (H1) and a second heating section (H2). The first and second heating sections (H1, H2) are arranged so that the inlet of the second heating sectio... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364890 | Thermal tolerant avicelase from The invention provides a thermal tolerant (thermostable) cellulase, AviIII, that is a member of the glycoside hydrolase (GH) family. AviIII was isolated and characterized from Acidothermus cellulolyticus and, like many cellulases, the disclosed polypeptide an... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354755 | Stable zymomonas mobilis xylose and arabinose fermenting strains The present invention briefly includes a transposon for stable insertion of foreign genes into a bacterial genome, comprising at least one operon having structural genes encoding enzymes selected from the group consisting of xylAxylB, araBAD and tal/tkt, and at leas... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7329554 | Reactive codoping of GaAlInP compound semiconductors A GaAlInP compound semiconductor and a method of producing a GaAlInP compound semiconductor are provided. The apparatus and method comprises a GaAs crystal substrate in a metal organic vapor deposition reactor. Al, Ga, In vapors are prepared by thermally decomposing... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7309832 | Multi-junction solar cell device A multi-junction solar cell device (10) is provided. The multi-junction solar cell device (10) comprises either two or three active solar cells connected in series in a monolithic structure. The multi-junction device (10) comprises a bottom acti... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306650 | Using liquid desiccant as a regenerable filter for capturing and deactivating contaminants A method, and systems for implementing such method, for purifying and conditioning air of weaponized contaminants. The method includes wetting a filter packing media with a salt-based liquid desiccant, such as water with a high concentration of lithium chloride. Air... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306951 | Method and apparatus for determining diffusible hydrogen concentrations A measuring apparatus and method for use in measuring diffusible hydrogen concentrations in materials, structures, and other objects. In an embodiment of the invention for use in welding applications, the measuring apparatus (10) includes a sensor assembly ( | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300890 | Method and apparatus for forming conformal SiNfilms A silicon nitride film formation method includes: Heating a substrate to be subjected to film formation to a substrate temperature; heating a wire to a wire temperature; supplying silane, ammonia, and hydrogen gases to the heating member; and forming a silicon nitri... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7238912 | Wafer characteristics via reflectometry and wafer processing apparatus and method An exemplary system includes a measuring device to acquire non-contact thickness measurements of a wafer and a laser beam to cut the wafer at a rate based at least in part on one or more thicknesses measurements. An exemplary method includes illuminating a substrate... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233034 | Hydrogen permeable protective coating for a catalytic surface A protective coating for a surface comprising a layer permeable to hydrogen, said coating being deposited on a catalyst layer; wherein the catalytic activity of the catalyst layer is preserved. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229785 | Fluorescence technique for on-line monitoring of state of hydrogen-producing microorganisms In situ fluorescence method to monitor state of sulfur-deprived algal culture's ability to produce H2 under sulfur depletion, comprising: a) providing sulfur-deprived algal culture; b) illuminating culture; c) measuring onset of H2 percentage i... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229498 | Nanostructures produced by phase-separation during growth of (III-V)(IV)alloys Nanostructures (18) and methods for production thereof by phase separation during metal organic vapor-phase epitaxy (MOVPE). An embodiment of one of the methods may comprise providing a growth surface in a reaction chamber and introducing a first mixture of p... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223575 | pentose-sugar fermenting strains and uses thereof Disclosed in the present invention is a Zymomonas integrant and derivatives of these integrants that posses the ability to ferment pentose into ethanol. The genetic sequences encoding for the pentose-fermenting enzymes are integrated into the Zymomonas | 05/29/2007 |
| 7190581 | Low thermal resistance power module assembly A power module assembly with low thermal resistance and enhanced heat dissipation to a cooling medium. The assembly includes a heat sink or spreader plate with passageways or openings for coolant that extend through the plate from a lower surface to an upper surface... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7179677 | ZnO/Cu(InGa)Sesolar cells prepared by vapor phase Zn doping A process for making a thin film ZnO/Cu(InGa)Se2 solar cell without depositing a buffer layer and by Zn doping from a vapor phase, comprising: depositing Cu(InGa)Se2 layer on a metal back contact deposited on a glass substrate; heating the Cu(I... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179665 | Optical method for determining the doping depth profile in silicon A method of processing a sample, comprising the steps of: introducing dopant into a sample thereby producing a doped sample; producing a healed sampled including a doping density profile in response to introducing the dopant into the sample; and measuring the doping... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7160530 | Metal-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes and production thereof Metal-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes and production thereof. The metal-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes may be produced according to one embodiment of the invention by combining single-walled carbon nanotube precursor material and metal in a solution, and ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157641 | Organic photovoltaic cells with an electric field integrally-formed at the heterojunction interface A bi-layer photovoltaic cell, and method (100) of making same, with an electric field applied at the p-n heterojunction interface. The cell includes a first semiconductor layer including a binder, nanocrystals of an n-type semiconductor, and spatially bound c... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7122736 | Method and apparatus for fabricating a thin-film solar cell utilizing a hot wire chemical vapor deposition technique A thin-film solar cell is provided. The thin-film solar cell comprises an a-SiGe:H (1.6 eV) n-i-p solar cell having a deposition rate of at least ten (10) Å/second for the a-SiGe:H intrinsic layer by hot wire chemical vapor deposition. A method for fabricating a t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114370 | Air quality sampler using solid phase coated material A method and apparatus for monitoring air quality is provided. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112429 | Thermal tolerant mannanase from acidothermus cellulolyticus The invention provides a thermal tolerant mannanase that is a member of the glycoside hydrolase family. The invention further discloses this mannanase as ManA. ManA has been isolated and characterized from Acidothermus cellulolyticus. The invention further pr... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109818 | Tunable circuit for tunable capacitor devices A tunable circuit (10) for a capacitively tunable capacitor device (12) is provided. The tunable circuit (10) comprises a tunable circuit element (14) and a non-tunable dielectric element (16) coupled to the tunable circuit element... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100423 | Method and apparatus for monitoring particles in a flowing gas A method and apparatus for monitoring particulate matter in a gas sample and the air quality associated therewith is provided. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095050 | Voltage-matched, monolithic, multi-band-gap devices Monolithic, tandem, photonic cells include at least a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, wherein each semiconductor layer includes an n-type region, a p-type region, and a given band-gap energy. Formed within each semiconductor layer is a st... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7067850 | Stacked switchable element and diode combination A device (10) comprises a semiconductor diode (12) and a switchable element (14) positioned in stacked adjacent relationship so that the semiconductor diode (12) and the switchable element (14) are electrically connected in series ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059993 | Thermal tolerant cellulase from The invention provides a thermal tolerant cellulase that is a member of the glycoside hydrolase family. The invention further discloses this cellulase as GuxA. GuxA has been isolated and characterized from Acidothermus cellulolyticus. The invention further pr... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7053294 | Thin-film solar cell fabricated on a flexible metallic substrate A thin-film solar cell (10) is provided. The thin-film solar cell (10) comprises a flexible metallic substrate (12) having a first surface and a second surface. A back metal contact layer (16) is deposited on the first surface of the flex... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7033570 | Solar-thermal fluid-wall reaction processing The present invention provides a method for carrying out high temperature thermal dissociation reactions requiring rapid-heating and short residence times using solar energy. In particular, the present invention provides a method for carrying out high temperature th... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6989924 | Durable corrosion and ultraviolet-resistant silver mirror A corrosion and ultra violet-resistant silver mirror for use in solar reflectors; the silver layer having a film-forming protective polymer bonded thereto, and a protective shield overlay comprising a transparent multipolymer film that incorporates a UV absorber. Th... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6989252 | Hydrogen production using hydrogenase-containing oxygenic photosynthetic organisms A reversible physiological process provides for the temporal separation of oxygen evolution and hydrogen production in a microorganism, which includes the steps of growing a culture of the microorganism in medium under illuminated conditions to accumulate an endogen... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6984263 | Shallow melt apparatus for semicontinuous czochralski crystal growth In a single crystal pulling apparatus for providing a Czochralski crystal growth process, the improvement of a shallow melt crucible (20) to eliminate the necessity supplying a large quantity of feed stock materials that had to be preloaded in a deep crucible... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6964294 | Passive cooling system for a vehicle A passive cooling system for a vehicle (114) transfers heat from an overheated internal component, for example, an instrument panel (100), to an external portion (116) of the vehicle (114), for example, a side body panel (126). The... | 11/15/2005 |
