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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8007646 | Fluorescent detection of proteins in polyacrylamide gels The mechanism of the UV light-induced reaction between the indole moiety of tryptophan and chloroform, and the structure of the modified tryptophan and polypeptides including such modified tryptophan residues. The excited indole moiety, which is formed upon UV light... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7910113 | Tolerizing agents Described herein is the development of fusion proteins useful for inducing tolerance in a subject. In particular embodiments, the tolerizing agents are useful for influence autoimmune, inflammatory, and/or allergic reactions. Example tolerizing fusion proteins conta... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7906313 | Curvularia strains and their use to confer stress tolerance and/or growth enhancement in plants The present invention is directed to methods and compositions of endophytic fungi that confer stress tolerance in inoculated plants, including both monocots and dicots. In particular, Curvularia species, isolated from a host grass Dichanthelium languinosum... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901725 | Production of gluten-free food products using timothy grass The present invention discloses novel methods of using Phleum spp. seeds, especially Timothy grass (P. pratense L.) seeds, for making gluten-free food products and the food products produced using such methods. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7833799 | Zwitterionic dyes for labeling in proteomic and other biological analyses The invention relates to compositions and methods useful in the labeling and identification of proteins. The invention provides for highly soluble zwitterionic dye molecules where the dyes and associated side groups are non-titratable and maintain their net zwitteri... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7582260 | Zwitterionic dyes for labeling in proteomic and other biological analyses The invention relates to compositions and methods useful in the labeling and identification of proteins. The invention provides for highly soluble zwitterionic dye molecules where the dyes and associated side groups are non-titratable and maintain their net zwitteri... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7569130 | Fluorescent detection of proteins in polyacrylamide gels The mechanism of the UV light-induced reaction between the indole moiety of tryptophan and chloroform, and the structure of the modified tryptophan and polypeptides including such modified tryptophan residues. The excited indole moiety, which is formed upon UV light... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7511624 | Optical detection of oscillating targets using modulation of scattered laser light The present invention provides systems and methods using a temporal-frequency sensitive receiver to detect laser light that is scattered by an oscillating object, thereby allowing remote monitoring of the object's position and movement. ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7494233 | Off-axis variable focus and aberration control mirrors and method An optical element with multi-layer composites that deforms to reduce optical aberrations in off-axis optic. Methods are also described in relation to the optical element. ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7481997 | Snow mountain virus genome sequence, virus-like particles and methods of use Snow Mountain Virus (SMV) belongs to the Norovirus genus of the Caliciviridae family. SMV is a genogroup II (GII) reference strain of human enteric caliciviruses associated with epidemic gastroenteritis. The positive sense RNA genome sequence of SMV was determined t... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7471224 | Broadband analog to digital conversion using analog spectral recording A method and apparatus for converting an analog waveform to a series of digital values includes receiving an input analog waveform to be digitized over a particular frequency band. A phase-sensitive frequency-domain representation of the input analog waveform is rec... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7428093 | Optical scanning system with correction A scanning system device has a predetermined aberration as it scans or switches light along selected optical paths. A deformable membrane receives the light and introduces an inverse “aberration” that offsets that of the scanning system. In one embodiment the sc... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425669 | Transgenic plants expressing puroindolines and methods for producing such plants The invention relates to plant cells, plant tissues or plants transgenic for a nucleic acid encoding puroindoline A. This invention also relates to methods for producing such transgenic plant cells, plant tissues or plants. The transgenic plants produced by the meth... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7391550 | Method and apparatus for optical broadband frequency chirp Techniques for producing an optical broadband frequency sweep or chirp, include generating a narrowband frequency chirp and a frequency-shifted replica. The narrowband chirp has an optical carrier frequency, a pulse duration and a pulse bandwidth. A frequency-shifte... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387888 | Coronamycins The present invention relates to isolated strains of a Streptomyces spp. which are endophytes of dicotyledonous plants and to methods for selecting such strains. The present invention also relates to a biologically active compound called coronamycin obtained ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379652 | Method and apparatus for detecting optical spectral properties using optical probe beams with multiple sidebands Techniques for detecting optical spectral properties of a target are described. The technique includes providing an optical carrier which has an optical frequency bandwidth which is narrow compared to the width of the narrowest spectral feature of the target to be d... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7341862 | Application of to control harmful microbes in human and animal wastes The present invention involves the discovery of a novel endophytic fungus, Muscodor albus, which produces volatile antibiotics that are effective in the treatment of human and animal waste products. Through experimentation, this invention confirms that Mus... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7326689 | Pseudomycins useful against plant diseases Plants and crops subject to attack by fungal related diseases are protected or treated by the application of Pseudomycin compositions which were originally isolated from Pseudomonas syringae. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7307781 | Techniques for using chirped fields to reconfigure a medium that stores spectral features Techniques for reconfiguring spectral features stored in a medium based on a two-state atomic system with transition dipole moment μ includes causing a chirp to pass into the medium. The chirp includes a monochromatic frequency that varies in time by a chirp rate ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7267975 | Methods and compositions relating to insect repellents from a novel endophytic fungus The present invention relates to the discovery of a novel endophytic fungus, Muscodor vitigenus, from the liana, Paullinia paullinioides. This fungus produces naphthalene under certain cultural conditions that has chromatographic and mass spectral prop... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265712 | Method and apparatus for processing high time-bandwidth signals using a material with inhomogeneously broadened absorption spectrum Techniques for analog processing of high time-bandwidth-product (TBP) signals use a material with an inhomogeneously broadened absorption spectrum including multiple homogeneously broadened absorption lines. A first set of signals on optical carriers interact in the... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259004 | Endophytic streptomycetes from higher plants with biological activity The present invention relates to isolated strains of a Streptomyces spp. which are endophytes of dicotyledonous plants and to methods for selecting such strains. The present invention also relates to compounds having biological activity selected from the grou... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7232565 | Use of endophytic fungi to treat plants The present invention is directed to methods and compositions of endophytic fungi that confer stress tolerance in inoculated plants, including both monocots and dicots. In particular, Curvularia species, isolated from a host grass Dichanthelium languinosum... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7193879 | Techniques for multiple frequency chirp readout of material with inhomogeneously broadened absorption spectrum Techniques for reading the spectral content of a spatial-spectral grating in an inhomogeneously broadened transition (IBT) material include directing multiple probe waveforms to probe a spatial mode of the IBT material. Each probe waveform is a linear frequency modu... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192939 | isolates and compounds derived therefrom The present invention relates to the novel isolated 12–30 strain of Pestalotiopsis microspora capable of producing novel antioxidant and antimycotic agents. The present invention also relates to the novel isolated 3,5,7 trisubstituted isobenzofuranone and d... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7145713 | Techniques for recovering optical spectral features using a chirped optical field Techniques for recovering optical spectral features include receiving a detected time series that represents a temporally varying intensity of an optical signal. The optical signal is formed in response to an interaction between a target optical spectrum and a chirp... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7094394 | Methods and compositions for controlling biofilm development A method of cleaning or protecting surfaces by treatment with compositions comprising N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (OdDHL) blocking compounds and/or N-butyryl-L-homoserine lactone (BHL) analogs, either in combination or separately. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7078435 | Autoinducer compounds Autoinducer compounds which enhance gene expression in a wide variety of microorganisms, therapeutic compositions and therapeutic methods wherein gene expression within microorganisms is regulated are disclosed. ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070985 | Application of volatile antibiotics and non-volatile inhibitors from spp. to control harmful microbes in human and animal wastes This invention relates to the discovery of a novel endophytic fungus, Muscodor albus, which produces volatile antibiotics that have been shown to be effective in the treatment of human and animal waste products. Through experimentation, this invention confirm... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6953570 | Porphyrins with enhanced multi-photon absorption cross-sections for photodynamic therapy A method of increasing the multi-photon absorption cross-section of a porphyrin-based photosensitizer by attaching at least one TPA-chromophore at the meso- or beta-positions of a porphyrin structure of the porphyrin-based photosensitizer, and at least one intersyst... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6630146 | Candida albicans phosphomannan complex as a vaccine A composition, pharmaceutical composition, vaccine and method for the treatment of disseminated candidiasis due to infection by C. albicans. The composition includes phosphomannan of C. albicans. Monoclonal antibodies for use in passive immunization again... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6600090 | Transgenic plants expressing puroindolines and methods for producing such plants This invention relates to plant cells, plant tissues or plants transgenic for a nucleic acid encoding a puroindoline. This invention also relates to methods of producing such transgenic plant cells, plant tissues or plants. The transgenic plants produced ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6596930 | Modification of cereal grain hardness via expression of puroindoline protein This invention provides expression cassettes and vectors comprising a recombinant nucleic acid which comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a functional puroindoline B. This invention further provides such cassettes and vectors wherein the nucleic aci... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6488929 | Candida albicans phosphomannan complex as a vaccine A composition, pharmaceutical composition, vaccine and method for the treatment of disseminated candidiasis due to the infection by C. albicans. The composition includes phosphomannan of C. albicans. Monoclonal antibodies for use in passive immunization a... | 12/03/2002 |
