Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7935788 | Reverse cumate repressor mutant Recently, the development of inducible expression systems has involved exploitation of the p-cym operon from Pseudomonas putida. Disclosed herein are novel expression systems and components thereof, which involve the development of a CymR variant with reverse... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7879146 | Controlled release of chemical admixtures A controlled release formulation for a cement-based composition can be produced by intercalating an admixture (e.g. an accelerator, a set retarder, a superplasticizer) for the cement-based composition into a layered inorganic material (e.g. a layered double hydroxid... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7863632 | High performance light-emitting devices An organic light emitting device consists of a layered structure including a top multilayer stack, a bottom multilayer stack, a cavity layer between the top multilayer stack and the bottom multilayer stack, and an organic light emitting region within the cavity laye... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861655 | Super compressed detonation method and device to effect such detonation A method and apparatus are provided for detonation of a super-compressed insensitive energetic material by cylindrical implosion followed by an axial detonation to a detonation velocity several times that of TNT and a detonation pressure in excess of ten times that ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853303 | Neurological probe and method of using same A neurological probe has a plurality of stacked electrode elements, each electrode element having stimulation/lesioning and recording electrodes incorporated with a strip of electrically non-conductive substrate. Such a probe is more compact while having a large num... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7829872 | UV reactive spray chamber for enhanced sample introduction efficiency An analyte for atomic spectrometry detection is prepared by introducing an aerosol of the analyte into a chamber, and irradiating the aerosol with ultraviolet light in the presence of a low molecular weight organic acid or other suitable photoactivatable ligand dono... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7810378 | Monitoring of leakage in wastewater force mains and other pipes carrying fluid under pressure A method of detecting leakage in a force main involves placing at least two spaced sensors on the force main. Liquid is pumped through the pipe by means of a pump. The pump is shut down for an interval of time, and during the period following pump shutdown while neg... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7804062 | Blind extraction of pure component mass spectra from overlapping mass spectrometric peaks A method of obtaining pure component mass spectra or pure peak elution profiles from mass spectra of a mixture of components involves estimating number of components in the mixture, filtering noise, and extracting individual component mass spectra or pure peak eluti... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7796243 | Detection and monitoring of changes in mineralized tissues or calcified deposits by optical coherence tomography and Raman spectroscopy Early dental caries detection is carried out by a method that combines optical coherence tomography (OCT) and Raman spectroscopy to provide morphological information and biochemical specificity for detecting and characterizing incipient carious lesions found in extr... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7785397 | Highly microporous thermoplastic/bismaleimide semi-interpenetrating polymer network In order to synthesize semi-interpenetrating polymer networks (semi-IPNs) with molecular sieve characteristics, polyetherimide/bismaleimide (PEI/BMI) chromophore composites were made through sol-gel technique. A tunable and compatible chemical structure with fine mo... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7767250 | Bioceramic coating of a metal-containing substrate A process for coating a surface of a metal-containing substrate with a bioceramic material includes activating the surface of the metal-containing substrate by applying a voltage to the substrate in a liquid containing an electrolyte; and, immersing the substrate in... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7759547 | Methods of producing and growing plants having improved phosphorus utilization The invention discloses methods for genetically transforming a plant so that it expresses a glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. The method raises levels glycerol-3-phosphate in comparison to the wild type, leading to increased stress tolerance, and altered fatty aci... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7759070 | Conserved inner core lipopolysaccharide epitopes as multi-species vaccine candidates A conserved inner-core oligosaccharide epitope expressed on the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of a range of disease causing pathogenic bacterial isolates, including Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (Ap), Mannheimia haemolytica (Mh) and Pasteurella multoci... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7750626 | Method and apparatus for eddy current detection of material discontinuities A method of eddy current testing without the need for lift-off compensation. Signal response features similar to those used in pulsed eddy current techniques are applied to conventional (harmonic) eddy current methods. The described method provides advantages in ter... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7745605 | promoter Late embryogenesis abundant (Lea) proteins accumulate in maturing seeds after many of the storage compounds have been synthesized, and they are considered relevant to maturation. We report here the molecular organization and expression of BnLea3-1, a novel Group 3 L... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7732155 | Methods for identifying lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferases Nucleic acid molecules identified in encode lyso-phosphatidylcholine (LPC) acyltransferases. Over-expression of the LPC acyltransferases in a cell may lead to enhanced production of PUFA, or other unusual fatty acids, and/or to increased oil content in the cell.... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7695947 | Modified xylanases exhibiting increased thermophilicity and alkalophilicity The present invention pertains to modified xylanase enzymes that exhibit increased thermostability and alkalophilicity, when compared with their native counterparts. Several modified xylanases exhibiting these properties are disclosed including xylanases with at lea... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7691944 | Primer composition and uses thereof The present invention provides a primer for a thermoplastic and/or elastomeric substrate, the primer comprising a film of an epoxy-modified polymer selected from the group consisting of an epoxy-modified-thermoplastic polymer, an epoxy-modified-thermoplastic polymer... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7682815 | Bioelectrolytical methanogenic/methanotrophic coupling for bioremediation of ground water The invention disclosure is a method of bioremediation of wastewater, particularly groundwater, by utilizing coupled anaerobic and aerobic biological treatment, more specifically, methanogenic (strictly anaerobic) and methanotrophic (strictly aerobic) microbial popu... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7666636 | Process for producing poly-β-hydroxybutyrate A process for producing poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) involves contacting maple sap with bacteria (e.g Alcaligenes latus) that convert sugars into poly-β-hydroxybutyrate. The use of maple sap is comparable to or better than the use of pure sucrose, and the u... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7657081 | Recursive 3D model optimization Systems and methods for generating and optimizing 3D models of objects. A laser scanner is controlled by a data processing subsystem that controls the scanning and processes the data generated. From an initial model, either a raster scan of the object or an i... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7645856 | Ether nitrile co-polymers containing sulfonic acid groups for PEM application Ether nitrile co-polymers containing sulfonic acid groups, including wholly aromatic poly(aryl ether ether nitrile)s containing sulfonic acid groups (SPAEEN)s, and poly(phthalazinone ether ketone nitrile) co-polymers containing sulfonic acid groups (SPPEKN)s, intend... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7615681 | Methods for modifying plant responses to stress and correspondingly derived plants Plant stresses such as pest drought, and excessive temperatures can lead to significant losses of crops each year. There is a continuing need to develop novel plant varieties that are less susceptible to damage or loss by such stresses. The present invention provide... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7598354 | Campylobacter glycans and glycopeptides Multiple strains and species of Campylobacter share a common glycan moiety which is present in a plurality of surface-exposed glycoproteins. This glycan has the formula: GalNAc-a1, 4-GalNAc-a1,4-[Glc-β1,3]GalNAc-a1,4-GalNAc-a1,4-GalNAc-a1,3-Bac, wherein Bac is 2, 4... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7566681 | Platinum based nano-size catalysts The synthesis of Pt and PtRu and other Pt based nano-particles that catalyze the electrochemical oxidation of methanol, carbon monoxide and hydrogen, as well as oxygen reduction, is described. The Pt based catalysts are synthesized in solution forming particles of 0... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7541426 | Fluorinated comb-shaped polymers Fluorinated comb co-polymers have a main chain including a semi-rigid hydrophobic fluorinated poly(ether) backbone and comb segments in the form of flexible and monodisperse side chains that are more hydrophilic than the backbone. The side chains may be hydrophilic ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7528229 | Isolated human and rat GAL-R2 galanin receptors The present invention is directed to a novel receptor for galanin which has been designated as galanin receptor 2. The invention encompasses both the receptor protein as well as nucleic acids encoding the protein. In addition, the present invention is directed to me... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7524943 | Method for the production of plant seed with modified fiber content and modified seed coat The present invention relates to nucleotide sequences commonly designated CJAS1 comprising a novel gene from plants. The novel gene encodes a protein that is involved in seed formation and is associated with plant defense. The invention further relates to the use of... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7511189 | Diacylglycerol acyltransferase gene from plants The present invention relates to the isolation, purification, characterization and use of the plant diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) gene and genetic products. The invention includes isolated and purified DGAT DNA and relates to methods of regulating seed oil c... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510860 | Xylanases with enhanced thermophilicity and alkalophilicity The present invention provides a xylanase, or a modified xylanase enzyme comprising at least one substituted amino acid residue at a position selected from the group consisting of amino acid 11, 116, 118, 144 and 161, the position determined from sequence alignment ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510846 | Assay employing human or rat GAL-R2 galanin receptor The present invention is directed to a novel receptor for galanin which has been designated as galanin receptor 2. The invention encompasses both the receptor protein as well as nucleic acids encoding the protein. In addition, the present invention is directed to me... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7508523 | Interferometric system for complex image extraction The invention provides an interferometric system and method for quadrature detection of optical characteristics of a sample. The system includes a Mach-Zehnder interferometer providing a variable optical delay between light collected from the sample and reference li... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7474400 | Multi-wavelength fluorometric system and probe for monitoring of bioprocesses A fluorometric system for on-line monitoring of biological processes uses a plurality of light sources, each with a different spectral width, to illuminate a sample, the light sources selected to produce emission of fluorescent light, and usually also dispersed ligh... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7474098 | Stacked coil array for magnetic resonance experiments An array coil for sensing signals in magnetic resonance experiments incorporates the traditional loop-butterfly array elements at spaced positions along an axis of the sample with additional stacked twisted loops and/or twisted butterfly elements. The twisted loop a... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7459316 | Molecularly-imprinted chemical detection device and method A novel method of molecular imprinting is described. Using a modified soft lithography technique, a molecularly-imprinted chemical detection device comprising at least one molecularly-imprinted polymer capable of detecting at least one chemical target is produced. T... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7436880 | Adaptive filtering using fast affine projection adaptation A method of adaptive filtering using fast affine projection (FAP) that allows for direct solution of the projected error vector from the autocorrelation matrix using a backward and forward recursion technique or LDLT factorization of the autocorrelation m... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431856 | Nano-tip fabrication by spatially controlled etching A method of fabricating nano-tips involves placing a precursor nanotip with an apex and shank in a vacuum chamber; optionally applying an electric field to the precursor nanotip to remove oxide and other contaminant species; subsequently admitting an etchant gas to ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429693 | Method for the production of plant seed with modified fiber content and modified seed coat The present invention relates to a nucleotide sequences commonly designated CJAS1 comprising a novel gene from plants. The novel gene encodes a protein that is involved in seed formation and is associated with plant defense. The invention further relates to the use ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428086 | Method and apparatus for scanning optical delay line A scanning optical delay line includes an optical path element that rotates about its central axis, such that a face is intermittently incident a beam of light to be optically delayed. When the beam is not incident the face, it is reflected onto a reinsertion line w... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7414400 | Detection of ferromagnetic objects approaching a magnet An apparatus for detecting a potentially dangerous ferromagnetic object carried inadvertently by a person approaching the magnet of a magnetic resonance imaging system (14) uses the fringe field (16) of the magnet and provides guide members (11)... | 08/19/2008 |
