Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168193 | Molecules, compositions, methods and kits for applications associated with flaviviruses A method for controlling a flavivirus entry into a cell, kits for assaying the flavivirus entry into the cell, and methods of treating and preventing flaviviruses infections are disclosed, together with vaccine and pharmaceutical compositions. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8153858 | Sale of fluorescent transgenic ornamental fish Four zebrafish gene promoters, which are skin specific, muscle specific, skeletal muscle specific and ubiquitously expressed respectively, were isolated and ligated to the 5′ end of the EGFP gene. When the resulting chimeric gene constructs were introduced into ze... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8133226 | Intramedullary fixation device for fractures An intramedullary fixation device for fractures having a core guide wire, and distal and proximal petal segments mountable on the core guide wire and being able to be moved towards each other. Each petal segment has multiple petals able to be expanded for gripping a... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8105780 | Device and method of detecting mutations and polymorphisms in DNA There is provided a resonator sensor useful for detecting polymorphisms and mutations in DNA. The resonator sensor has a capture molecule immobilised on its surface, the capture molecule being either a probe DNA containing a reference sequence, or a mismatch binding... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105745 | Radiation crosslinker There is provided a class of crosslinking compound, said compound comprising (i) one or more fluorinated aromatic group; and (ii) one or more ionizable group, wherein the crosslinking compound is soluble in at least one polar solvent. Methods of preparing the crossl... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101487 | Method for fabricating semiconductor devices with shallow diffusion regions A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is presented. The method includes providing a substrate and forming a gate stack over the substrate. A first laser processing to form vacancy rich regions within the substrate on opposing sides of the gate stack is per... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8093566 | Upconversion fluorescent nano-structured material and uses thereof Upconversion fluorescent nano-structured material(s) comprising at least one compound of formula (M1)j(M2)kXn:(M3)q and at least one polymer, wherein: each X is the same or different and is... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8080411 | Shallow multi-well plastic chip for thermal multiplexing Disposable units in current use for performing PCR are limited by their heat block ramping rates and by the thermal diffusion delay time through the plastic wall as well as by the sample itself. This limitation has been overcome by forming a disposable plastic chip ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8072363 | System and method for bandpass sigma-delta modulation Various embodiments of this disclosure may describe a bandpass sigma-delta modulator (BP ΣΔM) comprising an electromechanical filter, a quantizer coupled to the electromechanical filter, and a feedback circuit coupled between the quantizer and the electromechanica... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072269 | Amplifier Briefly, one or more embodiments of an amplifier, including example applications, are described. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064660 | Method and system for detection of bone fractures A method and system for detection of bone fractures using image processing of a digitized x-ray image. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8053340 | Method for fabricating semiconductor devices with reduced junction diffusion A transistor which includes halo regions disposed in a substrate adjacent to opposing sides of the gate. The halo regions have upper and lower regions. The upper region is a crystalline region with excess vacancies and the lower region is an amorphous region. Source... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8036900 | Device and a method of playing audio clips A device for playing audio clips, a method of playing audio clips and a data storage medium having stored thereon computer code means for instructing a computer system to execute a method of playing audio clips. The device comprising a processor scalable in voltage,... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8011857 | Extraction system for removable marine footing The present invention describes an extraction system (100,100a) for expediting removal of a footing (105) that is embedded in a seabed or marine floor. The extraction system provides a supply of pressurized fluid (140) to a chamber from w... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7998701 | Molecule We describe an Fve polypeptide being a fragment, homologue, variant or derivative of Fve protein, which comprises at least one biological activity of Fve protein. Uses of such a polypeptide, etc, and nucleic acids encoding these, in the treatment and prevention of a... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7981867 | Use of des-aspartate-angiotensin I The use of des-aspartate-angiotensin I, its derivatives and/or analogue thereof in medicine is described. In particular, a method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of viral infections, for inducing hypoglycaemia and/or for reducing hyperglycaemia, and/or for trea... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7965157 | Cancellation of anti-resonance in resonators Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a resonator such as an electromechanical resonator may be coupled with a cancellation network to reduce and/or cancel an anti-resonance effect in the resonator, which may be due to, for example, a static c... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7951639 | Method of zinc oxide film grown on the epitaxial lateral overgrowth gallium nitride template A growth method is proposed for high quality zinc oxide comprising the following steps: (1) growing a gallium nitride layer on a sapphire substrate around a temperature of 1000° C.; (2) patterning a SiO2 mask into stripes oriented in the gallium nitride ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7947951 | Multi-beam ion/electron spectra-microscope This invention is a multi-beam charged particle instrument that can simultaneously focus electrons and a variety of positive and negative ions, such as Gallium, Oxygen and Cesium ions, onto the same material target. In addition, the instrument has provision to simul... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945448 | Perception-aware low-power audio decoder for portable devices A method of decoding audio data representing an audio clip, said method comprising the steps of selecting one of a predetermined number of frequency bands; decoding a portion of the audio data representing said audio clip according to the selected frequency band, wh... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7939492 | Factor C for treating gram-negative bacterial infection Recombinant fragments of Factor C are disclosed. These proteins and peptides show great potency in recognizing, binding to, neutralizing and removing endotoxin. These molecules can thus be used for anti-microbial, anti-endotoxin, and anti-sepsis therapy. SSCrFCES is... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939064 | Phospholipase(s) and use(s) thereof The invention relates to phospholipase(s), isoforms, derivatives, mutants and/or fragments thereof, for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of ischemia. Preferred is the use of secretory phospholipase, particularly phospholipase A | 05/10/2011 |
| 7888224 | Method for forming a shallow junction region using defect engineering and laser annealing A method for forming a shallow junction region in a crystalline semiconductor substrate and method for fabricating a semiconductor device having the shallow junction region includes a defect engineering step in which first ions are introduced into a first region of ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883688 | Polycationic polyrotaxanes capable of forming complexes with nucleic acids A polycation capable of forming a complex with a nucleic acid for carriage thereof. The polycation comprising at least one cyclic compound having a cavity. A polymer backbone is threaded into the cavity of the cyclic compound. A pair of bulky moieties cap the termin... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7834796 | Analog-to-digital converter An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a battery operated electronic device comprising the ADC. The ADC comprising an input switch; an array of binary-weighted capacitors, the array of capacitors receiving the input voltage signal via the input switch in an on sta... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7758785 | Fiber reinforced composite and methods of forming the same A fiber reinforced composite is formed using a shrinkable die. A composite of fiber and resin is placed in the die and is compressed by shrinking the die to form a desired transverse cross-section. Optionally, the die is bent along its lengthwise extent to shape the... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7616987 | Microprobe for 3D bio-imaging, method for fabricating the same and use thereof A microprobe that is capable of using an incident and reflected radiation ray for three-dimensional (3-D) bio-imaging. The microprobe comprises a hollow body closed at one end and having an aperture at an opposite end, at least one 3-D free space micromirror, at lea... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7604987 | Bioreactor for growing cell or tissue cultures The invention relates to a bioreactor comprising a chamber for containing cells or tissue cultures within a culture medium. The bioreactor also comprises a detector capable of detecting a change in one or more metabolites associated with growth of the cell or tissue... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7601331 | NIR-sensitive nanoparticle It is provided a Near Infrared Sensitive (NIR-sensitive) nanoparticle complex comprising a NIR-sensitive nanoparticle and surfactant(s) adsorbed on the nanoparticle, wherein the surfactant is at least one surfactant selected from: | 10/13/2009 |
| 7579433 | Methods and compositions for treatment of arthritis and cancer The present invention provides a new 18-residue homodimerized peptide, designated PIP [59-67] dimer (SEQ ID NO: 1), which is a mutant of the optimized anti-inflammatory peptide P-NT.II, the patent for which has recently been filed [1]. P-NT.II has the potential to m... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7573081 | Method to fabricate horizontal air columns underneath metal inductor A new method is provided for creating an inductor on the surface of a silicon substrate. The invention provides overlying layers of oxide fins beneath a metal inductor. The oxide fins provide the stability support for the overlying metal inductor while also allowing... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7557293 | Thermophotovoltaic power supply A microthermophotovoltaic (micro-TPV) system is a novel micro power device. The system fully utilizes the high surface-to-volume ratio of a microcombustor, and is able to deliver and electrical power output of 0.5-10 W in a package of the order of centimeters. The s... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7553928 | Use of des-Aspartate-angiotensin I as an agent for the treatment and prevention of glomerulosclerosis and renal failure The present invention relates generally to a method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of renal-related disorders. More particularly, the present invention contemplates a method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of glomerulosclerosis and/or end stage renal fail... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7552032 | Method and system for automated design A method and system for automated design of an object. The method comprises providing a default model of the object; extracting design parameters and their respective values from the default model; assigning generated values to one or more selected ones of the desig... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7542456 | System and method for splitting a communication data stream A method of conducting communication over one or more communication networks without making any change to the communication network infrastructure, the method comprising: selectively establishing L≧2 communication paths between first and second devices, each commu... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542188 | Optical scanning using vibratory diffraction gratings An optical scanning apparatus includes an in-plane vibratory mass platform having at least one diffraction grating formed thereon as the scanning element, at least one flexure structure that connects the mass platform to at least one fixed support, and at least one ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7538474 | System and method for Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) device characterization A system and method for Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) device characterization. The system comprising a stimulator for stimulating the device to generate phonons in the device; a detector for detecting the generated phonons; a converter for converting the ph... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7532622 | Methods, devices and software for merging multicast groups in a packet switched network In a method of merging and disbanding multicast groups in a packet switch network multicast groups may be merged at edge routers. Merging and disbanding of multicast groups may be controlled by a designated computing device (referred to as connection managers) on ea... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7504328 | Schottky barrier source/drain n-mosfet using ytterbium silicide A method of fabricating an N-type Schottky barrier Source/Drain Transistor (N-SSDT) with ytterbium silicide (YbSi2-x) for source and drain is presented. The fabrication of YbSi2-x is compatible with the normal CMOS process but ultra-high vacuum... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7496247 | Plastic optical fiber sensor An optical fiber sensor comprising a housing having a cavity defined therein; at least two plastic optical fibers disposed such that cleaved ends of the respective fibers are located opposite each other within the cavity; a light source coupled to one of the fibers;... | 02/24/2009 |
