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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184037 | Radar system for aircraft Radar system for providing an aircraft with a facility for in use at least detecting another aircraft in at least one monitorable zone within a region surrounding of that aircraft, wherein the system comprises for each monitorable zone at least one subsystem compris... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178211 | Treatment of wood The invention is directed to the use of a specific class of compounds in the treatment of wood, to a method of treating wood, and to the wood obtained by said method. The black insoluble polymer which forms after oxidative polymerisation of this class of comp... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178170 | Method for depositing inorganic/organic films The present invention describes a method for applying a hybrid coating to a substrate. A coating according to the invention is formed by an inorganic component and an organic component. As a result, this coating has the hybrid character whereby the advantages of int... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8158267 | Method for partially metallizing a product A method for partially metallizing a product comprising a first surface, a first polymer material, and a second surface, a second polymer material, wherein the method comprises the sequential steps of exposing the first and second surfaces to conditions which render... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8144717 | Initialization of a wireless communication network A wireless communication network comprises an association unit and a plurality of stations. At least part of the stations store association information indicative of an associated route for transmission of messages from the station to the association unit. The assoc... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8124161 | Method for finish-frying food product particles The invention provides food product particles obtainable with a method for finish-frying food product particles in superheated steam having a flow rate in the range of from 1 to 20 m/s, at a temperature in the range of from 150-250° C. and for a period of time in t... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8095208 | System for determination of an effective training heart rate zone and use of such a system System for effective training heart rate zone determination, the system comprising:—a training module adapted to determine target training heart rate zone based on at least one stored parameter;—at least one sensor for measuring core temperature of a user's body... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8058468 | Carbamate antibiotics The invention relates to the field of antibiotic compositions, both inside and outside the medical field. Presented is a new class of antibiotic compounds around the lead compound (3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-carbamic acid 2-isobutoxycarbonylamino-1-methyl-ethyl ester, whi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051602 | System for conditioning crops System for conditioning crops e.g. in a greenhouse, comprising climate control means which are arranged for providing a local microclimate area around the relevant crop, which climate control means comprising first means at a first location close to the crop, which ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046489 | System and method for processing quality-of-service parameters in a communication network A system processes a communication session to be set up via a communication path from an originating location to a destination location through a network. A common Service Level Agreement (SLA) registry contains Quality-of-Service (QoS) related parameters representa... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8025781 | Method and means for chemically modifying gases or fumes Method and means for modifying gases or fumes fed through a filter (1), from its inlet side to its outlet side, submitted to an electric plasma having its maximum plasma density (d) at the filter's inlet side. The gases or fumes may comprise NOx, t... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8000356 | Connecting system, inverse multiplexer, data communication network, method and computer program Throughput between personal computers and the Internet is increased by using inverse multiplexing over local loop telephone lines of different users. The different personal computers share the multiple intersubnetwork connections with each other, so that the efficie... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999630 | Electronic circuit with an absorptive distributed limiting circuit An electronic circuit comprising a power limiter circuit. The power limiter circuit comprises a plurality of cascaded transmission line sections, each transmission line section comprising a series arrangement of at least one diode and a dissipative element for absor... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992419 | High speed extrusion An apparatus for extrusion, in particular for extrusion of metal, comprising an extrusion body defining a passage for material to be extruded, including a die having a bearing opening extending between a bearing opening entry surface and a bearing opening exit surfa... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7968529 | Use of sphingolipids for reducing high plasma cholesterol and high triacylglycerol levels The present invention is in the field of cholesterol and triglyceride-lowering methods and compositions. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of sphingolipids, more preferably phytosphingosine, sphingosine, sphinganine, ceramide, cerebroside and/o... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961049 | Amplifier with compensated gate bias An amplifier circuit includes an amplifier stage (10) having an amplifier transistor (104) with a gate coupled to an input (100) of the amplifier stage, a source coupled to a reference connection (gnd) and a drain coupled to a positive power sup... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957460 | Method of and a device for generating a signal having a predetermined quality criterion for use in or on a communication system There is disclosed a signal having a predefined quality criterion for use with a communication systems, a method of and a system for generating, such a signal, a method of testing the operation of a communication system using such a signal and a (tele)communication ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954254 | Method for drying a product using a regenerative adsorbent The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for drying a product using a regenerative adsorbent, more in particular to such a method which can be carried out in an energy-saving manner. According to the invention, the product is dried by bringing it into cont... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7951363 | Ecologically protected material The present invention relates to an ecological protected material, comprising a base material (4) provided with a water-insoluble substance, a growth substrate and a microorganism layer. The invention further relates to a method for preparing a material accor... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7932053 | Method for preparing modified collagen outside a host cell The present invention relates to a method for preparing a modified folded protein, comprising modifying unfolded a-chains comprising a collagenous amino acid sequence and thereafter folding at least part of the modified a-chains into a quaternary protein structure, ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7921596 | Method for regulating the heat and COconcentration of the air in an enclosed space The invention provides a method for regulating the heat and the CO2 concentration of the air in an enclosed space within which plants and/or crops are grown, in which method an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrocarbon-containing gas are alternately passed ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916094 | Double structure broadband leaky wave antenna A leaky wave antenna contains a first and a second leaky wave antenna structure back to back against each other. Each antenna structure comprises a dielectric body and an elongated wave carrying structure, such as a slot in a conductive ground plane. In each leaky w... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7906488 | Sphingolipids in treatment and prevention of steatosis and of steatosis or of hepatotoxicity and its sequelae The present invention relates to the use of sphingolipids for the preparation of a food item, a food supplement and/or a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of elevated blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides related to steatosis and hepatotoxic eff... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7883551 | Process for carrying out crystallization The present invention is directed to a crystallization process and apparatuses for such processes. In a first aspect, the process of the invention comprises a step wherein a liquid comprising a solvent and material dissolved therein, is subjected to crystallization ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880875 | Apparatus and method for inspecting circuit structures An apparatus is described for scanning a circuit structure. The apparatus has a linear sensor (16) for detecting light intensity as a function of position along the sensor. A transport mechanism (12) moves a circuit structure (10), such as a PCB... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7845660 | Anti-roll/pitch system for use in a vehicle and vehicle equiped with such system The invention relates to an anti-roll/pitch system for use in a vehicle, in which a first mass, for instance a cabin, is suspended to a second mass, for instance a chassis, by means of a bearing arm, which is pivotally connected to the second mass around a pivot axi... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7867519 | Method for the acceleration or deceleration of angiogenesis using fibrin matrix formed from increased or decreased HMW/LMW fibrinogen ratio A method for modifying the properties of a fibrin matrix relative to growth and ingrowth of cells, wherein for forming the fibrin matrix a fibrinogen is used consisting of a selected fibrinogen variant or a fibrinogen enriched or depleted in a selected fibrinogen va... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866139 | Fibre-reinforced polymer composites and processes for preparing the same The invention provides a fiber-reinforced polymer composite comprising fibers derived from mammalian hair and/or feathers, wherein the fibers have been prepared by means of a process comprising the steps of: (a) subjecting mammalian hair and/or feathers to an oxidat... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862684 | Use of particulate material derived from mammalian hair in the preparation of paper or paperboard products The invention relates to the use of a particulate material derived from mammalian hair in the preparation of a paper or paperboard product, which particulate material has been prepared by means of a process, which comprises the following steps: (a) subjecting mammal... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7839978 | Device for generating X-rays and use of such a device Device for generating X-rays, comprising: a field emission cathode (10) configured to emit electrons when an electrical field is applied to the cathode (10); and an anode (20), the anode being ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7833667 | Biofuel cell A method and device for processing organic waste in an environmentally friendly manner. The waste flow is processed in a bipolar biofuel cell. The waste is introduced into a space having a pair of electrodes, which includes at least one anode and at least one cathod... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7811771 | Method for the functional determination of mannan-binding-lectin associated serine proteases (MASPs) and complexes thereof This invention relates to the field of determining, assaying or quantifying activity of components of the complement system. More particularly, the invention relates to methods for detecting the presence or level of activity in a sample of mannan-binding-lectin asso... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7803222 | Bitumen composition with improved ageing resistance The invention provides a bitumen composition comprising a bitumen and a modified clay which clay is obtainable by subjecting a clay having a layered structure to a treatment with a compound that is selected from the group consisting of onium compounds having the gen... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7794790 | Method of printing a fluid material using a continuous jet printing technique and curable compositions for use in said method The invention relates to a method for printing a fluid material using a continuous jet printing technique, wherein the material is passed under pressure from a reservoir through a channel to at least one outflow opening of the channel, after which the material is pa... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7783056 | Earplug Earplug comprising a plug member for blocking a man's ear canal, said plug member comprising at least one acoustic channel for channeling incoming acoustic energy to said man's ear. According to the invention, a detector for detecting an acoustic energy level or for... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7749780 | Polymer optoelectronic device and methods for making the same The invention relates to a polymer optoelectronic device comprising at least a transparent conductive oxide layer, an active polymer layer, a back electrode layer and a substrate layer, wherein the transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer has a controlled surface st... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7749513 | Methods of using a cholesterol-lowering preparation, food supplement and foodstuff The present invention relates to cholesterol-lowering preparations, in particular to a bacterial preparation for use as a medicament for lowering of the blood cholesterol level. The present invention provides inter alia a preparation of Rhodospirillum spp. an... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7748252 | Phantom device A phantom device for mimicking anatomical structures, comprising: at least one electronic device layer comprising segmented areas of liquid crystals for forming a graphic layout of an anatomical structure; the segments comprising dyes of various absorbing characteri... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7748163 | Method for treating seeds, and seeds obtainable with the method The invention relates to a method for treating seeds, comprising the following steps: (a) a sterilization step wherein, for 0.1 to 60 seconds and at a minimum pressure of 0.5 bar absolute, the seeds are contacted with a condensing medium having a condensation temper... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7729417 | Method of and a device for generating a signal having a predetermined quality criterion for use in or on a communication system There is disclosed a signal having a predefined quality criterion for use with a communication systems, a method of and a system for generating such a signal, a method of testing the operation of a communication system using such a signal and a (tele)communication s... | 06/01/2010 |
