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A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158361 | Tumor marker The present invention concerns a gene product largely homologous to the epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR). It further refers to mRNA coding for such epithelial growth factor receptor. The present invention provides such an epithelial growth factor receptor wh... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8143229 | Method for production of a transformed cell A method for incorporating a biomolecule into a cell including the steps: i) production of a complex from a biomolecule and a polymer which may be obtained by reaction of an amine monomer having at least two amine groups with an epoxide monomer having at least two e... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8129150 | Mixture of reversibly inhibited enzymes The invention relates to composition or a kit containing an enzyme that is reversibly inhibited by means of a chemical modification and an enzyme which is reversibly inhibited using non-covalent binding, the use of a mixture of enzymes reversibly inhibited in such a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124391 | Thermostable polymerases from The invention relates to a thermostable polymerase based on thermococcus pacificus; DNA molecules which code for one such polymerase; expression vectors; host cells; methods for producing one such polymerase and the use thereof for polymerising nucleic acid, ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8076069 | Method for the treatment of a sample containing biomolecules The invention generally provides a method for the sample preparation for a subsequent preparation, processing or analysis method of a sample containing an at least one species of nucleic acid and/or one species of protein, whereby the method comprises the following ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8067579 | Nucleic acid extraction method The present invention relates to a method for isolating nucleic acids from a nucleic acid containing sample, and a kit for carrying out said method. More specifically, it relates to a novel method for extracting nucleic acids from a nucleic acid containing sample, u... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067206 | Enhanced coamplification of nucleic acids The present invention relates generally to the field of nucleic acid chemistry. More specifically, it relates to a method for enhancing the performance of coamplification reactions, e.g., multiplex PCR reactions. ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8043834 | Universal reagents for rolling circle amplification and methods of use Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for labeling and detection of analytes. The compositions generally are associations of three components: reporter binding agents, amplification target circles, and DNA polymerase. The compositions are assembled prior to ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8034562 | Method for obtaining plasmid-DNA by means of an aqueous biphasic system The invention relates to a process for isolation of plasmid DNA from biomass by means of an aqueous 2-phase system having a polymer component and a salt component, characterized in that the resuspension of the biomass employed, the alkaline lysis of the biomass, the... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8008475 | Method for isolating and purifying nucleic acids on surfaces The present invention involves a process for the isolation of nucleic acids on surfaces by means of at least the following steps: charging of a surface from a given direction with nucleic acids; immobilization of the nucleic acids on the surface; release of the immo... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8008002 | Nucleic acid sequencing A method is disclosed for determining a target nucleic acid sequence, where the target nucleic acid sequence is comprised in a preparation comprising a non-target nucleic acid sequence, the target nucleic acid sequence and the non-target nucleic acid sequence each h... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7977109 | Method for enriching short-chain nucleic acids The present invention relates to a method for enriching nucleic acids with a length of not more than 300 nucleotides. The invention also relates to a kit for enriching nucleic acids with a length of not more than 300 nucleotides, to the use of such a kit, to the use... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7955795 | Method of whole genome amplification with reduced artifact production Disclosed are compositions and methods for amplification of nucleic acid sequences of interest with greater efficiency and fidelity. The disclosed method relates to isothermal amplification techniques, such as Multiple Displacement Amplification (MDA), where the gen... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7922917 | Porous ferro- or ferrimagnetic glass particles for isolating molecules Porous, ferro- or ferrimagnetic, glass particles are described that selectively bind molecules of interest, especially nucleic acid molecules, under appropriate conditions. Methods of preparing the porous, ferro- or ferrimagnetic, glass particles and their use for i... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7888006 | Method for isolating DNA from biological samples The present invention relates to an improved process for isolating DNA from biological samples, particularly from human whole blood. ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7851148 | Method and kit for primer based multiplex amplification of nucleic acids employing primer binding tags Disclosed is a novel method for diagnosis or differential diagnosis of disease agents and secondary disease agents. The method disclosed uses a novel amplification strategy termed TemPCR to allow sensitive and specific amplification of target sequences from any dise... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7838233 | Method for the treatment of a sample containing biomolecules The invention generally provides a method for the sample preparation for a subsequent preparation, processing or analysis method of a sample containing an at least one species of nucleic acid and/or one species of protein, whereby the method comprises the following ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7785660 | Preparation of polymer particles A process for the preparation of polymer magnetic particles, which comprises: providing polymer particles having a porous interior, and contacting the polymer particles with a magnetic fluid comprising a homogeneous dispersion of magnetic particles, whereby the magn... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7670777 | Method for detecting DNA methylation using labelled S-adenosylmethionine analogs The invention relates to a method for detecting the methylation status in DNA samples. According to the invention, a DNA methyl transferase and a labeled S-adenosylmethionine derivative allow a detectable label to be covalently bonded to the DNA, in accordance with ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7648824 | Method of sequencing DNA The present invention provides a method of identifying a base at a target position in a sample nucleic acid sequence, said method comprising: subjecting a primer hybridised to said sample nucleic acid immediately adjacent to the target position, to a polymerase prim... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7632466 | Ultraphobic surface structure having a plurality of hydrophilic areas Disclosed is an ultraphobic surface structure, especially a microtitre plate and a method for the production thereof which is provided with a plurality of hydrophilic areas which are preferably distributed on the surface in a periodic manner. ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7598316 | Preparation of polymer particles A process for the preparation of polymer magnetic particles, which comprises: providing a water phase containing magnetic components homogeneously dispersed therein, wherein the water phase is contacted with or further contains a polymerisable metal-containing or or... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7553619 | Detection method using dissociated rolling circle amplification Disclosed are compositions and methods for detecting small quantities of analytes such as proteins and peptides. The method involves associating a DNA circle with the analyte and subsequent release and rolling circle replication of the circular DNA molecule. In the ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7517969 | Process for isolating nucleic acid with chaotrope agents and ammonium compounds A process for isolating nucleic acid from a nucleic acid-containing sample, which comprises: (a) providing a chaotrope; (b) providing a nucleic acid binding solid phase capable of binding nucleic acid in the presence of the chaotrope; (c) providing a source of NH4+ ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7510826 | Process for the depletion or removal of endotoxins A process for the depletion or removal of endotoxins from preparations containing active ingredients designated for therapeutical use which are obtained from natural sources by genetic engineering and/or biotechnology by treatment with chromatographic material where... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7456392 | Use of ultraphobic surfaces having a multitude of hydrophilic areas for analyzing samples The invention relates to the use of surfaces having hydrophilic and/or oleophilic areas, each of which being completely surrounded by the ultraphobic areas, for analyzing samples. The invention also relates to a method for precisely dosing liquids without contaminat... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7358047 | Methods of forming circular nucleic acid probes and uses thereof The present invention relates generally to a method of amplifying closed circular nucleic acid probes and, more particularly, to a method of amplifying closed circular nucleic acid probes by rolling circle amplification. The method of the present invention is useful... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7297485 | Method for nucleic acid amplification that results in low amplification bias Disclosed are compositions and methods for amplification of nucleic acid sequences of interest. It has been discovered that amplification reactions can produce amplification products of high quality, such as low amplification bias, if performed on an amount of nucle... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7285331 | Ultraphobic surface The invention relates to a structured surface with ultraphobic properties. Said surface as a surface topography in which the value of the integral of a function S: S(log f)=a(f)·f, which gives a relationship between the spatial frequencies f of the individual Fouri... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270953 | Compositions for isolating and/or stabilising nucleic acids in biological material The present invention relates to new compositions for isolating and/or stabilising nucleic acids in materials of biological origin. The compositions comprise as an essential ingredient a cationic compound of general formula Y+R1R... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7214508 | Method for coarse purification of cell digests from microorganisms The present invention relates to the coarse clarification of lysed cell material from microorganisms and particularly to a method of obtaining nucleic acids. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides a method of coarsely clarifying cell lysate from micr... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205129 | Method for reducing artifacts in nucleic acid amplification Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for reducing the formation of artifacts during nucleic acid amplification reactions. The method uses special oligonucleotides, referred to herein as template-deficient oligonucleotides, that cannot serve as a template fo... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192744 | Targeted transfection of cells using a biotinylated dendrimer The present invention relates to processes for the targeted transfection of cells, compositions which may be used for such processes, and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions for gene therapy. In particular, the invention relates to a process for introducing nu... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183002 | Porous ferro- or ferrimagnetic glass particles for isolating molecules Porous, ferro- or ferrimagnetic, glass particles are described that selectively bind molecules of interest, especially nucleic acid molecules, under appropriate conditions. Methods of preparing the porous, ferro- or ferrimagnetic, glass particles and their use of id... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7109322 | Process for the depletion or removal of endotoxins A process for the depletion or removal of endotoxins from preparations containing active ingredients designated for therapeutical use which are obtained from natural sources by genetic engineering and/or biotechnology by treatment with chromatographic material where... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7074600 | Amplification of denatured and stabilized nucleic acids Disclosed are compositions and a method for amplification of nucleic acid sequences of interest. The disclosed method generally involves replication of a target sequence such that, during replication, the replicated strands are displaced from the target sequence by ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7041480 | Generation of single-strand circular DNA from linear self-annealing segments The present invention provides a method for the rapid simultaneous production of a plurality of single-stranded DNA circles having a predetermined size and nucleotide sequence using pre-designed hairpin oligonucleotides containing complementary sequences for directi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7005266 | Nucleic acid isolation from stool samples and other inhibitor-rich biological materials The invention relates to a method for the stabilization, purification or/and isolation of nucleic acids from material samples, in particular, stool samples, which can contain impurities and inhibitors or interfering substances. The invention further relates to a rea... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6992182 | Method for isolating DNA from biological materials The invention relates to a method for the stabilization, purification or/and isolation of nucleic acids from biological materials, in particular stool samples which may contain contaminations and interfering substances. Furthermore, a reagent kit suitable for carryi... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6946250 | Process for the separation of double-stranded/single-stranded nucleic acid structures The present invention pertains to a process for the chromatographic separation of nucleic acid mixtures into their double-stranded and single-stranded nucleic acid fractions by simultaneously absorbing said nucleic acids as a whole to a mineral support, followed by ... | 09/20/2005 |
