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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy
A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7534372 | Catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbons A process for the production of a reaction product including a carbon containing compound. The process includes providing a film of a fuel source including at least one organic compound on a wall of a reactor, contacting the fuel source with a source of oxygen, form... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7531162 | Transcobalamin receptor binding conjugates useful for treating abnormal cellular proliferation An agent, composition and method for the treatment, prophylaxis and/or diagnosis of proliferative disorders, which is highly and efficiently absorbed at the site of abnormal cellular proliferation is disclosed. ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7527931 | Identification of a gene associated with spinocerebellar ataxia type 5 and methods of use The present invention provides methods that include analyzing an SCA5 polynucleotide, and determining whether the SCA5 polynucleotide includes a mutation. The methods may be used to identify a subject that is at risk or not at risk for developing spinocerebellar ata... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7522673 | Space-time coding using estimated channel information The invention is directed to techniques for space-time coding in a wireless communication system in which the transmitter makes use of multiple transmit antennas. The transmitter uses channel information estimated by a receiving device and returned to the transmitte... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7505807 | Magnetic resonance apparatus for use with active electrode and drug deliver catheter The invention is an apparatus and method for treatments and targeted drug delivery into a living patient, particularly but not exclusively using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The apparatus and method are useful in delivery to all types of living tissue and uses M... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7498063 | High mass throughput particle generation using multiple nozzle spraying Spraying apparatus and methods that employ multiple nozzle structures for producing multiple sprays of particles, e.g., nanoparticles, for various applications, e.g., pharmaceuticals, are provided. For example, an electrospray dispensing device may include a plurali... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7496128 | Multi-user interference resilient ultra wideband (UWB) communication Techniques are described for maintaining the orthogonality of waveforms transmitted in ultra wideband (UWB) multi-user wireless communication systems. The multi-stage block-spreading (MS-BS) techniques described herein deterministically eliminate multiple user inter... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7484167 | Error detection using codes targeted to prescribed error types Techniques are described for detecting error events in codewords detected from data signals transmitted via a communication system. The error events are detected with an error detection code that corresponds to one or more dominant error events for the communication... | 01/27/2009 |
| PP19579 | Grapevine plant named ‘Marquette’ The invention is a new and distinct variety of grape vine plant designated ‘Marquette’, which produces bluish-black colored fruit suitable for red wine production, and has a combination of high wine quality, excellent cold hardiness and good disease resistance. | 12/16/2008 |
| PP19446 | Apple tree named ‘Wildung’ A new cultivar of Apple tree, ‘Wildung’, is a late season cultivar that has shown to be hardy and productive for twenty-two years in east central Minnesota. The fruit is characterized by moderately firm, fine-grained flesh, with low acidity and a sweet taste wit... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7446335 | Process and apparatus for forming nanoparticles using radiofrequency plasmas Methods and apparatus for producing nanoparticles, including single-crystal semiconductor nanoparticles, are provided. The methods include the step of generating a constricted radiofrequency plasma in the presence of a precursor gas containing precursor molecules to... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442782 | Intron associated with myotonic dystrophy type 2 and methods of use The present invention provides methods for identifying individuals not at risk for developing myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2), and individuals that have or at risk for developing DM2. The present invention also provides isolated polynucleotides that include a repeat... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7429453 | Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase chain reactions The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligat... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425828 | Frequency swept excitation for magnetic resonance A method of magnetic resonance is provided that uses a frequency swept excitation wherein the acquired signal is a time domain signal is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises, applying a sweeping frequency excitation and acquiring a time domain signal. T... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418866 | Method and apparatus for evaluation of standing timber A method and apparatus for measuring the quality of live, standing timber employs deep-set spike probes angled to create a longitudinal compression wave. Alignment tools and isolation of the probes provide an improved signal, automated detection of probe separation ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7405202 | CRISP polypeptides as contraceptives and inhibitors of sperm capacitation Included in the present invention are methods of inhibiting sperm capacitation, inhibiting the phosphorylation of a protein at tyrosine residues, inhibiting an acrosomal reaction, and inhibiting fertilization of an egg by sperm with the administration of a CRISP pol... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403006 | Frequency swept excitation for magnetic resonance A method of magnetic resonance is provided that uses a frequency swept excitation wherein the acquired signal is a time domain signal is provided. In one embodiment, the sweeping frequency excitation has a duration and is configured to sequentially excite isochromat... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403509 | Receiver for chip-interleaved block-spread multi-user communication systems Techniques are described for performing block equalization on a received wireless communication signal formed according to interleaved chips generated from sub-blocks of symbols. For example, a one-step block equalization process is described which produces estimate... | 07/22/2008 |
| PP18812 | Apple tree named ‘Minneiska’ A new cultivar of apple tree, ‘Minneiska’ that is characterized by having fruit with an early ripening season, a crisp and juicy texture and slightly tart but well-balanced flavor. The fruit of ‘Minneiska’ has an unusually long storage life for an early ripe... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364858 | Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase chain reactions The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligat... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7347331 | Fines removal apparatus and methods/systems regarding same Apparatus, methods and systems are used to separate fines from objects of a feed mixture being processed (e.g., iron bearing pellets, chips and dust). For example, at least a portion of an endless belt defining a channel is movable up an incline relative to horizont... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344530 | Thermal surgical procedures and compositions Methods, compositions, and systems useful to enhance a thermal surgical procedure are described. Compositions include at least one compound effective to induce an inflammatory response in biological material identified to undergo a thermal surgical procedure. Method... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344531 | Thermal surgical procedures and compositions Methods, compositions, and systems useful to enhance a thermal surgical procedure are described. Compositions include at least one compound effective to induce an inflammatory response in biological material identified to undergo a thermal surgical procedure. Method... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342972 | Timing synchronization using dirty templates in ultra wideband (UWB) communications Techniques are described for synchronizing the timing of the receiver with the received waveform in ultra wideband (UWB) communication systems. The described techniques correlate the received waveform with dirty templates, i.e. segments of the received waveform, wit... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340009 | Space-time coding for multi-antenna ultra-wideband transmissions Space-time (ST) coding techniques are described for multi-antenna transmissions in ultra-wideband (UWB) communication systems. The ST coding schemes may, therefore, be tailored for dense multipath channels. The techniques may be applied with linear and nonlinear mod... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339023 | Partial peptide mimetics and methods Partial peptide mimetics and methods of making and using, wherein the partial peptide mimetics have a first amino acid sequence comprising ANIKLSVQMKL (SEQ ID NO:8), a homolog thereof, or a segment of SEQ ID NO:8 or a homolog thereof, a second amino acid sequence co... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332285 | Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase chain reactions The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligat... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320865 | Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase chain reactions The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligat... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7312039 | Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase chain reactions The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligat... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300405 | Analysis of auscultatory sounds using single value decomposition Techniques are described for analyzing auscultatory sounds to aid a medical professional in diagnosing physiological conditions of a patient. A data analysis system, for example, applies singular value decomposition to auscultatory sounds associated known physiologi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294699 | Modified vitamin K-dependent polypeptides The invention provides vitamin k-dependent polypeptides with enhanced membrane binding affinity. These polypeptides can be used to modulate clot formation in mammals. Methods of modulating clot formation in mammals are also described. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292647 | Wireless communication system having linear encoder In general, linear complex-field encoding techniques are proposed For example, transmitter of a wireless communication system includes an encoder and a modulator. The encoder linearly encodes a data stream to produce an encoded data stream. The modulator to produce ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280604 | Space-time doppler coding schemes for time-selective wireless communication channels Space-time Doppler (STDO) coding techniques are describe for time-selective channels. In particular, a STDO coded system is capable of achieving a maximum Doppler diversity for time-selective frequency-flat channels. As demonstrated herein, this maximum diversity ma... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279322 | Electrospraying apparatus and method for coating particles An electrospraying apparatus and/or method is used to coat particles. For example, a flow including at least one liquid suspension may be provided through at least one opening at a spray dispenser end. The flow includes at least particles and a coating material. A s... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276224 | Synthesis of nanoporous particles Methods of producing nanoporous particles by spray pyrolysis of a precursor composition including a reactive precursor salt and a nonreactive matrix salt are provided, wherein the matrix salt is used as a templating medium. Nanoporous aluminum oxide particles produc... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264804 | Kits for detecting anti-SIRS antibodies The invention includes kits for producing and using immunogenic compositions that include swine infertility and respiratory virus. The invention also includes vaccines and sera for treatment of Mystery Swine Disease (MSD), a method for producing the vaccine, methods... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262334 | Catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbons A process for the production of a reaction product including a carbon containing compound. The process includes providing a film of a fuel source including at least one organic compound on a wall of a reactor, contacting the fuel source with a source of oxygen, form... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255848 | Production of hydrogen from alcohols A process for producing hydrogen from ethanol or other alcohols. The alcohol, optionally in combination with water, is contacted with a catalyst comprising rhodium. The overall process is preferably carried out under autothermal conditions. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251768 | Wireless communication system having error-control coder and linear precoder In general, joint error-control coding and linear precoding techniques are proposed for fading-resilient transmissions over frequency- at and frequency-selective fading channels encountered with high-rate wireless OFDM transmissions. For example, a wireless communic... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247338 | Coating medical devices Methods and systems for coating at least a portion of a medical device (e.g., a stent structure) include providing a plurality of coating particles (e.g., monodisperse coating particles) in a defined volume. For example, the particles may be provided using one or mo... | 07/24/2007 |
