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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7195749 | Chemical-pressure tailoring of low-field, room temperature magnetoresistance in (Ca, Sr, Ba) FeMoO The room temperature, low field intergrain magnetoresistance (IMR) of the double perovsktite SrFe0.5MO0.5O3 is found to be highly tunable by doping either Ca or Ba into the Sr site. The dopant exerts a chemical pressure, changing the... | 03/27/2007 |
| 6723387 | Multimodal structured hardcoatings made from micro-nanocomposite materials A thermal spray method for the fabrication of ceramic/metal and ceramic/ceramic hardcoating for wear applications. The method makes use of feedstock powder, composed of micron-scale aggregates of hard phase material particles that are either mixed or coated with a r... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6373863 | Yitterbium laser system An apparatus, composition, and method for producing an optical gain. The apparatus includes: an optical fiber having a core and a multiple cladding, the core being doped with Yb3+; a light source producing light at a wavelength in a range of from about 0.... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6308300 | Test generation for analog circuits using partitioning and inverted system simulation The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for testing analog and mixed analog and digital circuits in which test waveforms are generated for testing the analog circuit. The analog circuit can be represented by a directed circuit graph. The d... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6132993 | Process for the production of amphotericin-B inhibiting production of amphotericin-A Methods are provided for improving the microbial production of amphotericin B by the selective inhibition of amphotericin A by means of protein synthesis inhibitors.... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6131181 | Method and system for identifying tested path delay faults The present invention relates to a method and system for identifying tested path-delay faults in integrated circuits. A path status graph is generated to represent the detected status of simulated path-delay faults. The path status graph includes vertices... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6127005 | Method of thermally glazing an article Coating and filler materials for localized thermal processing of glazed ceramics and other brittle and low thermal conductivity materials. The coating materials include oxide compositions that exhibit coefficients of thermal expansion which are less than ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6090343 | Triphasic composite and method for making same A method for fabricating a triphasic composite such as a WC/Co/diamond composite with a high volume fraction of diamond in a WC/Co matrix. The method involves sintering of a WC/Co powder compact to develop a porous preform, which displays some rigidity an... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5974329 | Method and system for mobile location estimation The present invention relates to a method and system for mobile location estimation in which range measurements between the mobile station and a base station are discriminated as being either from a base station which is line of sight with the mobile stat... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5959102 | Starch purification by thermally tolerant broad pH range proteolytic enzymes The present invention is directed to purifying starch granules from starch-bearing crops, preferably maize, which include treating starch granules with a thermally tolerant, broad pH range proteolytic enzyme that is specific for surface-associated protein... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5884999 | Method and apparatus for mixing particulate solids with rocking and rotational motion A method and apparatus for improved particulate mixing in which rotational motion of a mixing vessel is periodically disrupted by rocking motion. A vessel rotates around a central axis for producing the rotational motion. The vessel is rocked in a directi... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5843724 | Chimeric nucleic acids and proteins for inhibiting HIV-1 expression A chimeric nucleic acid molecule encoding an NS1-Rev fusion protein having Rev function inhibitory activity.... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5841045 | Cemented carbide articles and master alloy composition A low melting point alloy is used to sinter metal carbide particles. The alloy is a eutectic-like alloy formed from a binding metal such as iron, cobalt or nickel, in combination with vanadium and chromium. The alloy is preferably formed by forming two se... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5831437 | Test generation using signal flow graphs The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating test patterns to test an analog or mixed signal circuit. A signal flow graph of the analog circuit is determined. The signal flow graph is inverted and reverse simulated with good and ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5776264 | Method for producing amorphous based metals Amorphous tungsten, cobalt, nickel, molybdenum, iron and alloys thereof can be formed by reducing metal-containing compositions to form the elemental metal wherein the particle size of the elemental metal is less than about 80 microns. This is oxidized in... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5714374 | Chimeric rhinoviruses Various novel recombinant chimeric human rhinoviruses are disclosed, including viruses comprising human rhinovirus 14 into which chimeric regions derived from influenza HA, poliovirus and HIV-1 have been incorporated. Chimeric human rhinoviruses are parti... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5703908 | Fixed reference shift keying modulation for mobile radio telecommunications A method and apparatus for improved mobile radio telecommunications employs the transmission of a pilot reference signal within the coherence band of the modulated carrier wave. The receiver in this system uses instantaneous phase estimation techniques of... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5695761 | Suppression of nitric oxide production by osteopontin The present invention relates to compositions and methods for inhibition of the vasoactive and signal transduction agent nitric oxide (NO), and to therapeutic treatment of diseases or disorders that involve inappropriate or detrimental NO activity. The in... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5660822 | Polymers containing antifibrotic agents, compositions containing such polymers, and methods of preparation and use The present invention concerns a method for treating fibrotic conditions by administration of an effective amount of an antifibrotic agent. The antifibrotic agent is preferably a proline analog, such as cis-4-hydroxy-L-proline (cHyp). The antifibrotic age... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5638823 | System and method for noninvasive detection of arterial stenosis A system and method for noninvasively detecting coronary artery disease. The system and method utilize a vasodilator drug to increase the signal-to-noise ratio of an acoustic signal that represents diastolic heart sounds of a patient. A wavelet transform ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5615466 | Mehtod for making piezoelectric composites A disclosed process uses ceramic fiber fabrication technology and allows for novel composite designs, including composites with different polarizable material regions and composites with a gradient in volume fraction of polarizable material. Moreover, com... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5605156 | Flexible diaphragm tonometer A pressure waveform monitor for non-invasively monitoring the pressure waveform inside a vessel, such as an artery, includes a flexible diaphragm extended across an opening of a container containing a fluid. The flexible diaphragm is placed against tissue... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5604113 | Cells having oncogene-suppressed p53-mediated apoptosis and methods of use to identify anti-oncogenic compounds The present invention is a method for determining if a compound potentially modulates the ability of a putative oncogene to suppress p53-mediated effects, comprising (A) adding an amount of said compound to genetically engineered cells that express (i) a ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5574807 | Coupler used to fabricate add-drop devices, dispersion compensators, amplifiers, oscillators, superluminescent devices, and communications systems Device for use in adding or dropping light signals at predetermined center wavelengths to or from a wavelength division multiplex, fiber optic transmission system. The device includes an evanescent wave coupler having a coupling region formed from two sin... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5556949 | CAP-phenanthroline conjugate for DNA cleavage A class of site-specific DNA cleavage agents comprising a sequence-specific DNA binding protein and a nucleolytic moiety attached thereto at an amino acid that is close to DNA in the specific protein-DNA complex, but that is not close to DNA in the non-sp... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5545229 | Functional and biocompatible intervertebral disc spacer containing elastomeric material of varying hardness The construction and manufacturing technique for a functional biocompatible intervertebral disc spacer is described. This device is useful for a replacement for a degenerated disc in certain treatments of back pain and spinal disease. The disc spacer poss... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5522012 | Speaker identification and verification system The present invention relates to a speaker recognition method and system which applies adaptive component weighting to each frame of speech for attenuating non-vocal tract components and normalizing speech components. A linear predictive all pole model is... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5474757 | Prevention of acetaminophen overdose toxicity with organosulfur compounds A method of preventing acetaminophen (APAP)-induced hepatotoxicity utilizing diallyl sulfide (DAS) and diallyl sulfone (DASO2) is disclosed. DAS and DASO2 are prepared as an oral dosage form or injected. In a preferred embodiment, di... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5459801 | Coupler used to fabricate add-drop devices, dispersion compensators, amplifiers, oscillators, superluminescent devices, and communications systems Device for use in adding or dropping light signals at predetermined center wavelengths to or from a wavelength division multiplex, fiber optic transmission system. The device includes an evanescent wave coupler having a coupling region formed from two sin... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5457758 | Add-drop device for a wavelength division multiple, fiber optic transmission system Device for use in adding or dropping light signals at predetermined center wavelengths to or from a wavelength division multiplex, fiber optic transmission system. The device includes an evanescent wave coupler having a coupling region formed from two sin... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5422891 | Robust delay fault built-in self-testing method and apparatus This invention relates to a method and apparatus for robust delay fault testing of integrated circuits (IC) with built-in self-testing. For the method, hazardous nodes of the IC are determined. Thereafter, the topology of the IC can be modified to include... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5372807 | Polymers containing antifibrotic agents, compositions containing such polymers, and methods of preparation and use The present invention concerns a method for treating fibrotic conditions by administration of an effective amount of an antifibrotic agent. The antifibrotic agent is preferably a proline analog, such as cis-4-hydroxy-L-proline (cHyp). The antifibrotic age... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5363855 | Pressure waveform monitor A pressure waveform monitor noninvasively monitors the pressure waveform in an underlying vessel such as an artery. The apparatus comprises at least one continuous, relatively thin and narrow diaphragm mounted in a housing to be placed on the tissue overl... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5171281 | Functional and biocompatible intervertebral disc spacer containing elastomeric material of varying hardness The construction and manufacturing technique for a functional biocompatible intervertebral disc spacer is described. This device is useful for a replacement for a degenerated disc in certain treatments of back pain and spinal disease. The disc spacer poss... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5154680 | Pressure waveform monitor A pressure waveform monitor noninvasively monitors the pressure waveform in an underlying vessel such as an artery. The apparatus comprises at least one/continuous, relatively thin and narrow diaphragm mounted in a housing to be placed on the tissue overl... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5113424 | Apparatus for taking radiographs used in performing dental subtraction radiography with a sensorized dental mouthpiece and a robotic system Apparatus for taking dental x-rays used in performing subtraction radiography, includes an appliance for holding a dental x-ray film at a fixed position with respect to the teeth of a person, the appliance including a dental mold for holding the appliance... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5061628 | Restriction endonuclease FseI A novel Type II restriction endonuclease isolated from Frankia species DDB13250120 is provided. The enzyme, designated FseI, recognizes the octanucleotide sequence ##STR1## and cleaves Adenovirus 2 DNA at the sites indicated by the arrows.... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5054831 | Piercing element gripping apparatus A gripping apparatus has at least two elongated piercing elements which slide in elongated collars or sleeves between open retracted positions and closed gripping positions. The piercing elements define an angle and they move toward the vertex of the defi... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5015492 | Method and apparatus for pulsed energy induced vapor deposition of thin films Vapor deposition of a thin film is accomplished by employing a pulsed laser to irradiate at least a region of a homogeneous stoichiometric complex material pellet with sufficient energy density to accomplish congruent evaporation of constituents of the ma... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4993420 | Method and apparatus for noninvasive monitoring dynamic cardiac performance A method and apparatus for monitoring the cardiac output of living subjects. Carotid pulse waveforms and femoral pulse waveforms are measured and converted to digitized signals. The carotid pulse signal or waveform is applied as a voltage to the simulated... | 02/19/1991 |
