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Patent No. 6205950

Pet Toilet-Like Water Disk and Food Storage

One pet-friendly inventor patented "a device for watering pets, e.g., a dog or cat." The device, he helpfully noted, "has the general shape of a toilet."

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Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.


Location: Haifa, IL
No. of patents: 117

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NumberTitleIssue Date
8168180Methods and compositions for modulating angiogenesis
Methods and compositions suitable for modulating angiogenesis in a mammalian tissue are provided. Further provided are methods suitable for inhibiting metastasis and fibrosis in a mammalian tissue and for assessing the malignancy of colon cancer tumors. ...
05/01/2012
8163494Method for assessing metastatic properties of breast cancer
Methods and compositions suitable for modulating angiogenesis in a mammalian tissue are provided. Further provided are methods suitable for inhibiting metastasis and fibrosis in a mammalian tissue and for assessing the malignancy of colon cancer tumors. ...
04/24/2012
8161427Logic circuit and method of logic circuit design
A complementary logic circuit contains a first logic input, a second logic input, a first dedicated logic terminal, a second dedicated logic terminal, a first logic block, and a second logic block. The first logic block consists of a network of p-type transistors fo...
04/17/2012
8138658Piezoelectric-ferroelectric actuator device
An actuator device is disclosed. The actuator device comprises a stack of piezoelectric-ferroelectric active layers separated by surface electrodes. At least a few of the surface electrodes are independently addressable such that at least two active layers are biasa...
03/20/2012
8067937Probe and system for electron spin resonance imaging
ESR imaging probe, system, and method are described. The probe is an ex-situ probe, the system comprises the probe and configured for operating the probe, and the method comprises detecting ESR from outside a resonator of the probe. An exemplary embodiment of a prob...
11/29/2011
8054522Oscillating mirror having a plurality of eigenmodes
Geometric-waveform oscillator for processing light, the geometric waveform oscillator including a plurality of masses, at least one force producing element, and a plurality of elastic elements, each of the force producing elements being coupled with a respective one...
11/08/2011
8032085Spectrum-blind sampling and reconstruction of multi-band signals
A signal processing method includes sampling an analog signal, which has a spectral density defining one or more bands, to produce a digitized signal. A spectral transform of the digitized signal is expressed as a matrix multiplied by a vector, wherein the vector in...
10/04/2011
8026211Methods and formulations for increasing intestinal function
A method for increasing intestinal function is provided. The method comprising orally and/or enterally administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of insulin, thereby increasing intestinal function. ...
09/27/2011
8022190Immuno-molecules containing viral proteins, compositions thereof and methods of using
An immuno-molecule which comprises a soluble human MHC class I effector domain; and an antibody targeting domain which is linked to the soluble human MHC class I effector domain, methods of making same and uses thereof. ...
09/20/2011
8004316Logic circuit and method of logic circuit design
A complementary logic circuit contains a first logic input, a second logic input, a first dedicated logic terminal, a second dedicated logic terminal, a high-voltage terminal configured for connection to a high constant voltage a low-voltage terminal configured for ...
08/23/2011
7977457Fusion proteins, uses thereof and processes for producing same
This invention provides fusion proteins comprising consecutive amino acids which beginning at the amino terminus of the protein correspond to consecutive amino acids present in (i) a cytomegalovirus human MHC-restricted peptide, (ii) a first peptide linker, (iii) a ...
07/12/2011
7964005Copper CMP slurry composition
A composition that rapidly passivates copper-containing surface to yield a uniform layer of insoluble copper oxide, the composition being useful in chemical-mechanical planarization of copper-containing surfaces is disclosed. The composition is a solution having a p...
06/21/2011
7955851Culture of human embryonic stem cells on a matrix with TGFB1 and bFGF
The present invention is of methods of establishing and propagating human embryonic stem cell lines using feeder cells-free, xeno-free culture systems and stem cells which are capable of being maintained in an undifferentiated, pluripotent and proliferative state in...
06/07/2011
7947499Method of dynamically culturing embryonic stem cells
The present invention is of a method of dynamically generating human embryoid bodies which can be used for generating lineage specific cells and cell lines. Specifically, the present invention can be used to generate ESC-differentiated cells for cell-replacement the...
05/24/2011
7915223Antimicrobial agents
A novel class of antimicrobial polymeric agents, which include a plurality of amino acid residues, such as positively charged amino acid residues, and at least one hydrophobic residue linking therebetween, such as an omega-amino-fatty acid residue, designed to exert...
03/29/2011
7875713Synthetic binding pairs comprising cucurbituril derivatives and polyammonium compounds and uses thereof
Derivatized cucurbiturils and cucurbituril assemblies formed thereby are disclosed. Also disclosed are binding pairs of the disclosed cucurbituril assemblies and polyamine structures, which are highly advantageous over the presently known affinity pairs and therefor...
01/25/2011
7799205Ion concentration transistor and dual-mode sensors
An ion concentration sensor produces a signal reflective of the ion concentration within a solution. The ion concentration sensor is based on an ion sensitive transistor having a solution input, a reference input, a diffusion input, and a diffusion output. The ion s...
09/21/2010
7790455Human foreskin fibroblast conditioned media for culturing ES cells
A cell culture comprising human foreskin cells, the human foreskin cells being capable of maintaining stem cells in an undifferentiated state when co-cultured therewith. ...
09/07/2010
7777790Acquisition of image sequences with enhanced resolution
A method for electronic imaging includes controlling an image sensor to capture a first sequence of first input images at a first frame rate having a first spatial resolution, and to capture a second sequence of second input images, interleaved with the first sequen...
08/17/2010
7756323Three-dimensional video scanner
A 3D scanning device comprises: a digital light encoding unit comprising a digital micromirror device for encoding a rapidly changing shape signal onto a light beam directed to an object, a shape of said signal being selected such that distortions thereof by a conto...
07/13/2010
7718777MHC-peptide complex binding ligands
Disclosed are protein ligands comprising an immunoglobulin heavy chain variable (VH) domain and an immunoglobulin light chain variable (VL) domain, wherein the proteins bind a complex comprising an MHC and a peptide, do not substantially bind the MHC in the absence ...
05/18/2010
7716625Logic circuit and method of logic circuit design
A complementary logic circuit contains a first logic input, a second logic input, a first dedicated logic terminal, a second dedicated logic terminal, a first logic block, and a second logic block. The first logic block consists of a network of p-type transistors fo...
05/11/2010
7699778Ultrasound cardiac stimulator
An ultrasound cardiac stimulation system comprising: a spatially selective ultrasound source comprising at least one ultrasound transducer located outside the circulatory system; and a controller; where the controller generates an electrical response in the heart by...
04/20/2010
7682787Compositions and methods for treating disorders associated with abnormal phosphate metabolism
The present invention uncovers that mutations in GALNT3 gene encoding UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (GalNAc-T3) cause familial tumoral calcinosis (FTC). Methods and pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating di...
03/23/2010
7680757Association rule mining in peer-to peer systems
A method for discovering association rules in a distributed database that includes a plurality of partitions associated with respective computing nodes includes generating a candidate association rule defining an association relationship between itemsets in the dist...
03/16/2010
7659751Multiple-output transistor logic circuit
A method of designing logic circuit provides a logic circuit which includes a first transistor network and a complementary second transistor network connected at a central node. The central node serves as a first logic output. Each of the transistor networks is also...
02/09/2010
7642092Cultured cartilage/bone cells/tissue, method of generating same and uses thereof
A method of generating cultured chondrocytes/endochondral bone cells is provided. The method comprising isolating chondrocytes from mandibular condyle tissue, and culturing the isolated chondrocytes. A method of isolating chondrocytes from mandibular condyle tissue ...
01/05/2010
7638124Antigen-presenting complex-binding compositions and uses thereof
A composition-of-matter comprising an antibody or antibody fragment including an antigen-binding region capable of specifically binding an antigen-presenting portion of a complex composed of a human antigen-presenting molecule and an antigen derived from a pathogen ...
12/29/2009
7635685Bifunctional antibiotics for targeting rRNA and resistance-causing enzymes and for inhibition of anthrax lethal factor
A novel group of aminoglycosides which share some structural features of currently available aminoglycosides with regard to the backbone, while also having significant structural differences, is disclosed. The similarity enables these aminoglycosides to be highly po...
12/22/2009
7632923Compositions capable of specifically binding particular human antigen presenting molecule/pathogen-derived antigen complexes and uses thereof
A composition-of-matter comprising an antibody or antibody fragment including an antigen-binding region capable of specifically binding an antigen-presenting portion of a complex composed of a human antigen-presenting molecule and an antigen derived from a pathogen ...
12/15/2009
7629325Human Sef isoforms and methods of using same for cancer diagnosis and gene therapy
A method and pharmaceutical compositions useful for inhibiting the growth of solid tumors (e.g., skin caner) are provided. Specifically, the method is effected by administering to a subject in need thereof an agent capable of upregulating the expression level and/or...
12/08/2009
7623687Three-dimensional face recognition
Apparatus for obtaining 3-Dimensional data of a geometric body for matching, and particularly for use in facial matching, comprises a three dimensional scanner for obtaining three-dimensional topographical data of the body, a triangulator for receiving or forming sa...
11/24/2009
7598164Method for direct bonding of metallic conductors to a ceramic substrate
A method to provide direct bonding of wires to silicon for microelectronic and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). The method includes preparing a rough “pothole” during one of the many deep etch steps already provided in MEMS fabrication. The method also in...
10/06/2009
7592175Methods of preparing feeder cells-free, xeno-free human embryonic stem cells and cell cultures prepared using same
The present invention is of methods of establishing and propagating human embryonic stem cell lines using feeder cells-free, xeno-free culture systems and stem cells which are capable of being maintained in an undifferentiated, pluripotent and proliferative state in...
09/22/2009
7573643Method and apparatus for designing transmissive optical surfaces
A method of designing a transmissive optical element for converting a profile of a light beam from a predetermined input profile to a predetermined output profile is disclosed. The method comprises: calculating a stationary function of a predetermined cost functiona...
08/11/2009
7570427Geometrical phase optical elements with space-variant subwavelength gratings
A space variant polarization optical element for spatially manipulating polarization-dependent geometrical phases of an incident light beam. The element comprises a substrate with a plurality of zones of gratings with a continuously varying orientation. The orientat...
08/04/2009
7554475Low-power inverted ladder digital-to-analog converter
An inverted ladder circuit for a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) having an input binary word representing an input value and an output current corresponding to a converted analog value. The inverted ladder circuit includes at least two fine resistor ladders, inclu...
06/30/2009
7544979Ion concentration transistor and dual-mode sensors
An ion concentration sensor produces a signal reflective of the ion concentration within a solution. The ion concentration sensor is based on an ion sensitive transistor having a solution input, a reference input, a diffusion input, and a diffusion output. The ion s...
06/09/2009
7527999CdZnS high performance TCR material for uncooled microbolometers used in infrared sensors and method of making same
A Cd1-xZnxS film material, with a high value of thermal coefficient of resistance, in the range of 1.5% to 3.7%. The Cd1-xZnxS material has excellent characteristics for use in a microbolometer-type uncooled infrared senso...
05/05/2009
7504381Antimicrobial agents
A novel class of antimicrobial polymeric agents, which include a plurality of amino acid residues, such as positively charged amino acid residues, and at least one hydrophobic residue linking there between. such as an omega-amino-fatty acid residue designed to exert...
03/17/2009
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