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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184298 | Spatial light interference microscopy and fourier transform light scattering for cell and tissue characterization Methods and apparatus for rendering quantitative phase maps across and through transparent samples. A broadband source is employed in conjunction with an objective, Fourier optics, and a programmable two-dimensional phase modulator to obtain amplitude and phase info... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183512 | Optically-triggered power system and devices A power device is provided in an optically-triggered power system having a controller for generating electrical control signals and a converter for converting the electrical control signals to optical control signals. The power device includes a pair of terminals an... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183046 | Temperature resistant pH buffers for use at low temperatures A method for preparing a composition that includes selecting a pH of the composition; selecting a first buffer with a negative temperature coefficient; selecting a second buffer with a positive temperature coefficient; and forming the composition comprising the firs... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182819 | Composition and method for facilitating the internalization of a therapeutic agent into a cell The present invention is a composition and method for facilitating the internalization of a therapeutic agent into a cell. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of the extracellular domain of basigin-2, cyclophilin, or anti-basigin-2 antibody or antibody fr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179939 | Light emitting and lasing semiconductor devices and methods A two terminal semiconductor device for producing light emission in response to electrical signals, includes: a terminal-less semiconductor base region disposed between a semiconductor emitter region and a semiconductor collector region having a tunnel junction adja... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179937 | High speed light emitting semiconductor methods and devices A method for producing a high frequency optical signal component representative of a high frequency electrical input signal component, includes the following steps: providing a semiconductor transistor structure that includes a base region of a first semiconductor t... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179032 | Ellipsoidal microcavity plasma devices and powder blasting formation The invention provides microcavity plasma devices and arrays that are formed in layers that also seal the plasma medium, i.e., gas(es) and/or vapors. No separate packaging layers are required and additional packaging can be omitted if it is desirable to do so. A pre... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175817 | Reciprocal symmetry plots as a new representation of countercurrent chromatograms Various methods for visualization of output from a liquid-liquid chromatographic instrument are provided. One or more analytes detected by a liquid-liquid chromatographic instrument are visualized by providing a data set comprising a plurality of data points corresp... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173598 | Myeloid protein activation of anti-inflammatory and anti-hypoxic pathway Provided are methods to enhance healing of wounds and tissue, especially during or pursuant to psychological and/or physical stress and to protect tissue from deleterious effects associated with oxidative, psychological and/or physical stress, including but not limi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173595 | Methods and compositions for the inhibition of thrombus formation The present invention is directed to anti-platelet peptides that may be used in various methods for the treatment or prophylaxis of thrombosis. More specifically, the specification describes methods and compositions for making and using compositions GPIbα fragments... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173390 | Method for facilitating fermentation of high solids compositions The present invention features a method for facilitating the fermentation of a high solids composition. The method involves subjecting the high solids composition to granular starch hydrolyzing enzyme during the fermentation process to provide a steady source of glu... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168176 | CBLB for treating endotoxin-mediated disorders Methods of treating endotoxin-mediated disorders are provided. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159287 | Transistor device and method A field-effect transistor device, including: a semiconductor heterostructure comprising, in a vertically stacked configuration, a semiconductor gate layer between semiconductor source and drain layers, the layers being separated by heterosteps; the gate layer having... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159134 | Arrays of microcavity plasma devices and electrodes with reduced mechanical stress A preferred embodiment low stress electrode and a preferred array of microcavity plasma devices of the invention include a plurality of thin metal first electrodes and stress reduction structures and/or geometries designed to promote the flatness during and after pr... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155898 | Methods and apparatus for providing an extremely fast response in switching power converters A method is provided for accomplishing energy changes for a power converter to minimize an impact of a disturbance. The power converter includes energy storage and switches. The method comprises determining a nature of the disturbance, evaluating an amount of energy... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153370 | RNA from cytology samples to diagnose disease The invention relates to methods and kits for detecting the likelihood that a subject has cancer, e.g., squamous cell carcinoma, by assaying the expression levels of tumor associated genes. More specifically, the expression levels of nucleic acids or proteins can be... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152908 | Micromachined gas chromatography columns for fast separation of Organophosphonate and Organosulfur compounds and methods for deactivating same Improved microcolumns and methods for producing microcolumns particularly suitable for use in gas chromatographs are disclosed. In particular, following deposition of the stationary phase coating, the microcolumns are subjected to a postcoating treatment with a mole... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8137968 | Selected endothelial progenitor cells and methods for use The present invention is a method for preparing a substantially pure population of endothelial progenitor cells wherein said cells express Flk-1, CD34, α5β1 integrin fibronectin, and vWF and exhibit an adherent phenotype and methods for using... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131656 | Adaptive optimization methods Methods and systems for optimizing a solution set. A solution set is generated, and solutions in the solution set are evaluated. Desirable solutions from the solution set are selected. A structural model is created using the desirable solutions, and a surrogate fitn... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124055 | Compositions and methods to control angiogenesis with cupredoxins The present invention relates to compositions comprising cupredoxins, and their use to inhibit angiogenesis in mammalian cells, tissues, and animals, and particularly the angiogenesis that accompanies tumor development and particularly in humans. Specifically, the p... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123841 | Column design for micro gas chromatograph Improved micro-columns and methods for producing micro-columns particularly suitable for use in gas chromatographs are disclosed. In particular, following deposition of the stationary phase coating, the micro-columns are subjected to a postcoating treatment with a m... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123834 | High gain selective metal organic framework preconcentrators Novel metal organic framework (MOF) molecules and methods of synthesizing them are described. MOFs are organometallic crystalline structures that have high sorption capacity due to high surface area, tailorable selectivity, an inert nature, and thermal stability at ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121668 | System and method for providing flow-enhanced signal intensity during a functional MRI process A method for imaging a brain of a subject includes providing a cognitive task for the subject or measuring resting state blood flow without a cognitive task, applying a saturation pulse sequence to saturate a slice within an imaging volume in the subject, and applyi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121378 | Fast hierachical tomography methods and apparatus Pixel images {circumflex over (f)} are created from projections (q1 . . . qp) by backprojecting selected projections to produce intermediate images (Il,m), and performing digital image coordinate transformations and/or resampling on ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118752 | Apparatus and methods for mapping retinal function The present invention provides an electrode array device for simultaneously detecting electrical potentials at five or more locations on the anterior surface of an eye. The device comprises a dielectric lens substrate having a concave inner surface conforming to the... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117208 | System for entity search and a method for entity scoring in a linked document database A system has a processor coupled to access a document database that indexes keywords and instances of entities having entity types in a plurality of documents. The processor is programmed to receive an input query including one or more keywords and one or more entit... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115934 | Device and method for imaging the ear using optical coherence tomography A method of forming an image of tissue. The method includes non-invasively inserting a fiber-based device into a patient's ear canal and acquiring OCT data from ear tissue while the fiber-based device is in the ear canal. The method also includes converting the OCT ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114896 | Method and composition for potentiating an opiate analgesic Composition and methods of treating pain and reducing or reversing tolerance to opiate analgesics are disclosed. The composition and method utilize an opiate analgesic and an endothelin antagonist as active agents to treat pain in mammals, including humans. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114638 | Arabinitol dehydrogenase from Stable and active arabinitol dehydrogenases (LAD) from Neurospora crassa and mutants thereof are disclosed. Arabinitol dehydrogenases are useful in the production of xylitol and ethanol from an arabinose containing substrate. Recombinant and heterologously ex... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110503 | Surface preparation for thin film growth by enhanced nucleation Various processes and related systems are provided for making structures on substrate surfaces. Disclosed are methods of making a structure supported by a substrate by providing a substrate having a receiving surface and exposing at least a portion of the receiving ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8097728 | Iminosugar compounds with antiflavirus activity An anti-viral compounds effective against viruses belonging to the Flaviviridae family, wherein the anti-viral compounds are 1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-D-glucitol derivative compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095344 | Methods and systems for modeling material behavior A method for modeling material behavior includes using empirical three dimensional non-uniform stress and strain data to train a self-organizing computational model such as a neural network. A laboratory device for measuring non-uniform stress and strain data from m... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094301 | Video and thermal imaging system for monitoring interiors of high temperature reaction vessels A system and method for real-time monitoring of the interior of a combustor or gasifier wherein light emitted by the interior surface of a refractory wall of the combustor or gasifier is collected using an imaging fiber optic bundle having a light receiving end and ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092995 | Expressed pseudogene regulates gene expression Selective expression of a pseudogene of myosin light chain kinase is found in cancer cells and tissues but not in normal cells and tissues. The pseudogene is expressed, and when expressed it inhibits expression of the ancestral myosin light chain kinase. This widesp... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089630 | Spectral near-field optical tomography A method and computer program product for imaging an object are disclosed. The object is illuminated with an electromagnetic wave, characterized by a spectrum of illuminating wavevectors. Electromagnetic waves scattered by the object are detected, and are characteri... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8080095 | Steady state tracking desorption system and method A preferred embodiment steady state tracking desorption system achieves steady tracking of either a fixed sorbate output set point, or a set point that changes over time. The system includes an electrically heated thermal adsorption/desorption device A temperature s... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8076893 | Displacement actuation and sensing for an electrostatic drive An electrostatic drive includes a first electrode and a second electrode responsive to a drive signal. The drive signal includes an actuation signal constituent and a sensing signal constituent. The sensing signal constituent is at a frequency higher than a natural ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076315 | Pharmacological treatments for sleep disorders (apnoe) with prostanoid receptor antagonists This invention is directed to methods for preventing or ameliorating sleep-related breathing disorders. The method comprises administration to a patient in need thereof an effective dose of one or a combination of prostanoid receptor antagonists (eg. ramatroban, ife... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070920 | Nanometer-scale sharpening of conductor tips The invention provides methods for sharpening the tip of an electrical conductor. The methods of the invention are capable of producing tips with an apex radius of curvature less than 2 nm. The methods of the invention are based on simultaneous direction of ionized ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070679 | Accurate determination of intraocular pressure and characterization of mechanical properties of the cornea A computer-implemented method for accurate determination of intraocular pressure (IOP) and characterization of mechanical properties of a cornea is provided that includes measuring a cornea with a probe tonometer to produce at least force versus displacement data ov... | 12/06/2011 |
