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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8093098 | Post-processing treatment of conductive polymers to enhance electrical conductivity A method for enhancing electrical conductivity of a film which includes at least one conductive polymer. The method includes providing the film comprising the at least one conductive polymer and at least one polymer acid, agitating the film in at least one reagent; ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8041931 | Branch prediction apparatus, systems, and methods An apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to predict a branch within a first operating context, such as a user context, using a first strategy; and to predict a branch within a second operating context, such as an operating system conte... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036864 | Method for predicting the formation of silicon nanocrystals in embedded oxide matrices A method for predicting the formation of silicon nanocrystals in an oxide matrix is disclosed. Initially, fundamental data for a set of microscopic processes that can occur during one or more material processing operations are obtained. Kinetic models are then built... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7990328 | Conductor having two frequency-selective surfaces An antenna having two frequency-selective surfaces is disclosed. The antenna includes a first frequency-selective surface (FSS) having multiple holes to form a mesh, a second FSS having a multiple holes to form a mesh, and a perfect electric conductor located betwee... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7906628 | Targeting proteins to deliver therapeutic or diagnostic reagents The present invention is directed to compositions comprising an angiogenesis inhibitor coupled to a therapeutic or diagnostic agent. In a specific embodiment, the composition is a fusion gene or fusion gene product encoding the angiogenesis inhibitor coupled to a th... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7713934 | Thrombin peptide derivatives Disclosed are thrombin peptide derivatives comprising a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO. 2: Arg-Gly-Asp-Ala-Xaa-Glu-Gly-Asp-Ser-Gly-Gly-Pro-Phe-Val, or a C-terminal truncated fragment of the polypeptide having at least six amino acids. Xaa is al... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7620493 | System, method and apparatus for providing navigational assistance The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus to assist a user navigate from a current location to a second location within an environment by determining a distance traveled by the user or from the user to one or more objects. The current location is... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7613569 | Crash prediction network with visual input for vehicle A method for facilitating the avoidance of a vehicle collision with an object includes the following steps: a) providing an environment for generating training examples, b) evolving a good driver using a visual input, c) evolving a crash predictor using a visual inp... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7588438 | System, method and apparatus for fiber sample preparation for image analysis The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for preparing samples for analysis including a mechanical fiber cutting apparatus. The mechanical fiber cutting apparatus has two or more cutter blades under the control of a blade moving mechanism. A fiber ch... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7565231 | Crash prediction network with graded warning for vehicle A method for facilitating the avoidance of a vehicle collision with an object includes the following steps: a) providing a neural network, b) evolving a good driver, c) evolving a crash predictor, and d) outputting a graded warning signal. ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7556743 | Nanocomposites and methods for synthesis and use thereof Nanocomposite compositions and methods of synthesis of the compositions are described. In particular, liquid crystal-functionalized nanoparticles, liquid crystal-templated nanoparticles, nanocomposite compositions including the nanoparticles, and composite compositi... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7454450 | Mixed-signal system for performing Taylor series function approximations A mixed-signal system for performing Taylor series function approximations is disclosed. The mixed-signal system includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), multiple resistor-to-resistor (R2R) ladders, various digital registers, a digital processor and an analog i... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7370610 | On-board fuel fractionation system and methods to generate an engine starting fuel A Fuel Fractionation System (FFS) and associated methods to generate and store a fuel for internal combustion engines is provided. FFS provides a distillation column assembly to distill liquid fuel to form a volatile light fraction secondary fuel. The distillation c... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7227173 | Semiconductor devices and methods A method of forming a semiconductor device includes the following steps: providing a plurality of semiconductor layers; providing means for coupling signals to and/or from layers of the device; providing a quantum well disposed between adjacent layers of the device;... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214792 | Microbial exopolysaccharide and uses thereof A novel microorganism producing a nontoxic, non-antigenic exopolysaccharide is taught. The exopolysaccharide has neutral sugars migrating at the same rate as mannose, fucose, fructose and galactose, acidic sugars migrating at the same rate as fucose and amine sugars... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7199391 | Device with quantum dot layer spaced from delta doped layer A method of forming a semiconductor device includes the following steps: providing a plurality of semiconductor layers; providing means for coupling signals to and/or from layers of the device; providing a layer of quantum dots disposed between adjacent layers of th... | 04/03/2007 |
| 6919639 | Multiple copper vias for integrated circuit metallization and methods of fabricating same Electromigration can be reduced in a copper-based metallization of an integrated circuit that includes a first copper-containing via that electrically connects an underlying conductive line and an overlying copper-containing line through an intervening insulating la... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6759230 | Microbe, microbial exopolysaccharide, and uses thereof A novel microorganism producing a nontoxic, non-antigenic exopolysaccharide is taught. The exopolysaccharide has neutral sugars migrating at the same rate as mannose, fucose, fructose and galactose, acidic sugars migrating at the same rate as fucose and amine sugars... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6551800 | Recombinant materials for production of a protein toxic to fire ants A nucleic acid derived from Bacillus thuringiensis contains a nucleotide sequence that encodes a polypeptide demonstrated to be toxic to fire ants.... | 04/22/2003 |
| 5352608 | Bioreduction of metal oxides and oxyanions by photosynthetic bacteria The invention relates to Proteobacteria that show unusually high level resistance to a wide range of metal oxides and oxyanions and to methods using selected subgroups for efficient reduction of certain metal oxides and oxyanions to the free metal. High l... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5024830 | Method for cryopreparing biological tissue for ultrastructural analysis This invention relates to apparatus for the cryopreparation of biological tissue samples for ultrastructural analysis. The use of the apparatus comprises vitrifying a biological tissue sample under cryogenic temperature conditions and ultra low vacuum con... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4888555 | Physiological phantom standard for NMR imaging and spectroscopy A physiological phantom standard for NMR imaging and spectroscopy is provided for testing the entire range of image quality parameters over a region comparable to the physiological sample in size, NMR parameters, and RF conductivity. Included in these tes... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4707998 | Apparatus and method for ultrarapid cooling of biological samples A method and apparatus for ultrarapid cooling of tissue samples against a chilled cryogenic surface. The cryogenic surface is enclosed in an ultra-high hydrocarbon free vacuum chamber during cooling of the cryogenic surface by a helium cryopump or multipl... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4676070 | Apparatus and method for cryopreparing biological tissue This invention relates to method and apparatus for the cryopreparation of biological tissue samples for ultrastructural analysis. The use of the apparatus comprises vitrifying a biological tissue sample under cryogenic temperature conditions and ultra low... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4627419 | Blood pump apparatus and method A blood pump apparatus and method for pumping blood and pressure treating blood for minimizing hemolysis, platelet degradation, microthrombus and bubble formation. A blood pump apparatus for pumping and pressure treating blood comprising a flaccid chamber... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4544874 | Homopolar generator power supply system A high-energy, high-current homopolar generator pulsed power supply system that is compact and field portable. The power supply system includes a hompolar generator (HPG), an auxiliary supply and drive system, both mounted on a skid frame, and a control s... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4510169 | Method and apparatus for cryopreparing biological tissue for ultrastructural analysis This invention relates to a method for the cryopreparation of biological tissue samples for ultrastructural analysis. The process comprises vitrifying a biological tissue sample under severely rapid conditions and then depressurized. The depressurized, vi... | 04/09/1985 |
