Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7622446 | Polypeptides, derivatives and uses thereof The invention provides a compound having formula X1-Arg-Xaa-Arg-X2 in which X1 and X2 are up to 30 amino acid residues and Xaa is an amino acid residue. A preferred compound is the tripeptide Arg-Glu-Arg which corresponds ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7491702 | Polypeptides related to amyloid precursor protein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treatment using the same The invention provides compounds having formulae comprising X1-Ser-Met-Arg-Glu-Arg-X2 in which X1 and X2 are up to 30 amino acid residues and the formula represents a reverse-order sequence correspondin... | 02/17/2009 |