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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5149660 | Diagnostic reagents relating to herpes simplex virus Disclosed are diagnostic reagents for use in detection of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 antibodies or Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 antibodies comprising novel Herpes Simplex Virus envelope glycoproteins gD-1 and gD-2, immunologically active fragments thereof... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4762708 | Materials and methods for herpes simplex virus vaccination Disclosed are immunologically active preparations of Herpes simplex virus envelope glycoproteins, gD-1 and gD-2. Preferably purified through use of a monoclonal anti-gD antibody immunoadsorbent, gD-1 and gD-2 preparations are incorporated in vaccines usef... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4728589 | Reversible electrochemical doping of conjugated polymers and secondary batteries based thereon A secondary battery comprises at least one electrode having as an active materials a conjugated polymer, the polymer being doped to an electrically conducting state. Particularly, the battery may comprise the polymer as a cathode and a lithium anode.... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4664849 | Optical materials from intercalation of polyvalent cations in beta double prime alumina Beta double prime alumina is provided having a sensible amount of at least one polyvalent cationic species intercalated therein. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, such beta double prime alumina is provided having trivalent and/or tetravalent cati... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4627892 | Electrochemical sensors and methods for their manufacture and use Improved electrochemical sensors are provided through isostatic processing techniques. Improved electrochemical sensors, especially those suitable for use in metallurgical melts, having, at once, long-term stability, improved sensitivity, and improved phy... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4622105 | Method for measuring gaseous sulfur dioxide An improved gaseous sulfur dioxide galvanic cell is formed by utilizing a solid electrolyte composed of a mixture of lithium sulfate and silver sulfate. A reference electrode is formed by placing a solid mixture of the electrolyte mixture and metallic sil... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4615962 | Diacetylenes having liquid crystal phases Dialkenyl diacetylenes, especially divinyl diacetylenes having liquid crystalline phases, are provided. In accordance with certain preferred embodiments, diacetylenes having liquid crystalline phases are provided which may be polymerized while in the liqu... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4581315 | Photoresistive compositions Photographic and Photolithographic systems are provided which utilize diacetylenic materials as components thereof. Such materials, which include at least two acetylenic bonds in conjugation with one another, provide a combination of both high sensitivity... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4536450 | Nonlinear optical materials and processes employing diacetylenes Novel nonlinear optical, piezoelectric, pyroelectric, waveguide, and other materials are presented together with processes for their employment and articles formed thereby. Such materials, processes and articles comprise diacetylenes and polymers formed f... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4515770 | Food materials for prevention of carious degradation of teeth Cariogenic substances such as foodstuffs are treated to incorporate a soluble source of calcium or phosphate ions to provide a product of calcium and phosphate ion concentrations in fluids of salivary retention areas preclusive of carious dissolution of d... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4511661 | ATCC HB8116 And its monoclonal anti-H-Y antibody, Hyclonalan Hybridoma tumor cell line A.T.C.C. No. HB8116. An anti-H-Y antigen monoclonal antibody substance, "Hyclonalan," produced by said cell line. Use of Hyclonalan in immunoselection methodology.... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4493886 | Composition and method for forming amorphous chalcogenide films from solution Amorphous chalcogenide films substantially free from particulate and microstructure are formed on a substrate from solution. The solution contains a glass-forming chalcogenide compound dissolved in a non-aqueous vaporizable solvent, such as a low molecula... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4486282 | Precipitation of proteins from salt-containing proteinaceous fluids employing a desalting treatment, and use thereof in selective plasmapheresis Total or fractional precipitation of proteins from salt-containing proteinaceous solution or suspension mixtures is induced or enhanced by subjecting the proteinaceous mixture to a desalting treatment, for example, by electrodialysis. In one aspect of the... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4485039 | Synthetic analogues of -melanotropin Cyclic analogues of the tridecapeptide hormone, -melanotropin. (-melanocyte stimulating hormone, -MSH), wherein a physiologically stable intramolecular interaction exists (1) between the amino acid residue at position 4 and an amino a... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4484409 | Prevention of freezing at moderate supercooling using synthetic polymeric ice nucleation inhibitors A synthetic polymeric ice nucleation inhibitor is employed for protecting light frost-sensitive plants against frost injury by inhibiting the ice-nucleating activity of the ice-nucleating bacteria normally present on the plants, and thereby reducing the t... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4477187 | Apparatus and method for sizing particles The disclosed invention employs an optical heterodyne technique that depends upon coherent detection of phase modulated light from individual particles, and does not depend on measurement of light scattered at a specific angle from particles. A collimated... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4467789 | Custom valved cervical cap A non-invasive birth control device in the form of a custom-formed, valved cervical cap is disclosed. The cervical cap comprises a cup-shaped elastomeric shell substantially complementary with contiguous surface of portio vaginalis cervicis when in contac... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4461833 | Chromatographically purifying proteolytic procoagulant enzyme from animal tissue extract A chromatographic procedure for the purification of a proteolytic procoagulant enzyme from extracts of human and animal tumors. The extracts are sequentially contacted with a first benzamide affinity chromatographic resin, an agarose filtration gel, a sec... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4460599 | Mitomycin analogs Compounds of the formula, I, ##STR1## wherein: Y is hydrogen or lower alkyl; and X is a thiazolamino radical, a furfurylamino radical or a radical of the formula, ##STR2## in which R, R1, and R2 are the same or different an... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4458066 | Process for preparing polynucleotides New and useful intermediate nucleotides bound to an inorganic polymer support, including the preparation thereof, and processes for the conversion to oligonucleotides which are especially useful for the synthesis of polynucleotides, particularly ribonucle... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4457864 | Synthetic analogues of -melanotropin Analogues of the tridecapeptide hormone, -melanotropin (a-melanocyte stimulating hormone, -MSH) of the formula: wherein X and Y are amino acid residues and X is in a D-isomeric configuration. Preferred analogues, e.g. [Nle4, D-Phe... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4451571 | Preparation of samples for vitamin B12 and/or folate assay and assay Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) and/or folate (folic acid) assay techniques can be simplified, by eliminating the step of heating or boiling the to-be-tested sample prior to its assay. This is accomplished by utilizing compositions and procedures: (1) ... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4450836 | Custom valved cervical cap with deformable margin A non-invasive birth control device in the form of a custom-formed, valved cervical cap is disclosed. The cervical cap comprises a cup-shaped elastomeric shell substantially complementary with contiguous surface of portio vaginalis cervicis when in contac... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4447547 | Immunoassay for measurement of reticulocytes, and immunoreactive reagents for use therein The reticulocyte content present in a specimen of red blood cells is quantitatively measured based upon the selective immunoreactivity of the reticulocyte portion of the specimen with a reticulocyte-specific antibody which is immunoreactive with proteinac... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4444690 | Technetium chelates A new series of technetium chelating agents based on amide and mercaptide donor groups is described, exemplified by 2,3-bis(mercaptoacetamido)propanoic acid. Chelation of Tc-99 m with 2,3-bis(mercaptoacetamido)propanoic acid resulted in two components tha... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4444898 | Heterocatalyst system Heterocatalyst systems wherein a metal complex is reacted with an --OH group that is in a zeolite or molecular sieve pore, aperture, channel, cavity or cage; improved carbonylation and hydrogenation catalysts, as well as catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch reac... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4442073 | Separation and recovery of metal alloys from superalloy scrap A method for recovering superalloy scrap is disclosed. The method involves oxidizing superalloy scrap in an aqueous acidic medium. The aqueous acidic medium has an oxidation potential sufficient to oxidize nonferrous additive superalloy elements to insolu... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4442187 | Batteries having conjugated polymer electrodes Conjugated polymers are doped with ionic dopant species to a preselected room temperature electrical conductivity ranging from that characteristic of semiconductor behavior to that characteristic of metallic behavior, by means of reversible electrochemica... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4440175 | Membrane electrode for non-ionic species Concentrations of non-ionic species in aqueous media are measured as a function of potentiometric or polarographic response, employing a membrane electrode selective for the non-ionic species being measured. The electrode comprises a conductive substrate ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4439514 | Photoresistive compositions Photographic and Photolithographic systems are provided which utilize diacetylenic materials as components thereof. Such materials, which include at least two acetylenic bonds in conjugation with one another, provide a combination of both high sensitivity... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4439464 | Composition and method for forming amorphous chalcogenide films from solution Amorphous chalcogenide films substantially free from particulate and microstructure are formed on a substrate from solution. The solution contains a glass-forming chalcogenide compound dissolved in a non-aqueous vaporizable solvent, such as a low molecula... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4431263 | Novel nonlinear optical materials and processes employing diacetylenes Novel nonlinear optical, piezoelectric, pyroelectric, waveguide, and other materials are presented together with processes for their employment and articles formed thereby. Such materials, processes and articles comprise diacetylenes and polymers formed f... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4430326 | Method of diminishing glucose levels resulting from endogenous glucagon Effects of endogenous glucagon in mammals are diminished by administration of compositions including certain semi-synthetic analogs of glucagon. Preferred analogs include [N -TNB, HArg12 ]glucagon and [dHis1 ][N | 02/07/1984 |
| 4428770 | Methods of manufacturing metal from a melt, determination of sulfur and carbon therein, sensors therefor and solid electrolyte compositions for said sensors Materials, methods and articles for the electrochemical determination of sulfur and carbon in fluids are provided. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, an electrolyte is furnished comprising a solid solution of an oxide of either zirconium, thorium ... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4428859 | Stabilizer of organic dye lasers 1,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) has been shown to extend the lifetime of several organic laser dyes in nitrogen laser pumped and flashlamp pumped dye lasers. With 0.010M DABCO, average power output in coumarin dye lasers remains at better than 90% o... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4427306 | Radiometer apparatus for air disturbance detection A radiometer apparatus is described that is particularly useful for detecting clear air turbulence by sensing infrared radiation. The radiometer includes optics for directing infrared radiation past a chopper, lens and infrared filter assembly to a radiat... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4427780 | Method for assaying vitamin-containing compositions for vitamin analogues Vitamin-containing multicomponent compositions are assayed to determine the extent of conversion of the vitamin to one or more analogues thereof due to interaction between the vitamin and the other components of the composition, employing a radioactive la... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4422459 | Electrocardiographic means and method for detecting potential ventricular tachycardia The late portion of a post myocardial infarct patient's QRS waveform contains a high frequency signal tail which is indicative of a tendency toward vertricular tachycardia. This invention digitally processes and filters a patient's QRS signals in a revers... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4419984 | Radiant energy collector A cylindrical radiant energy collector is provided which includes a reflector spaced apart from an energy absorber. The reflector is of a particular shape which ideally eliminates gap losses. The reflector includes a plurality of adjacent facets of V shap... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4415732 | Phosphoramidite compounds and processes A new class of nucleoside phosphoramidites which are relatively stable to permit isolation thereof and storage at room temperature. The phosphoramidites are derivatives of saturated secondary amines.... | 11/15/1983 |
