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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158200 | Methods of forming graphene/(multilayer) boron nitride for electronic device applications Disclosed is a substrate-mediated assembly for graphene structures. According to an embodiment, long-range ordered, multilayer BN(111) films can be formed by repeated atomic layer deposition (ALD) of a boron-halide or organoborane precursor and NH3 onto a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8097768 | Method of enhancing quality factors in cotton Preferred embodiments of this invention relate to a method for increasing fiber yield in a cotton plant by regenerating a whole cotton plant from a plant cell that has been transformed with a dominant negative allele for an endoplasmic reticulum located gene. The ex... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8058972 | Methods and devices for enrollment and verification of biometric information in identification documents Methods and devices for the secure encryption, enrollment, verification, and decryption of biometric and biographical identification information. The unique sequence of steps and the use of a combination of visible watermarking, invisible-fragile watermarking decodi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8048450 | Aqueous dispersion of hydrogel nanoparticles with inverse thermoreversible gelation An aqueous dispersion of hydrogel nanoparticles and methods of making the aqueous dispersion of hydrogel nanoparticles having an interpenetrating polymer network (“IPN”) are described. The uniformed sized mono-disperse IPN nanoparticles have inverse thermo gelat... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7989505 | Synthesis of columnar hydrogel colloidal crystals in water-organic solvent mixture The compositions of hydrogel colloidal crystals are made from mixing an aqueous suspension of poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (“PNIPAM”)-co-allylamine microgels with dichloromethane, forming a PNIPAM-co-allylamine/dichloromethane mixture. The PNIPAM-co-allylamine/dic... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7868067 | Composition of epoxy resin, aliphatic amine curing agent and halogenated amine One aspect of the current invention is a halogen containing epoxy composition and a method of producing the same. A functional halogen group, fluorine in one case, is incorporated into an epoxy coating by using a functionalized amine curing agent in small amounts. F... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7809548 | Graph-based ranking algorithms for text processing The present invention provides a method of processing at least one natural language text using a graph. The method includes determining a plurality of text units based upon the natural language text, associating the plurality of text units with a plurality of graph ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7601704 | Process for synthesizing oil and surfactant-free hyaluronic acid nanoparticles and microparticles A method for synthesizing uniformly sized hyaluronic acid (“HA”) particles that are substantially free from oil and surfactant contaminants. The method comprises crosslinking HA chains with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethlyaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (“EDAC”... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7556855 | Impact resistant flexible body device An impact resistant device is provided comprising a support matrix and a plurality of energy absorbing elements operatively connected to the support matrix, each element comprising at least one ceramic material and at least one strain rate sensitive material. The im... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7550099 | Metal hydroxide derivatives containing chemically bound organophosphorus or polyphosphate species as flame retardants Novel metal hydroxide derivatives which chemically combine positively charged metal hydroxide layers with negatively charged phosphorus-containing species, which can be either anionic organophosphorus materials or phosphorus-containing polymeric anions, are describe... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7534967 | Conductor structures including penetrable materials Conductor structures include a substrate, a first conducting layer that is selectively passivated from growth of unwanted surface layers by the application of a selective passivation layer, and a second conducting layer that is applied onto the selective passivation... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7501461 | Composition of epoxy resin, aliphatic amine curing agent and halogenated amine One aspect of the current invention is a halogen containing epoxy composition and a method of producing the same. A functional halogen group, fluorine in one case, is incorporated into an epoxy coating by using a functionalized amine curing agent in small amounts. F... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7489397 | Instrument, system and method for automated low cost atmospheric measurements An apparatus and method for measuring ozone in the atmosphere. The apparatus utilizes a fiber optic cable connected to a collimating lens located outdoors and a spectrometer that is located indoors. A pan-and-tilt positioning unit having a pan-axis capable of tracki... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7468097 | Method and apparatus for hydrogen production from greenhouse gas saturated carbon nanotubes and synthesis of carbon nanostructures therefrom A method and apparatus for the production of hydrogen from carbon nanotubes saturated with hydrocarbon gas or greenhouse gas is described. The hydrogen that is produced is substantially free from carbon dioxide. Additionally, the method described is useful for conve... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7347988 | Synthesis, uses and compositions of crystal hydrogels A method is disclosed for creating hydrogels with ordered crystalline structures that exhibit a characteristic colored opalescence. In addition to the unique optical properties, these materials contain a large amount of water in their crosslinked networks. The manuf... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7288171 | Method for using field emitter arrays in chemical and biological hazard mitigation and remediation A method is provided, the method comprising operating a field emitter array (FEA) to generate at least one of a high electric field and a high electron flux, and exposing the field emitter array (FEA) to at least one gas. The method further comprises generating at l... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7247554 | Method of making integrated circuits using ruthenium and its oxides as a Cu diffusion barrier The present invention generally relates to methods used for fabricating integrated circuits (“ICs”), using Ruthenium (“Ru”) and its oxides and/or Iridium (“Ir”) and its oxides as the diffusion barrier to contain and control copper (“Cu”) interconnect... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7199082 | Methods for extending the freshness of cut flowers, ornamental trees, and plant cuttings Disclosed are compositions that comprise one or more N-acylethanolamine compounds for maintaining the freshness and appearance of cut flowers, floral products, decorative foliage, fruits, and other plant cuttings. More specifically, the present invention provides me... | 04/03/2007 |
| 6789084 | Method for generating numerical values indicative of frequencies of selected features in objects, and a computer system implementing the method A method is described that includes arranging columns of a matrix in sum total order, wherein the matrix has one or more rows, and multiple intersecting columns. Rows represent objects, and columns represent selected features. Values reside at row-column intersectio... | 09/07/2004 |
| 5562743 | Binder enhanced refuse derived fuel A refuse derived fuel (RDF) pellet having about 11% or more particulate calcium hydroxide which is utilized in a combustionable mixture. The pellets are used in a particulate fuel bring a mixture of 10% or more, on a heat equivalent basis, of the RDF pell... | 10/08/1996 |
