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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110046867 | VEHICLE PROXIMITY DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS Multiple vehicles are each equipped with a global positioning system (GPS) and a plurality of accelerometers to provide information related to said vehicle's current state. A controller is provided to predict concurrent presence of at least two of said vehicles at a loc... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046820 | TEST EQUIPMENT FOR TESTING AN ADDITIONAL CENTER TANK (ACT) SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT The present invention provides test equipment for testing an additional center tank (ACT) system of an aircraft. The ACT system comprising control means configured to perform functions of an Auxiliary Fuel Management Computer (AFMC) and an Auxiliary Level Sensing Contro... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046199 | SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF HIV PROTEASES Described herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for treating HIV and related diseases.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045998 | CANDIDATE GENES AND BLOOD BIOMARKERS FOR BIPOLAR MOOD DISORDER, ALCOHOLISM AND STRESS DISORDER Analysis of the gene expression changes identified a series of novel candidate genes and blood biomarkers for bipolar disorder, alcoholism and stress disorder. These are used for diagnosing the disorders, predicting and monitoring response to treatment. A novel treatmen... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044973 | TREATMENT OF CYSTIC DISEASE WITH LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID ANTAGONISTS A method for treating cystic diseases is disclosed herein. The method comprises administering lysophosphatidic acid receptor antagonists.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044958 | ACTIVATED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR THE PREVENTION AND REPAIR OF INFLAMMATORY STATES Inflammatory cytokines e.g. IFN-γ serve as initiating stimuli for MSC immunosuppressive activity in vivo. Other inflammatory cytokines, such as TNF alpha, the molecule hemoxygenase I, and TLR ligation of MSC may also provide such a response.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044897 | METHOD OF IMAGING LOCALIZED INFECTIONS The invention relates to a method for targeting an imaging agent to cells of an animal to detect localized infections. More particularly, localized infections are detected by targeting imaging agents to inflammatory cells having receptors for a vitamin by using vitamin-... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043661 | Camera Adapter Based Optical Imaging Apparatus The invention describes several embodiments of an adapter which can make use of the devices in any commercially available digital cameras to accomplish different functions, such as a fundus camera, as a microscope or as an en-face optical coherence tomography (OCT) to p... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042408 | RESETTABLE COUNT-UP TIMER FOR BEVERAGE DISPENSE A beverage dispensing system which includes a server, a sensing system coupled to the server for detecting a quantity of beverage retained in the server, a display coupled to the sensing system, and a count-up timer coupled to the system. The display may provide indicia... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042379 | CONTAINER LID WITH PRINTABLE RIM A canister includes a closure coupled to a container to close a mouth opening into an interior region formed in the container. The closure includes a lid having a plate and a rim extending around the plate.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042167 | ESCAPE DEVICES FOR HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS An escape device for high-rise buildings includes an escape capsule, a speedup gear mounted to the escape capsule, a track provided with a rack with which the speedup gear is engaged so that the escape capsule can move along the track, and a damper including a rotor. Th... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041668 | APPARATUS FOR SURFACING FLITCH An apparatus for surfacing a flitch by cutting material from its radially outer surface to prepare the flitch for veneer slicing or other uses. The apparatus comprises a cutterhead rotatable about a cutterhead axis. The apparatus further comprises a carriage comprising ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041435 | JOINING ELEMENT BETWEEN MODULES FOR CONSTRUCTIONS Flexible joining element for constructions for placing between contiguous parts of said construction in order to transmit vertical or horizontal loads, which includes at least one body made of braided and pressed steel strands that support said loads, with said braided ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110039014 | COMPOSITE PROSTHETIC BEARING HAVING A CROSSLINKED ARTICULATING SURFACE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME An implantable prosthetic bearing is constructed of a composite material having a first layer and second layer. The first layer has an articulating surface defined therein, whereas the second layer has a engaging surface defined therein for engaging either another prost... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036904 | STORAGE BOX The storage box is formed from a sheet provided with a plurality of folding lines defining a parallelepiped provided with six faces, one of said face being a hinged lid (2), and it is characterised in that the opposed face to said hinged lid comprises a first sec... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036490 | METHOD OF JOINING PIPE SEGMENTS USING AN ADHESIVE COMPOSITION A method is provided of forming a corrosion-resistant protective coating on a pipe or joint.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036164 | LEVEL SENSING CONTROLLER AND METHOD An apparatus for controlling a pump or other device includes first and second proximity sensors adapted to sense level of a fluid or powder in a vessel and a control circuit adapted to receive and process the sensor outputs and output one or more control signals to cont... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035692 | Scalable Architecture for Dynamic Visualization of Multimedia Information A computer system including a single, fully-integrated software program that allows an unskilled computer user to create, archive, and distribute interactive, multimedia digital displays without the use of software programming techniques or reliance on software editing ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110035157 | BIOMASS CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD AND USE OF AN ELECTRONIC CHIP ELEMENT FOR MEASURING SAID BIOMASS CONCENTRATION The invention relates to devices and methods for measuring a concentration of a biomass suspended in a medium. Embodiments of the device include a substrate capable of being immersed in the medium, at least two electrodes integrated in the substrate, and a processing an... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034991 | ENDOPROSTHESIS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME An endoprosthesis, in particular, an intraluminal endoprosthesis, e.g., a stent, having a basic mesh and a functional element attached to a carrier structure, the functional element having a different material composition than the material of the basic mesh in at least ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034972 | Therapeutic Light-Emitting Device An ambulatory device for use in a therapeutic and/or cosmetic treatment, the device comprises an organic light-emitting semiconductor which, in use, covers an area to be treated and emits electromagnetic radiation to cause said therapeutic and/or cosmetic treatment of t... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034312 | GEAR APPARATUS FOR A CENTRIFUGE A gear apparatus for a solid-bowl screw centrifuge. The centrifuge includes a drum and a screw, both of which drum and screw are configured to be driven and the screw is further configured to be driven at a different rotational speed relative to the drum. The gear appar... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033885 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TISSUE-ENGINEERED CONSTRUCT Method for manufacturing a tissue-engineered construct, such as a heart valve, comprising the steps of providing a-cell-seeded scaffold in a bioreactor chamber which bioreactor chamber is divided by the cell-seeded scaffold into a first compartment and a second compartm... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033570 | HOT RUNNER NOZZLE FOR LATERAL SPRAYING A hot runner nozzle for lateral injection of plastic components. The nozzle includes a multi-part nozzle body including at least one tip element which protrudes outwardly over a circumferential area of the nozzle body. The multi-part nozzle body further includes a nozzl... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032813 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK POWER A method for controlling uplink power is provided, which is used for implementing the uplink power control of the virtual multiple input multiple output system, so as to save the system resource. The method includes: determining at least two user equipments being paired... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032349 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING SURFACE ALTERATIONS OVER TIME AND METHOD ASSOCIATED THEREWITH A device for monitoring surface alterations over time, preferably skin alterations, has means for capturing images of the alterations and for storing same in a memory. The device includes a screen and a processor for processing and managing said images, and the aforemen... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031018 | HORIZONTAL DRILLING SYSTEM A horizontal direction drilling system comprises a power pack coupled to a source of compressed air and a water reservoir and forms a mixture of compressed air, water, and oil. The horizontal direction drilling system further comprises a steerable horizontal drill. The ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030647 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE An internal combustion engine includes a crankcase unit forming a crank chamber, a cylinder having a cylinder bore and a projecting portion extending toward the crankcase unit so as to be coupled thereto, a piston that reciprocates in the cylinder bore of the cylinder p... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030597 | FLAT SEAM CONSTRUCTION A flat seam construction made up of a number of sequentially formed stitches and formed on a portion of one or more stitchable materials is disclosed. Each stitch has two outer threads, formed into first and second outer thread loops, and at least one inner thread, form... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030596 | FLAT SEAM CONSTRUCTION FOR AUTOMOTIVE UPHOLSTERY A flat seam construction made up of a number of sequentially formed stitches and formed on a portion of one or more stitchable materials is disclosed. Each stitch has two outer threads, formed into first and second outer thread loops, and at least one inner thread, form... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030327 | LATCH FOR A PIVOTING MOWER DECK A mower apparatus includes a mower deck having a first deck section, a second deck section pivotable relative to the first deck section, and a latch. The latch is actuable between a first position in which the latch maintains the second deck section in a lowered positio... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029328 | SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION OF HEALTH CARE DATA An apparatus for communicating health care data from a sender to a receiver is provided. The apparatus has a first computer system, a second computer system, and a rules engine. The first computer system has health care data stored therein. The second computer system is... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028714 | FOLATE MIMETICS AND FOLATE-RECEPTOR BINDING CONJUGATES THEREOF A cell population expressing folate receptors is selectively targeted with a folate mimetic. The folate mimetic is conjugated to a diagnostic or therapeutic agent to enable selective delivery of the agent to the targeted cell population.... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028540 | SYNTHESIS OF MACROCYCLIC CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY AGENTS AND METHODS OF USE Herein are described a process for forming a quaternary carbon useful in the preparation of macrolactones, an enantioselective synthesis of (+)-peloruside A, and methods for treating a patient in need of relief from cancer or a cancer-related disease. The described proc... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028517 | 4-METHYL-4,5-DIHYDRO-1H-PYRAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE USEFUL AS A CANNABINOID CB1 NEUTRAL ANTAGONIST The present invention relates to 4-methyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxamide, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. It further concerns pharmaceutical compositions comprising this compound as active ingredient as well as processes and intermedia... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028119 | Unique ID Based, Data File Exchange and Synchronization for Portable Communications The system and method for providing a data update and synchronization via a wireless system disclosed herein. The system includes a mobile transceiver assembly having an LCD and a menu navigation device, and an operations center operatively coupled to the mobile transce... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027536 | ROOFING UNDERLAYMENT A roofing underlayment that includes at least two layers that form a weather resistant barrier between the plywood sheeting and the top roofing layer. The roofing underlayment is fastened to the plywood sheeting and is covered with a roofing material such as shingles. T... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027100 | MOBILE WIND POWER STATION A mobile wind power station includes a wind turbine secured to a tower. A base of the tower is coupled to a support, which includes a mobile, surface-mounted pedestal and a plurality of bolts. The plurality of bolts extend upwardly from the mobile, surface-mounted pedes... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026282 | APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING DIRECT CURRENT TO ALTERNATING CURRENT An inverter for converting an input direct current (DC) waveform from a DC source to an output alternating current (AC) waveform for delivery to an AC grid includes an input converter, an output converter, and an active filter, each of which is electrically coupled to a... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026281 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DC-AC POWER CONVERSION An apparatus and method for controlling the delivery of power from a DC source to an AC grid includes an inverter configured to deliver power from the unipolar input source to the AC grid and an inverter controller. The inverter includes an input converter, an active fi... | 02/03/2011 |
